Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 14Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1844 - English literature |
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... eche chaunce , My mercy soone schalt thou wynne , So thou do fruytys of penaunce . Loke thyn herte be contryte wythynne , And sory for thy mysgovernaunce ; What profytyth the to shryve thy synne , But thou in herte have repentaunce ...
... eche chaunce , My mercy soone schalt thou wynne , So thou do fruytys of penaunce . Loke thyn herte be contryte wythynne , And sory for thy mysgovernaunce ; What profytyth the to shryve thy synne , But thou in herte have repentaunce ...
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... eche side ; Of preciose stones ek that brizte schyneth wide ; Eche erbe was ful of floures , eche treo ful of frut , Bote hit were in hevene nas nevere more dedut . Therinne with joye y - nouz longe we gonne wende 2 THE METRICAL LIFE.
... eche side ; Of preciose stones ek that brizte schyneth wide ; Eche erbe was ful of floures , eche treo ful of frut , Bote hit were in hevene nas nevere more dedut . Therinne with joye y - nouz longe we gonne wende 2 THE METRICAL LIFE.
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... eche side ; A scheep was grettere than an oxe , whittere ne mizte non beo . Gret joye hi hadde in here hurte , that hi mişte this i - seo . Ther com go a wel fair man , and grette hem with faire chere , And seide , " ze beoth hider i ...
... eche side ; A scheep was grettere than an oxe , whittere ne mizte non beo . Gret joye hi hadde in here hurte , that hi mişte this i - seo . Ther com go a wel fair man , and grette hem with faire chere , And seide , " ze beoth hider i ...
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... Eche zer ze schulle her mid ous holde Ester feste , As 3e nou doth , forte ze come to the lond of biheste . " Nou was hit an Esterdai that al this was i - do : The fowel nom his leve of hem , and to his felawes wende tho . The foweles ...
... Eche zer ze schulle her mid ous holde Ester feste , As 3e nou doth , forte ze come to the lond of biheste . " Nou was hit an Esterdai that al this was i - do : The fowel nom his leve of hem , and to his felawes wende tho . The foweles ...
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... eche side , monekes hit were echon , Revested in faire copes azen hem hi come anon , With processioun fair y - nou ; the abbot bihynde com , And faire custe seint Brendan and bi the hond him nom , And ladde him and his monekes into a ...
... eche side , monekes hit were echon , Revested in faire copes azen hem hi come anon , With processioun fair y - nou ; the abbot bihynde com , And faire custe seint Brendan and bi the hond him nom , And ladde him and his monekes into a ...
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