Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 14Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1844 - English literature |
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Page viii
... fader and moderis of kyngis thay came , of name , Was never a worthier prynce So exelent in al our day . His fader fore love of mayd Kateryn , In Fraunce he wrozt turment and tene , His love hee sayd hit schuld not ben , And send him ...
... fader and moderis of kyngis thay came , of name , Was never a worthier prynce So exelent in al our day . His fader fore love of mayd Kateryn , In Fraunce he wrozt turment and tene , His love hee sayd hit schuld not ben , And send him ...
Page ix
... faders in Frawns had won beforne , Thai han hit hold moné a day . Thus was his fader a conqueroure , And wan his moder with gret onoure , Now may the kyng bere the floure Of kyngis and kyngdams in uche cuntré ! On him schal fal the ...
... faders in Frawns had won beforne , Thai han hit hold moné a day . Thus was his fader a conqueroure , And wan his moder with gret onoure , Now may the kyng bere the floure Of kyngis and kyngdams in uche cuntré ! On him schal fal the ...
Page 6
... fader , 30ure moder worchip ay ; See no mon fore worldlé thyng , Bakbyte no mon nyt ne day , Ne say no word to hym sklaunderyng ; False wytnes loke thou non bere , Dysseyte ne theft loke thou do non ; And lechory thou most foreswere ...
... fader , 30ure moder worchip ay ; See no mon fore worldlé thyng , Bakbyte no mon nyt ne day , Ne say no word to hym sklaunderyng ; False wytnes loke thou non bere , Dysseyte ne theft loke thou do non ; And lechory thou most foreswere ...
Page 11
... fader faythely that folowed in ray , To forsake syr Sathanas his werkus everychon , And become Cristen men to byleve in God veray , And kepe his comawndmentis kyndly ny3t and day , Ther we were croysid in a crysun with a carful krye ...
... fader faythely that folowed in ray , To forsake syr Sathanas his werkus everychon , And become Cristen men to byleve in God veray , And kepe his comawndmentis kyndly ny3t and day , Ther we were croysid in a crysun with a carful krye ...
Page 12
... fader of heven hath grauntid ham this , 3if thai wyl mend that thai do mys , to have remyssyon . Sapientia hujus mundi stultitia apud Dominum . Alas ! ale the wyt of this word fallus to foly , Thus sayth Sapyens forsoth in the boke of ...
... fader of heven hath grauntid ham this , 3if thai wyl mend that thai do mys , to have remyssyon . Sapientia hujus mundi stultitia apud Dominum . Alas ! ale the wyt of this word fallus to foly , Thus sayth Sapyens forsoth in the boke of ...
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