Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 14Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1844 - English literature |
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Page 52
... herte over al thyng , Then gold , or selver , or lond , or fee , Or wyf , or child , or worldlé thyng : Thou dost me then more plesyng , Then that thou styedust up - on hy3 pelere , Folle of rayssors kene stekyng , Fore me love thi 52 ...
... herte over al thyng , Then gold , or selver , or lond , or fee , Or wyf , or child , or worldlé thyng : Thou dost me then more plesyng , Then that thou styedust up - on hy3 pelere , Folle of rayssors kene stekyng , Fore me love thi 52 ...
Page 87
... herte have repentaunce ? Thou scornest , and penance doyst thou noone , For thy synne but thyn herte be sore ; For worldely losse thou makest moone , Thou synnest and sorowest noght therfore . And yf thy body were woo begone , What ...
... herte have repentaunce ? Thou scornest , and penance doyst thou noone , For thy synne but thyn herte be sore ; For worldely losse thou makest moone , Thou synnest and sorowest noght therfore . And yf thy body were woo begone , What ...
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... herte he was fulle woo . The emperowre on a day , In hys bedd as he lay Wyth hys lady bryght , He behelde hur feyre lere , 20 25 339 30 35 40 That was bryght os blossom on brere , And semely in hys syght . A sorowe to hys herte ranne ...
... herte he was fulle woo . The emperowre on a day , In hys bedd as he lay Wyth hys lady bryght , He behelde hur feyre lere , 20 25 339 30 35 40 That was bryght os blossom on brere , And semely in hys syght . A sorowe to hys herte ranne ...
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... herte ranne , That worde cowde he speke noon , But yede awey fulle stylle . To hys chapelle forthe he yode , 120 As man that was in care . And at hys masse stylle he stode , The emperowrs modur let calle a knave , 125 And hym behett ...
... herte ranne , That worde cowde he speke noon , But yede awey fulle stylle . To hys chapelle forthe he yode , 120 As man that was in care . And at hys masse stylle he stode , The emperowrs modur let calle a knave , 125 And hym behett ...
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... herte ranne , And nerehonde waxe he wode ; 135 140 145 150 The knave he slewe in the bedd , The ryche clothys were alle be - bledd 155 Of that gyltles blode . Evyr lay the lady faste aslepe , A dylfulle swevyn can sche mete , That was ...
... herte ranne , And nerehonde waxe he wode ; 135 140 145 150 The knave he slewe in the bedd , The ryche clothys were alle be - bledd 155 Of that gyltles blode . Evyr lay the lady faste aslepe , A dylfulle swevyn can sche mete , That was ...
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