Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 14Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1844 - English literature |
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Page vi
... be west , This boke I made with gret dolour , When I my3t not slep ne have no rest ; Offt with my prayers I me blest , And sayd hilé to heven kyng , I knowlache , Lord , hit is the best Mekelé to take thi vesetyng , Ellis wot I wil vi.
... be west , This boke I made with gret dolour , When I my3t not slep ne have no rest ; Offt with my prayers I me blest , And sayd hilé to heven kyng , I knowlache , Lord , hit is the best Mekelé to take thi vesetyng , Ellis wot I wil vi.
Page vii
... sayd these wordis so faythfully ; Fore I quoth never bot hye foly , God hath me chastyst fore my levyng ! I thong my God my grace treuly Fore his gracious vesityng . Beware , seris , I 3oue pray , Fore I mad this with good entent , In ...
... sayd these wordis so faythfully ; Fore I quoth never bot hye foly , God hath me chastyst fore my levyng ! I thong my God my grace treuly Fore his gracious vesityng . Beware , seris , I 3oue pray , Fore I mad this with good entent , In ...
Page viii
... sayd hit schuld not ben , And send him ballis him with to play . Then was he wyse in wers withalle , And tazt Franchemen to plai at the ball , With tenes hold he ferd ham halle , To castelles and setis thei floyn away . To Harflete a ...
... sayd hit schuld not ben , And send him ballis him with to play . Then was he wyse in wers withalle , And tazt Franchemen to plai at the ball , With tenes hold he ferd ham halle , To castelles and setis thei floyn away . To Harflete a ...
Page ix
... sayd of kyng Herré , The holé cros wyn or he dye , That Crist habud on good Fryday ; Al wo and werres he schal acese , And set alle reams in rest and pese , And turne to Christyndam al hevynes , Now grawnt him hit so be may ! Pray we ...
... sayd of kyng Herré , The holé cros wyn or he dye , That Crist habud on good Fryday ; Al wo and werres he schal acese , And set alle reams in rest and pese , And turne to Christyndam al hevynes , Now grawnt him hit so be may ! Pray we ...
Page 37
... sayd be the clergy , That leud men the laue of God that schuld love and lere , Fore curatis fore here covetyse wold count nozt therby , Bot to talke of her tythys y tell 30u treuly ; And 3if the secular say a soth anon thai bene e ...
... sayd be the clergy , That leud men the laue of God that schuld love and lere , Fore curatis fore here covetyse wold count nozt therby , Bot to talke of her tythys y tell 30u treuly ; And 3if the secular say a soth anon thai bene e ...
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