Animal Conventions in English Renaissance Non-religious Prose, 1550-1600 |
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The poem points out that Edward III , represented by the boar and the leopard ( “ Tertius Edwardus , aper Anglicus et leopardus ” ) is the rightful sovereign of France ( " Rex tuus est verus ” ) ; the leopardlike king , rightfully ...
The poem points out that Edward III , represented by the boar and the leopard ( “ Tertius Edwardus , aper Anglicus et leopardus ” ) is the rightful sovereign of France ( " Rex tuus est verus ” ) ; the leopardlike king , rightfully ...
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453 In one of these fables , Nashe tells how the herring became “ King of all fishes . ... carried by the Kings fisher to the eares of the land foules , " caused all the birds to marshal their forces and make war upon the fishes .
453 In one of these fables , Nashe tells how the herring became “ King of all fishes . ... carried by the Kings fisher to the eares of the land foules , " caused all the birds to marshal their forces and make war upon the fishes .
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All the fishes saluted the herring with " Viue le roy , God saue the King , saue only the Playse and the Butte , that made wry mouthes at him , and for their mocking haue wry mouthes euer since . ” The herring " euer since weares a ...
All the fishes saluted the herring with " Viue le roy , God saue the King , saue only the Playse and the Butte , that made wry mouthes at him , and for their mocking haue wry mouthes euer since . ” The herring " euer since weares a ...
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