Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Ed. from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications ...Percy society, 1965 - English literature |
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Page 48
... wolde vertu please , Sche knew wel labour , but noon ydel ease . But though this mayden tender were of age , Yet in the brest of hir virginité Ther was enclosed rype and sad corrage : And in gret reverence and charité Hir olde pore ...
... wolde vertu please , Sche knew wel labour , but noon ydel ease . But though this mayden tender were of age , Yet in the brest of hir virginité Ther was enclosed rype and sad corrage : And in gret reverence and charité Hir olde pore ...
Page 176
... wolde right now . " " Go we than soupe , " quod he , as for the best , This amorous folk som time moste have rest ... wolde nought have , 11535 - The lacuna in the Harl . MS . ends with this line . 66 Ne gladly for that somme he wolde ...
... wolde right now . " " Go we than soupe , " quod he , as for the best , This amorous folk som time moste have rest ... wolde nought have , 11535 - The lacuna in the Harl . MS . ends with this line . 66 Ne gladly for that somme he wolde ...
Page 331
... wolde holde me thanne a fool ; this is to sayn , if I for thy counseil wolde chaunge thinges that affermed ben by so many wise . Secoundly , I say that alle wommen be wikked , and noon good of hem alle . For of a thousand men , saith ...
... wolde holde me thanne a fool ; this is to sayn , if I for thy counseil wolde chaunge thinges that affermed ben by so many wise . Secoundly , I say that alle wommen be wikked , and noon good of hem alle . For of a thousand men , saith ...
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