Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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Page 58
... fals flatour Is in your hous , and many a losengour , That pleasen yow wel more , by my faith , Than he that sothfastnesse unto yow saith . Redith Ecclesiast of flaterie ; Beth war , ye lordes , of her treccherie . This Chaunteclere ...
... fals flatour Is in your hous , and many a losengour , That pleasen yow wel more , by my faith , Than he that sothfastnesse unto yow saith . Redith Ecclesiast of flaterie ; Beth war , ye lordes , of her treccherie . This Chaunteclere ...
Page 75
... fals suspeccioun , Wher was thy wit and thy discrecioun ? O , every man be ware of raclenesse , Ne trowe no thing withoute gret witnesse . Smyt nought to soone , er that thou wite why , And be avysed wel and sobrely , Er ye doon eny ...
... fals suspeccioun , Wher was thy wit and thy discrecioun ? O , every man be ware of raclenesse , Ne trowe no thing withoute gret witnesse . Smyt nought to soone , er that thou wite why , And be avysed wel and sobrely , Er ye doon eny ...
Page 76
... fals theef ben awreke . Thou and thin ofspring ever schuln be blake , Ne never sweete noyse schul ye make , But ever crye agayn tempest and rayn , In tokenyng , that thurgh the my wyf was slayn . " And to the crowe he stert , and that ...
... fals theef ben awreke . Thou and thin ofspring ever schuln be blake , Ne never sweete noyse schul ye make , But ever crye agayn tempest and rayn , In tokenyng , that thurgh the my wyf was slayn . " And to the crowe he stert , and that ...
Page 78
... fals or trewe ; Wher so thou comest , amonges heih or lowe , Kep wel thy tonge , and thenk upon the crowe . " 17290 THE PROLOGE OF THE PERSONES TALE . By that the Maunciple had his tale endid , 17291 - be noon auctour newe . This is ...
... fals or trewe ; Wher so thou comest , amonges heih or lowe , Kep wel thy tonge , and thenk upon the crowe . " 17290 THE PROLOGE OF THE PERSONES TALE . By that the Maunciple had his tale endid , 17291 - be noon auctour newe . This is ...
Page 87
... fals serpent , perpetuel matier of the fuyr of helle , and yet more foule and abhominable , for ye trespassen so ofte tyme , as doth the hound that torneth to ete his spewyng ; and yet ye ben fouler for youre longe continuyng in synne ...
... fals serpent , perpetuel matier of the fuyr of helle , and yet more foule and abhominable , for ye trespassen so ofte tyme , as doth the hound that torneth to ete his spewyng ; and yet ye ben fouler for youre longe continuyng in synne ...
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