Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Volume 12Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1844 - English literature |
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Page xxviii
... lion , -occurs in all , or nearly all , the Reynardine romances . The same ob- jection , viz . the absence of the Reynardine names , may be made to a little Latin poem , which was com- municated to us many years since by Mr. Wright ...
... lion , -occurs in all , or nearly all , the Reynardine romances . The same ob- jection , viz . the absence of the Reynardine names , may be made to a little Latin poem , which was com- municated to us many years since by Mr. Wright ...
Page xxix
... Lion ; " and the second , which is very skilfully com- bined with it , relates " The Pilgrimage of the Goat . " It commences as follows : " It whilom chanced so sick the lion lay , He could not feed by night , nor sleep by day ; A die ...
... Lion ; " and the second , which is very skilfully com- bined with it , relates " The Pilgrimage of the Goat . " It commences as follows : " It whilom chanced so sick the lion lay , He could not feed by night , nor sleep by day ; A die ...
Page xxx
... lion , slanders the fox , and tells the royal invalid that it would much conduce to his recovery to eat the livers of the ram and of the goat , and , when convalescent , their flesh . But the manner in which this is told deserves an ...
... lion , slanders the fox , and tells the royal invalid that it would much conduce to his recovery to eat the livers of the ram and of the goat , and , when convalescent , their flesh . But the manner in which this is told deserves an ...
Page xxxi
... lion makes no reply to his thrice proffered salutation . " Pulcra , ” remarks the Fox aside , " Pulcra , ' ait , hic merces pro pietate datur ; ' " and then , in answer to the questions of his sovereign , he explains that , upon the ...
... lion makes no reply to his thrice proffered salutation . " Pulcra , ” remarks the Fox aside , " Pulcra , ' ait , hic merces pro pietate datur ; ' " and then , in answer to the questions of his sovereign , he explains that , upon the ...
Page xxxii
... lion accordingly commands the bear to flay the wolf , which he does , helping him off with his tunic after the French fashion ; - “ Ut tunicam France deposuisse queas ” — but leaving the shaggy covering on his head and paws . This ...
... lion accordingly commands the bear to flay the wolf , which he does , helping him off with his tunic after the French fashion ; - “ Ut tunicam France deposuisse queas ” — but leaving the shaggy covering on his head and paws . This ...
Common terms and phrases
aferd agayn Anglo-Saxon ayenst beestis Bellyn Bruyn the bere brynge CAPITULO catte Caxton chyldren comen complayned cosyn coude counseyl court dame dayes deth drede dyde edition euyl eyen fable fatte fayn fayr felde Flemish fore frendes fynde grete Grimm Grymbert gydre gyue hath haue heed herde herte Ibid Isengrim kynge Kywart laye lignage lord the kyng Low German lyke Maleperduys maye moche myght neuer neuew nyght ouer Piers Ploughman poem praye preest quene rede Reinaert Reineke Reynard the Fox Reynardine Reynart sawe sayde saye sette shold shold haue sore sorowe spack stode subtyl suffre theef thenne ther therfore therin therof theyr thise thou thyng thynke tresour trespaced trouthe Tybert tyme vpon wente whan wold haue wolf wordes worship wulf wylle wyse wyste wyth wythout ye haue ye shal yf ye Ysegrym Zwentibold