Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... ; it is a word which occurs nowhere else as far as I am aware , but I have not ventured to alter it . The Lansd . MS . reads appetites , which Tyrwhitt adopts . And than had God of him compassioun , And him THE MONKES TALE . 15.
... ; it is a word which occurs nowhere else as far as I am aware , but I have not ventured to alter it . The Lansd . MS . reads appetites , which Tyrwhitt adopts . And than had God of him compassioun , And him THE MONKES TALE . 15.
Page 16
... the Lansd . MS . The Harl . MS . reads wenist . 15733 - Cenobia . The story of Zenobia is taken chiefly from Boc- caccio's work , De claris mulieribus . As writen Perciens of hir noblesse , So worthy was 16 THE MONKES TALE .
... the Lansd . MS . The Harl . MS . reads wenist . 15733 - Cenobia . The story of Zenobia is taken chiefly from Boc- caccio's work , De claris mulieribus . As writen Perciens of hir noblesse , So worthy was 16 THE MONKES TALE .
Page 19
... . MS . , as best suited to the context . The Harl . MS . has deceyved . 15815 - trewely . The MSS . I have examined agree in this word ; Tyrwhitt reads cruelly . To ben in peese , and let hir ryde and c 2 THE MONKES TALE . 19.
... . MS . , as best suited to the context . The Harl . MS . has deceyved . 15815 - trewely . The MSS . I have examined agree in this word ; Tyrwhitt reads cruelly . To ben in peese , and let hir ryde and c 2 THE MONKES TALE . 19.
Page 20
... and perré , This grete Romayn , this Aurilian , 15820 15830 15840 15832 - and Parciens men hem calle . The Lansd . MS . , and Tyrwhitt , read , as Persians hem calle . Hath with him lad , for that men schulde se 20 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
... and perré , This grete Romayn , this Aurilian , 15820 15830 15840 15832 - and Parciens men hem calle . The Lansd . MS . , and Tyrwhitt , read , as Persians hem calle . Hath with him lad , for that men schulde se 20 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
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... read , by fors . 18558 - wyntermyte . This word , the exact meaning of which seems not to be known , is given differently in the MSS . vitrymite , fitermyte , witermite , vitryte , and in the old printed editions , autremite ; the ...
... read , by fors . 18558 - wyntermyte . This word , the exact meaning of which seems not to be known , is given differently in the MSS . vitrymite , fitermyte , witermite , vitryte , and in the old printed editions , autremite ; the ...
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