Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... sayde , a fair womman was sche . Gret wonder is that he couthe or might Be domesman on hir dede beauté . The wyn to bringen him comaundid he , And drank anoon , noon other wo he made . Whan might is torned unto cruelté , Allas ! to ...
... sayde , a fair womman was sche . Gret wonder is that he couthe or might Be domesman on hir dede beauté . The wyn to bringen him comaundid he , And drank anoon , noon other wo he made . Whan might is torned unto cruelté , Allas ! to ...
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... that of the Harl . MS . , tyrannie . The Lansd . MS . has tor- mentrie . 16009 - sad . The Lansd . MS . reads ful filled , which is the reading adopted by Tyrwhitt . That with his eris herd he how thay sayde , 28 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
... that of the Harl . MS . , tyrannie . The Lansd . MS . has tor- mentrie . 16009 - sad . The Lansd . MS . reads ful filled , which is the reading adopted by Tyrwhitt . That with his eris herd he how thay sayde , 28 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
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Percy Society. That with his eris herd he how thay sayde , " Her is this fals traitour , this Neroun ! " For fere almost out of his witte he brayde , And to his goddes pitously he prayde For socour , but it mighte nought betyde ; For ...
Percy Society. That with his eris herd he how thay sayde , " Her is this fals traitour , this Neroun ! " For fere almost out of his witte he brayde , And to his goddes pitously he prayde For socour , but it mighte nought betyde ; For ...
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... sayde he ; Noon other god schuld honoured be . Ageinst his heste dar no wight trespace , Save in Betholia , a strong cité , Wher Eliachim a prest was of that place . But tak keep of that dethe of Olipherne : Amyd his ost he dronke lay ...
... sayde he ; Noon other god schuld honoured be . Ageinst his heste dar no wight trespace , Save in Betholia , a strong cité , Wher Eliachim a prest was of that place . But tak keep of that dethe of Olipherne : Amyd his ost he dronke lay ...
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... sayde ful despitously , Unto Jerusalem he wold eftsoone , To wreke his ire on it full cruelly ; But of his purpos he was let ful soone . God , for his manace , him so sore smoot With invisible wounde incurable , That in his guttes carf ...
... sayde ful despitously , Unto Jerusalem he wold eftsoone , To wreke his ire on it full cruelly ; But of his purpos he was let ful soone . God , for his manace , him so sore smoot With invisible wounde incurable , That in his guttes carf ...
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