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 14
... sette ye so lytyl by hony ? me ought to preyse and love it above all mete , lief Reynart helpe me that I myght gete a deel of this hony , and as longe as I lyve I shal be to you a tryew friende , and abyde by yow as ferre as ye helpe me ...
... sette ye so lytyl by hony ? me ought to preyse and love it above all mete , lief Reynart helpe me that I myght gete a deel of this hony , and as longe as I lyve I shal be to you a tryew friende , and abyde by yow as ferre as ye helpe me ...
Page 24
... sette nought therby ; haue ye nothyng ellis ? yf ye gaf me a good fatte mows , I shold be better plesyd . A fatte mows , said Reynard , dere cosyn what saye ye ? here by dwelleth a preest and hath a barne by his hows therin ben so many ...
... sette nought therby ; haue ye nothyng ellis ? yf ye gaf me a good fatte mows , I shold be better plesyd . A fatte mows , said Reynard , dere cosyn what saye ye ? here by dwelleth a preest and hath a barne by his hows therin ben so many ...
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... sette a gryn to fore the hool to avenge hym , for he wold fayn have take the foxe . This knewe wel the felle theef the foxe , and said , sir Tybert , cosyn , crepe in to this hool , and ye shal not longe tarye but that ye shal catche ...
... sette a gryn to fore the hool to avenge hym , for he wold fayn have take the foxe . This knewe wel the felle theef the foxe , and said , sir Tybert , cosyn , crepe in to this hool , and ye shal not longe tarye but that ye shal catche ...
Page 27
... sette , see Mertynet lyef sone : this is a grete shame and a grete hurte , though he be heled herof . The foxe stode wythoute to fore the hole and herde alle thyse wordes , and lawhed so sore that he vnnethe coude stonde ; he spack thus ...
... sette , see Mertynet lyef sone : this is a grete shame and a grete hurte , though he be heled herof . The foxe stode wythoute to fore the hole and herde alle thyse wordes , and lawhed so sore that he vnnethe coude stonde ; he spack thus ...
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... sette me , my wyf , and my chyldren in a venture for to be loste : aryse up , late us goo hens , he is over myghty for me , I muste doo as he wylle , I can not bettre it , I shal take it paciently and suffre it . Reynert saide to his ...
... sette me , my wyf , and my chyldren in a venture for to be loste : aryse up , late us goo hens , he is over myghty for me , I muste doo as he wylle , I can not bettre it , I shal take it paciently and suffre it . Reynert saide to his ...
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