Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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Page 67
... speke wol of smale thinges , As for to pynchyn at thy rekenynges , That were not honest , if it cam to pref . " Quod the Maunciple , " That were a gret meschief ; So might he lightly bringe me in the snare . Yit had I lever payen for ...
... speke wol of smale thinges , As for to pynchyn at thy rekenynges , That were not honest , if it cam to pref . " Quod the Maunciple , " That were a gret meschief ; So might he lightly bringe me in the snare . Yit had I lever payen for ...
Page 76
... speke ; Thus schal men on a 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 ...
... speke ; Thus schal men on a 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 ...
Page 77
... speke generally . My sone , thy tonge scholdest thou restreigne At alle tyme , but whan thou dost thy peyne To speke of God in honour and prayere . The firste vertue , sone , if thou wilt lere , Is to restreigne and kepe wel thy tonge ...
... speke generally . My sone , thy tonge scholdest thou restreigne At alle tyme , but whan thou dost thy peyne To speke of God in honour and prayere . The firste vertue , sone , if thou wilt lere , Is to restreigne and kepe wel thy tonge ...
Page 96
Percy Society. thing for here raunsoun ; ne thay have no voice to speke to him ; ne thay may not fle fro peyne ; ne thay have no goodnes in hem that thay may schewe to delivere hem fro peyne . And therfore saith Salomon , The wikked man ...
Percy Society. thing for here raunsoun ; ne thay have no voice to speke to him ; ne thay may not fle fro peyne ; ne thay have no goodnes in hem that thay may schewe to delivere hem fro peyne . And therfore saith Salomon , The wikked man ...
Page 107
... speke of the firste coveitise , that is concu- piscence after the lawe of oure membris , that weren lawfully maked , and by rightful juggement of God , I say , for as moche as a man is nought obeissant to God , that is his Lord ...
... speke of the firste coveitise , that is concu- piscence after the lawe of oure membris , that weren lawfully maked , and by rightful juggement of God , I say , for as moche as a man is nought obeissant to God , that is his Lord ...
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