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 48
... thanke . I knowe Bruyn the bere , for suche a shrewe and raveneur , wherfor I thoughte yf he were kynge , we shold be all destroyed and loste . I knowe our souerain lord the kyng , of so hye byrthe , so myghty , so benygne and mercyful ...
... thanke . I knowe Bruyn the bere , for suche a shrewe and raveneur , wherfor I thoughte yf he were kynge , we shold be all destroyed and loste . I knowe our souerain lord the kyng , of so hye byrthe , so myghty , so benygne and mercyful ...
Page 51
... thanke God . After thise wordes , my fader wente to the hole , where his tresour had leyn , and wolde loke vpon it . Tho began he a grete sorowe , of that he soughte he fonde nothyng : He fonde his hole broken , and his tresour born a ...
... thanke God . After thise wordes , my fader wente to the hole , where his tresour had leyn , and wolde loke vpon it . Tho began he a grete sorowe , of that he soughte he fonde nothyng : He fonde his hole broken , and his tresour born a ...
Page 53
... thanke you for hit , in suche wise , that ye shal be the richest kynge of the world ; for ther is none lyuyng vnther the sonne , that I vouchesauf better my tresour on , than on yow bothe . Thenne toke the foxe vp a straw , and profred ...
... thanke you for hit , in suche wise , that ye shal be the richest kynge of the world ; for ther is none lyuyng vnther the sonne , that I vouchesauf better my tresour on , than on yow bothe . Thenne toke the foxe vp a straw , and profred ...
Page 64
... thanke the kynge , he hath gyuen to vs Kywart hier for to doo with hym what we wyl . The kynge saide hym self , that Kywart was the first that on vs complayned ; and by the fayth that I owe yow , I am right wroth on Kywart . Whan Kywart ...
... thanke the kynge , he hath gyuen to vs Kywart hier for to doo with hym what we wyl . The kynge saide hym self , that Kywart was the first that on vs complayned ; and by the fayth that I owe yow , I am right wroth on Kywart . Whan Kywart ...
Page 65
... thanke I my subtylyte . Dame Ermelyne saide , Reynart , I counseyle that we goo not into another foreste , where we sholde be strange , and elenge ; we haue here al that we desyre : and ye be here lorde of our neyghbours : wherfore ...
... thanke I my subtylyte . Dame Ermelyne saide , Reynart , I counseyle that we goo not into another foreste , where we sholde be strange , and elenge ; we haue here al that we desyre : and ye be here lorde of our neyghbours : wherfore ...
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