Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... whan he saugh noon other remedye , In hote colis he hath himself i - raked ; For no venym deyned him to dye . Thus starf this mighty and worthy Ercules . Lo ! who may truste fortune eny throwe ? For him that folweth al this world of ...
... whan he saugh noon other remedye , In hote colis he hath himself i - raked ; For no venym deyned him to dye . Thus starf this mighty and worthy Ercules . Lo ! who may truste fortune eny throwe ? For him that folweth al this world of ...
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... whan fortune wil a man for - sake , Sche bereth away his regne and his richesse , And eek his frendes bothe more and lesse . And what man hath of frendes the fortune , Mishap wil make hem enemyes , I gesse ; This proverbe is ful sothe ...
... whan fortune wil a man for - sake , Sche bereth away his regne and his richesse , And eek his frendes bothe more and lesse . And what man hath of frendes the fortune , Mishap wil make hem enemyes , I gesse ; This proverbe is ful sothe ...
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... whan that sche was elder , sche wolde kille Leouns , lebardes , and beres al to - rent , And in hir armes weld hem at hir wille , Sche dorste wilde bestes dennes seke , 15740 And renne in the mounteyns al the night , And slepe under a ...
... whan that sche was elder , sche wolde kille Leouns , lebardes , and beres al to - rent , And in hir armes weld hem at hir wille , Sche dorste wilde bestes dennes seke , 15740 And renne in the mounteyns al the night , And slepe under a ...
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... , Sche was al clothed in perré and gold ; And eek sche lafte nought for hir huntyng To have of sondry tonges ful knowing ; 15770 15780 15790 Whan sche had leyser and might therto entent , To 18 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
... , Sche was al clothed in perré and gold ; And eek sche lafte nought for hir huntyng To have of sondry tonges ful knowing ; 15770 15780 15790 Whan sche had leyser and might therto entent , To 18 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
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... Whan Odenake was deed , sche mightily The regnes huld , and with hir propre hond Ageins hir foos sche faught ful trewely , That ther nas king ne prince in al that lond That he nas glad if he that grace fond That sche ne wold upon his ...
... Whan Odenake was deed , sche mightily The regnes huld , and with hir propre hond Ageins hir foos sche faught ful trewely , That ther nas king ne prince in al that lond That he nas glad if he that grace fond That sche ne wold upon his ...
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