Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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Page 205
... woll be yowr marchall , and serve yowe echone , And then the officers and I to soper shall we gone . " 390 They wissh , and sett right as he bad , eche man wyth his fere , And begonne to talk of sportis and of chere , That they had the ...
... woll be yowr marchall , and serve yowe echone , And then the officers and I to soper shall we gone . " 390 They wissh , and sett right as he bad , eche man wyth his fere , And begonne to talk of sportis and of chere , That they had the ...
Page 210
... woll I nat , lest I cach a clout , " Seid the tothir to Jak ; " for thou knowist bettir then I All the estris of this house , go up thy self and spy . " " Nay , for soth , " quod Jak , " that were grete unrighte , To aventur oppon a man ...
... woll I nat , lest I cach a clout , " Seid the tothir to Jak ; " for thou knowist bettir then I All the estris of this house , go up thy self and spy . " " Nay , for soth , " quod Jak , " that were grete unrighte , To aventur oppon a man ...
Page 215
... woll not soun . So thys is my conclusioune , and my last knot , It wer grete gentilnes to tell without lot . “ " By the rood of Bromholm , " quod the marchant tho , " As fer as I have sailed , riden , and y - go , Sawe I nevir man ...
... woll not soun . So thys is my conclusioune , and my last knot , It wer grete gentilnes to tell without lot . “ " By the rood of Bromholm , " quod the marchant tho , " As fer as I have sailed , riden , and y - go , Sawe I nevir man ...
Page 218
... woll tell you the names of them everichone ; And declare you the cause why they ther namys bere And first was y - cleped Sother Legifeer ; 790 This is thus much for to sey , as man bering the lawe ; And so he did trewly ; for levir he ...
... woll tell you the names of them everichone ; And declare you the cause why they ther namys bere And first was y - cleped Sother Legifeer ; 790 This is thus much for to sey , as man bering the lawe ; And so he did trewly ; for levir he ...
Page 219
... woll depart , As lightly as I can , and draw to my matere . In that same tyme , that these sages were Dwellyng thus in Room , a litil without the walles , In the subarbis of the town , of chambris , and of hallis , And all other ...
... woll depart , As lightly as I can , and draw to my matere . In that same tyme , that these sages were Dwellyng thus in Room , a litil without the walles , In the subarbis of the town , of chambris , and of hallis , And all other ...
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