Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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Page 55
... and wel at ease . But for I not , to him it might displease , If I counseil of womman wolde blame , Pas over , for I sayd it in my game . 16720 16730 16740 Red auctours , wher thay trete of such matiere , THE NONNE PREST HIS TALE . 55.
... and wel at ease . But for I not , to him it might displease , If I counseil of womman wolde blame , Pas over , for I sayd it in my game . 16720 16730 16740 Red auctours , wher thay trete of such matiere , THE NONNE PREST HIS TALE . 55.
Page 56
... wommen ye may heere . These been the cokkes wordes , and not myne ; I can noon harme of womman divine . Faire in the sond , to bathe hir merily , Lith Pertelot , and alle hir sustres by , Agayn the sonne ; and Chaunteclere so free Sang ...
... wommen ye may heere . These been the cokkes wordes , and not myne ; I can noon harme of womman divine . Faire in the sond , to bathe hir merily , Lith Pertelot , and alle hir sustres by , Agayn the sonne ; and Chaunteclere so free Sang ...
Page 73
... womman , Sche schal be cleped his wenche and his lemman ; And God it wot , my goode lieve brother , Men layn that oon as lowe as lith that other . Right so bitwixe a titleles tirant And an outlawe , or a thef erraunt , The same I say ...
... womman , Sche schal be cleped his wenche and his lemman ; And God it wot , my goode lieve brother , Men layn that oon as lowe as lith that other . Right so bitwixe a titleles tirant And an outlawe , or a thef erraunt , The same I say ...
Page 82
... womman , that thorugh synne hath mysgon fro the right way of Jeru- salem celestial ; and this wey is cleped penitence . Of which men schulden gladly herken and enquere with al here herte , to wyte what is penitence , and whens it is ...
... womman , that thorugh synne hath mysgon fro the right way of Jeru- salem celestial ; and this wey is cleped penitence . Of which men schulden gladly herken and enquere with al here herte , to wyte what is penitence , and whens it is ...
Page 88
... womman , make of his body , than give his body to synne . And were it the foulest cherl , or the foulest womman , that lyveth , and lest of value , yet is thanne synne1 more foul , and more in servitute . Ever fro the heigher degré that ...
... womman , make of his body , than give his body to synne . And were it the foulest cherl , or the foulest womman , that lyveth , and lest of value , yet is thanne synne1 more foul , and more in servitute . Ever fro the heigher degré that ...
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