Chamber's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 1J. B. Lippincott, 1910 - American literature |
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... unto him to have thaire hire ; The comun puple war ful prest Rapes to bring about thaire swire : Thai said all , Sir Philip oure syre , • learn As - truth sorely weeping forward Ropes - neck to have been written in or soon after 1362 ...
... unto him to have thaire hire ; The comun puple war ful prest Rapes to bring about thaire swire : Thai said all , Sir Philip oure syre , • learn As - truth sorely weeping forward Ropes - neck to have been written in or soon after 1362 ...
Page 70
... unto the launde Under the sonne he looketh , and anon He was war of Arcite and Palamon That foughten breme , as it were bores two . The brighté swerdes wenten to and fro So hidously , that with the leesté strook It semed as it wolde ...
... unto the launde Under the sonne he looketh , and anon He was war of Arcite and Palamon That foughten breme , as it were bores two . The brighté swerdes wenten to and fro So hidously , that with the leesté strook It semed as it wolde ...
Page 71
... Unto his pouré parisshens aboute , Of his offrying and eek of his substaunce : He koude in litel thyng have suffisaunce . Wyd was his parisshe , and houses fer asonder , But he ne lafte nat , for reyn ne thonder , In siknesse nor in ...
... Unto his pouré parisshens aboute , Of his offrying and eek of his substaunce : He koude in litel thyng have suffisaunce . Wyd was his parisshe , and houses fer asonder , But he ne lafte nat , for reyn ne thonder , In siknesse nor in ...
Page 75
... Unto his king may don or can , So ferforth , and me recommaunde To him which all me may commaunde , Preiend unto the highė regne Which causeth every king to regne Praying That his coroné longé stonde . I thenke and have it understonde ...
... Unto his king may don or can , So ferforth , and me recommaunde To him which all me may commaunde , Preiend unto the highė regne Which causeth every king to regne Praying That his coroné longé stonde . I thenke and have it understonde ...
Page 78
... unto the brigge and take a boot , That nat durste I contrárie hem all three , But dide as that they stired me , God woot . That it me made larger of despense Than that I thoght han been . O Flateriè ! The guyse of thy traitérous ...
... unto the brigge and take a boot , That nat durste I contrárie hem all three , But dide as that they stired me , God woot . That it me made larger of despense Than that I thoght han been . O Flateriè ! The guyse of thy traitérous ...
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