Chambers's Cyclopędia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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Page 69
... hath founden al his cure . And now swetnéssé semeth more swete That bitternesse assayed was biforn ; For out of wo in blissé now they flete ; Non swich they felten sin they were born . Now is this bet than bothẻ two be lorn ! For love ...
... hath founden al his cure . And now swetnéssé semeth more swete That bitternesse assayed was biforn ; For out of wo in blissé now they flete ; Non swich they felten sin they were born . Now is this bet than bothẻ two be lorn ! For love ...
Page 70
... hath he dight , Bothe suffisaunt and meté to darreyne 1 , 2 fight out appointed The bataille in the feeld betwix hem tweyne ; And on his hors , allone as he was born , He carieth al the harneys hym biforn : And in the grove , at tyme ...
... hath he dight , Bothe suffisaunt and meté to darreyne 1 , 2 fight out appointed The bataille in the feeld betwix hem tweyne ; And on his hors , allone as he was born , He carieth al the harneys hym biforn : And in the grove , at tyme ...
Page 78
... hath swich thyng forsworne , At instance of Writyng , his werreyour That Stooping hath hym spilt with his labour . Many men , fadir , wenen that writżnge stubborn foeman hurt No travaile is ; thei hold it but a game : Art hath no foe ...
... hath swich thyng forsworne , At instance of Writyng , his werreyour That Stooping hath hym spilt with his labour . Many men , fadir , wenen that writżnge stubborn foeman hurt No travaile is ; thei hold it but a game : Art hath no foe ...
Page 83
... hath many faire cytees and townes . In that kyngdom lith the body of seynt Thomas the Apostle in flesch and bon , in a faire tombe in the cytee of Calamye ; for there he was martyred and buryed . And men of Assirie beere his body into ...
... hath many faire cytees and townes . In that kyngdom lith the body of seynt Thomas the Apostle in flesch and bon , in a faire tombe in the cytee of Calamye ; for there he was martyred and buryed . And men of Assirie beere his body into ...
Page 90
... hath lyf , and the Sacrament non . . . . In the IX . zere of this Kyng , John Wiclef , the orgon of the devel , the enmy of the Cherch , the confusion of men , the ydol of heresie , the meroure of ypocrisie , the norischer of scisme ...
... hath lyf , and the Sacrament non . . . . In the IX . zere of this Kyng , John Wiclef , the orgon of the devel , the enmy of the Cherch , the confusion of men , the ydol of heresie , the meroure of ypocrisie , the norischer of scisme ...
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