Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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Page 57
... kyng hath no better ; Alle hir fyve fyngres were fretted with rynges , ornamented Of the preciousest perre that prince wered evere ; jewellery In red scarlet she rod , i - rybaunt with gold ; Ther n'is no qweene qweynter that quik is ...
... kyng hath no better ; Alle hir fyve fyngres were fretted with rynges , ornamented Of the preciousest perre that prince wered evere ; jewellery In red scarlet she rod , i - rybaunt with gold ; Ther n'is no qweene qweynter that quik is ...
Page 68
... kyng this cursed lettre sente , And Custance , with a deedly palé face , The ferthe day toward the ship she wente ; But nathelees she taketh in good entente The wyl of Crist , and knelynge on the stronde , She seyde , Lord , ay welcome ...
... kyng this cursed lettre sente , And Custance , with a deedly palé face , The ferthe day toward the ship she wente ; But nathelees she taketh in good entente The wyl of Crist , and knelynge on the stronde , She seyde , Lord , ay welcome ...
Page 84
... kyng that was in prisoun , thre bisshoppes , thre erles , tweye barouns , two abbottes and two justices , forto resigne to the kyng that was thoo in warde the homage that was i - made to hym somtyme , for they wolde no lenger have hym ...
... kyng that was in prisoun , thre bisshoppes , thre erles , tweye barouns , two abbottes and two justices , forto resigne to the kyng that was thoo in warde the homage that was i - made to hym somtyme , for they wolde no lenger have hym ...
Page 90
... 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 , be the rithful dome [ judgment ] of God , was smet with a horibil ...
... 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 , be the rithful dome [ judgment ] of God , was smet with a horibil ...
Page 91
... kyng ther askith neuer subsidie off is nobles , ffor drede that yff he charged hem so , hai wolde confedre with the commons , and perauentur putt hym doune . But owre commons be riche , and thefore thai give to thair kynge , at somme ...
... kyng ther askith neuer subsidie off is nobles , ffor drede that yff he charged hem so , hai wolde confedre with the commons , and perauentur putt hym doune . But owre commons be riche , and thefore thai give to thair kynge , at somme ...
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