Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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Page 47
... thair praier maked , Soon when The erth al under thaim it quaked , Than said the Juu , that all it herd , ' Christ ! thou es sauver of all this werld ! ' Of he kest al to his serk To mak him nemel til his werk . Sithen he nam a spad in ...
... thair praier maked , Soon when The erth al under thaim it quaked , Than said the Juu , that all it herd , ' Christ ! thou es sauver of all this werld ! ' Of he kest al to his serk To mak him nemel til his werk . Sithen he nam a spad in ...
Page 90
... thair advyses . Ffor soth theis ffolke consideren litill the good off the reaume [ realm ] off Englond , wheroff the ... thair gode . But yet oftentymes thai haue goo with thaym , through manasheynge [ menacing ] that ellis the same ...
... thair advyses . Ffor soth theis ffolke consideren litill the good off the reaume [ realm ] off Englond , wheroff the ... thair gode . But yet oftentymes thai haue goo with thaym , through manasheynge [ menacing ] that ellis the same ...
Page 91
... thair owne gode will any subsidie to thair prince , be cause the commons theroff be so pouere , as thai mey not give any thyng off thair owne godis . And the kyng ther askith neuer subsidie off is nobles , ffor drede that yff he charged ...
... thair owne gode will any subsidie to thair prince , be cause the commons theroff be so pouere , as thai mey not give any thyng off thair owne godis . And the kyng ther askith neuer subsidie off is nobles , ffor drede that yff he charged ...
Page 164
... thair awin mother tounge . ' Lyndsay wrote in Inglisch , and praised Douglas as ' of our Inglis rethorike the rose . ' Gavin Douglas , writing in the very year Flodden was fought , and the author of the Complaynt of Scotlande , in the ...
... thair awin mother tounge . ' Lyndsay wrote in Inglisch , and praised Douglas as ' of our Inglis rethorike the rose . ' Gavin Douglas , writing in the very year Flodden was fought , and the author of the Complaynt of Scotlande , in the ...
Page 177
... thair richt prayit thai . Thair dynit nane of thame that day , Bot , for the vigill of sanct Iohne , Thai fastit bred and vattir ilkone . The king , quhen that the mess ves done , Went for to se the pottys1 soyne , And at his liking saw ...
... thair richt prayit thai . Thair dynit nane of thame that day , Bot , for the vigill of sanct Iohne , Thai fastit bred and vattir ilkone . The king , quhen that the mess ves done , Went for to se the pottys1 soyne , And at his liking saw ...
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