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Page 23
... seen yone sicht , Or ellis in begging evir to gane Furth with yone curtass knycht . ' He said Fair lady , now mone I De trestly ye me trow , Take ye my serk that is bludy And hing it forrow yow , First think on it and syne on me Quhen ...
... seen yone sicht , Or ellis in begging evir to gane Furth with yone curtass knycht . ' He said Fair lady , now mone I De trestly ye me trow , Take ye my serk that is bludy And hing it forrow yow , First think on it and syne on me Quhen ...
Page 50
... seen When men will break promise they speak The wordis on the splene . Ye shape some wile me to beguile , And steal from me , I ween : Then were the case worse than it was , And I more wo - begone : For , in my mind , of all mankind I ...
... seen When men will break promise they speak The wordis on the splene . Ye shape some wile me to beguile , And steal from me , I ween : Then were the case worse than it was , And I more wo - begone : For , in my mind , of all mankind I ...
Page 63
... seen them gentle , tame , and meek , That now are wild , and do not once remember That sometime they have put themselves in danger To take bread at my hand ; and now they range , Busily seeking in continual change . Thanked be fortune ...
... seen them gentle , tame , and meek , That now are wild , and do not once remember That sometime they have put themselves in danger To take bread at my hand ; and now they range , Busily seeking in continual change . Thanked be fortune ...
Page 82
... I doubt if Nature could So fair a creature make . She may be well compared Unto the Phoenix kind , Whose like was never seen or heard , That any man can find . In life she is Diana chaste , In troth Penelopey 82 NUMBERS FROM ...
... I doubt if Nature could So fair a creature make . She may be well compared Unto the Phoenix kind , Whose like was never seen or heard , That any man can find . In life she is Diana chaste , In troth Penelopey 82 NUMBERS FROM ...
Page 92
... seen . Quite through the streets , with silver sound , The flood of Life doth flow ; Upon whose banks on every side The wood of Life doth grow . There trees for evermore bear fruit , And evermore do spring ; There evermore the angels ...
... seen . Quite through the streets , with silver sound , The flood of Life doth flow ; Upon whose banks on every side The wood of Life doth grow . There trees for evermore bear fruit , And evermore do spring ; There evermore the angels ...
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