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... Unto us done : hir vengeable duresse Despoiled hath this lond of the swetnesse Of rethoryk ; for unto Tullius Was never man so like amonges us . Also who was heyr in philosofye To Aristotle in our tunge but thou ? The steppes of Virgile ...
... Unto us done : hir vengeable duresse Despoiled hath this lond of the swetnesse Of rethoryk ; for unto Tullius Was never man so like amonges us . Also who was heyr in philosofye To Aristotle in our tunge but thou ? The steppes of Virgile ...
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... unto my tale , And wirk all as I reid , And thou sall haif my heart all haill , Eik and my maiden - heid : Sen God sendis bute for baill , And for murnyng remeid , In dern with thee bot gif I dale Dowtles I am bot deid . ' ' Makyn , to ...
... unto my tale , And wirk all as I reid , And thou sall haif my heart all haill , Eik and my maiden - heid : Sen God sendis bute for baill , And for murnyng remeid , In dern with thee bot gif I dale Dowtles I am bot deid . ' ' Makyn , to ...
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... confusioun , As full weill worthy weir . quhill ] until . himself . dungin doun ] beaten down . withouten feir ] without companion . his awin persoun ] Syne brak the bour , had hame the bricht Unto 22 ROBERT HENRYSON.
... confusioun , As full weill worthy weir . quhill ] until . himself . dungin doun ] beaten down . withouten feir ] without companion . his awin persoun ] Syne brak the bour , had hame the bricht Unto 22 ROBERT HENRYSON.
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Arthur Quiller-Couch. Syne brak the bour , had hame the bricht Unto her fadir he . Sa evill wondit wes the Knycht That he behuvit to de ; Unlusam was his likame dicht , His sark was all bludy ; In all the world was thair a wicht , So ...
Arthur Quiller-Couch. Syne brak the bour , had hame the bricht Unto her fadir he . Sa evill wondit wes the Knycht That he behuvit to de ; Unlusam was his likame dicht , His sark was all bludy ; In all the world was thair a wicht , So ...
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... unto me bene . 18. rois ] rose . to seyne ] to see . 17. hend ] gentle . garth ] garden - close . that I complain of , mourn for . wenit ] weened , esteemed . that I of mene ] 19 . L In Honour of the City of London 25 ROBERT HENRYSON.
... unto me bene . 18. rois ] rose . to seyne ] to see . 17. hend ] gentle . garth ] garden - close . that I complain of , mourn for . wenit ] weened , esteemed . that I of mene ] 19 . L In Honour of the City of London 25 ROBERT HENRYSON.
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