Illustrations of Shakespeare, and of Ancient Manners: With Dissertations on the Clowns and Fools of Shakespeare; on the Collection of Popular Tales Entitled Gesta Romanorum; and on the English Morris Dance, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 - Gesta Romanorum |
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Page 141
... quod valebit centum scuta , faciet valere ducenta . Hic est usura palliata . " Sermo in fe- riam , iiii . de passione . CLO . --- Sc . 3. p . 337 . ginger was not much in request , for the old women were all dead . This spice was ...
... quod valebit centum scuta , faciet valere ducenta . Hic est usura palliata . " Sermo in fe- riam , iiii . de passione . CLO . --- Sc . 3. p . 337 . ginger was not much in request , for the old women were all dead . This spice was ...
Page 203
... quod in effigie cornutæ fœminæ Diabolus plerum- que pingitur . " We cannot but admire the pious writer's ingenuity in the latter declaration , and how well it was calculated to terrify the ladies out of this preposterous fashion . Sc ...
... quod in effigie cornutæ fœminæ Diabolus plerum- que pingitur . " We cannot but admire the pious writer's ingenuity in the latter declaration , and how well it was calculated to terrify the ladies out of this preposterous fashion . Sc ...
Page 256
... quod vadat ad missam . Et cum caro , quæ pigra est , timet frigus , respondet et dicit , Quare ires ita mane , nonne scis quod clerici pulsant campanas propter oblationes ? dormi adhuc ; et sic transit pars diei . Postea iterum ...
... quod vadat ad missam . Et cum caro , quæ pigra est , timet frigus , respondet et dicit , Quare ires ita mane , nonne scis quod clerici pulsant campanas propter oblationes ? dormi adhuc ; et sic transit pars diei . Postea iterum ...
Page 281
... quod she , thou shalt not lye by me a nyght . Then hit shal be as thou wilte , quod he . What dude he but purveyde him of so muche mony , s . an C. marke of floreyns , and yaf hir . Whenne nyght come the knigte enterid into the bed of ...
... quod she , thou shalt not lye by me a nyght . Then hit shal be as thou wilte , quod he . What dude he but purveyde him of so muche mony , s . an C. marke of floreyns , and yaf hir . Whenne nyght come the knigte enterid into the bed of ...
Page 282
... quod she ; for frende , I do the no wronge . Thow accordiste with me that I shulde lye with the al nyght , and so it is idon ; for I lay by the al nyght , and thou sleptest and preferdest me no solace , and therr- fore blame thi selfe ...
... quod she ; for frende , I do the no wronge . Thow accordiste with me that I shulde lye with the al nyght , and so it is idon ; for I lay by the al nyght , and thou sleptest and preferdest me no solace , and therr- fore blame thi selfe ...
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