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... fhal it have both even and morwe , Whan that him lift come forth and pay his dette . 5735 An hufbond wol I have , I wol not lette , Which shal be both my dettour and my thrall , And have his tribulation withall Upon his flesh , while ...
... fhal it have both even and morwe , Whan that him lift come forth and pay his dette . 5735 An hufbond wol I have , I wol not lette , Which shal be both my dettour and my thrall , And have his tribulation withall Upon his flesh , while ...
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... fhal abroche : Beware of it er thou to neigh approche , For I fhal tell enfamples mo than ten . Who fo that n'ill beware by other men By him fhal other men corrected be : Thife fame wordes writeth Ptholomee , V. 5764. writeth Ptholomee ...
... fhal abroche : Beware of it er thou to neigh approche , For I fhal tell enfamples mo than ten . Who fo that n'ill beware by other men By him fhal other men corrected be : Thife fame wordes writeth Ptholomee , V. 5764. writeth Ptholomee ...
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... fhal abroche : Beware of it er thou to neigh approche , For I fhal tell enfamples mo than ten . Who fo that n'ill beware by other men By him fhal other men corrected be : Thife fame wordes writeth Ptholomee , 66 v . 5764. writeth ...
... fhal abroche : Beware of it er thou to neigh approche , For I fhal tell enfamples mo than ten . Who fo that n'ill beware by other men By him fhal other men corrected be : Thife fame wordes writeth Ptholomee , 66 v . 5764. writeth ...
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... fhal not kepe me but me left : Yet coude I make his berd , fo mote I the . Thou fayeft eke that ther ben thinges three , Which thinges gretly troublen all this erthe , 5945 And that no wight ne may endure the ferthe : O lefe fire fhrewe ...
... fhal not kepe me but me left : Yet coude I make his berd , fo mote I the . Thou fayeft eke that ther ben thinges three , Which thinges gretly troublen all this erthe , 5945 And that no wight ne may endure the ferthe : O lefe fire fhrewe ...
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... fhal unto min ending day : But in our bed he was fo fresh and gay , And therwithall he coude fo wel me glofe , Whan that he wolde han my belle chofe , 6080 6085 6099 That though he had me bet on every bon He coude win agen my love anon ...
... fhal unto min ending day : But in our bed he was fo fresh and gay , And therwithall he coude fo wel me glofe , Whan that he wolde han my belle chofe , 6080 6085 6099 That though he had me bet on every bon He coude win agen my love anon ...
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Page 206 - ne wiste I what ye mente. But now, Aurelie, I knowe your entente, By thilke god that yaf me soule and lyf, Ne shal I never been untrewe wyf In word ne werk, as fer as I have wit: I wol ben his to whom that I am knit; Tak this for fynal answer as of me.
Page 187 - But rather ete the flesh upon us two. Our flesh thou yaf ' us, take our flesh us fro, And ete ynough...
Page 89 - His tendre limmes, delicat to sight, Fro foules and fro bestes for to save. But she non answer of him mighte have, He went his way, as him no thing ne rought, But to Boloigne he tendrely it brought. This markis wondreth ever lenger the more Upon...
Page 161 - And by his side a naked swerd hanging : And up he rideth to the highe bord. In all the halle ne was ther spoke a word, For mervaille of this knight ; him to behold Ful besily they waiten yong and old.
Page 29 - But I to you be al so good and trewe As ever was wif sin that the world was newe, And but I be to-morwe as faire to seen As any lady, emperice, or quene, That is betwix the est and eke the west, Doth with my lif and deth right as you lest Cast up the curtein, loke how that it is.
Page 58 - A, yeve that covent half a quarter otes; And yeve that covent four and twenty grotes; And yeve that frere a peny, and let him go: Nay, nay, Thomas, it may no thing be so. What is a ferthing worth parted on twelve ? Lo, eche thing that is oned in himselve Is more strong than whan it is yscatered.
Page 165 - Poileis courser were; For certes, fro his tayl unto his ere Nature ne art ne coud him not amend In no degree, as all the peple wend. But evermore hir moste wonder was, How that it coude gon, and was of bras; It was of faerie, as the peple semed. Diverse folk diversely han demed; As many heds, as many wittes ben.
Page 105 - The gold of hem hath now so bad alayes With bras, that though the coine be faire at eye, It wolde rather brast atwo than plie. For which here, for the wives love of Bathe, Whos lif and al hire secte God maintene In high maistrie, and elles were it scathe, I wol with lusty herte fresshe and grene, Say you a song to gladen you, I wene: And let us stint of ernestful matere.
Page 41 - Sompnour shope him for to wende, They saw a cart that charged was with hay, Which that a carter drove forth on his way. Depe was the way, for which the carte stood ; The carter smote, and cried as he were wood, Heit, Scot ; heit, Brok ; what, spare ye for the stones ? The fend...