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... noble youth . His efforts were grandly successful ; and in less than a generation England was again blessed with intelligence and prosperity . Among the books he trans- lated into Anglo - Saxon were Bede's " Ecclesiastical His- tory ...
... noble youth . His efforts were grandly successful ; and in less than a generation England was again blessed with intelligence and prosperity . Among the books he trans- lated into Anglo - Saxon were Bede's " Ecclesiastical His- tory ...
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... noble youths acquired courtly graces , and wandering minstrels enter- tained the assembled household with their songs . Bril- liant tournaments from time to time brought together the beauty and chivalry of the whole realm . French ...
... noble youths acquired courtly graces , and wandering minstrels enter- tained the assembled household with their songs . Bril- liant tournaments from time to time brought together the beauty and chivalry of the whole realm . French ...
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... noble arive hadde he be . At mortal batailles hadde he ben fiftene , And foughten for oure feith at Tramassene In lystes thries , and ay slayn his foo . This ilke worthi knight hadde ben also Somtyme with the lord of Palatye , Ageyn ...
... noble arive hadde he be . At mortal batailles hadde he ben fiftene , And foughten for oure feith at Tramassene In lystes thries , and ay slayn his foo . This ilke worthi knight hadde ben also Somtyme with the lord of Palatye , Ageyn ...
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... noble post . Ful wel biloved and famulier was he With frankeleyns over - al in his cuntre , And eek with worthi wommen of the toun : For he hadde power of confessioun , As seyde himself , more than a curat , For of his ordre he was ...
... noble post . Ful wel biloved and famulier was he With frankeleyns over - al in his cuntre , And eek with worthi wommen of the toun : For he hadde power of confessioun , As seyde himself , more than a curat , For of his ordre he was ...
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... noble ensample to his scheep he gaf , That first he wroughte , and afterward he taughte , Out of the gospel he the wordes caughte , And this figure he addede eek therto , That if gold ruste , what schal yren doo ? For if a prest be foul ...
... noble ensample to his scheep he gaf , That first he wroughte , and afterward he taughte , Out of the gospel he the wordes caughte , And this figure he addede eek therto , That if gold ruste , what schal yren doo ? For if a prest be foul ...
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