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... Lady that was left at home Hath wonder , that the king ne come Home , for it was a long terme Anone her herte began to yerne And for that her thought euermo It was not wele , her thought soe She longed soe after the king That certes it ...
... Lady that was left at home Hath wonder , that the king ne come Home , for it was a long terme Anone her herte began to yerne And for that her thought euermo It was not wele , her thought soe She longed soe after the king That certes it ...
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... lady / koude here noo worde 100 That no mañ myght / fynde hir lorde Ful ofte she swovned / and sayed alas For sorweful nygh woode she was Ne she koude / no rede but ooñ But dovne on knees / she sate anooň And wepte / that pittee was to ...
... lady / koude here noo worde 100 That no mañ myght / fynde hir lorde Ful ofte she swovned / and sayed alas For sorweful nygh woode she was Ne she koude / no rede but ooñ But dovne on knees / she sate anooň And wepte / that pittee was to ...
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... lady bryght Which I have loved / with al my myght ' Is fro me ded / and ys a - gooñ 460 464 [ leaf 136 ] 468 472 [ The Knight's Lay 476 no gap in the MS.1 ] [ 1 Bodl . 638 , leaf 119 , hack , [ • · Allas dethe / what ayleth the That ...
... lady bryght Which I have loved / with al my myght ' Is fro me ded / and ys a - gooñ 460 464 [ leaf 136 ] 468 472 [ The Knight's Lay 476 no gap in the MS.1 ] [ 1 Bodl . 638 , leaf 119 , hack , [ • · Allas dethe / what ayleth the That ...
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... lady dere [ leaf 140 ] 772 And this was longe / and many a yere Or that myn herte / was set owhere 776 That I did thus / and nyste why I trowe hit came / me kyndely Peraventure / I was therto moste able For hit ys redy / to cachche and ...
... lady dere [ leaf 140 ] 772 And this was longe / and many a yere Or that myn herte / was set owhere 776 That I did thus / and nyste why I trowe hit came / me kyndely Peraventure / I was therto moste able For hit ys redy / to cachche and ...
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... lady hadde Debonair goode / glade and sadde 860 Symple of goode / mochel noght ' to wyde Ther - to hir looke / nas not a - syde Ne ouertwert / but besette so wele Hyt drewh and tooke vp / euerydele Al that on hir / gañ be - holde Hir ...
... lady hadde Debonair goode / glade and sadde 860 Symple of goode / mochel noght ' to wyde Ther - to hir looke / nas not a - syde Ne ouertwert / but besette so wele Hyt drewh and tooke vp / euerydele Al that on hir / gañ be - holde Hir ...
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Page 100 - SERIES], due in advance on the 1st of JANUARY, and should be paid either to the Society's Account at the Head Office of the Union Bank of London, Princes Street, London, EG, or by Cheque, Postal Order, or MoneyOrder to the Hon.
Page 100 - Society was started by Dr. Furnivall in 1864 for the purpose of bringing the mass of Old English Literature within the reach of the ordinary student, and of wiping away the reproach under which England hud long rested, of having felt little interest in the monuments of her early language and life.
Page 100 - ... for which more prints of Manuscripts were and are wanted ; and it is hardly too much to say that every line of Chaucer contains points that need reconsideration. The founder (Dr Furnivall) began with The Canterbury Tales, and has given of them (in parallel columns in Royal 4to) six of the best theretofore unprinted Manuscripts known.
Page 100 - The Society's issue for 1868, in the First Series, is, I. The Prologue and Knight's Tale, of the Canterbury Tales, in 6 parallel Texts (from the 6 MSS named below), together with Tables, showing the Groups of the Tales, and their varying order in 38 MSS of the Tales, and in 5 old printed editions, and also Specimens from several MSS of the "Moveable Prologues...
Page 99 - AD 1246 (the Latin source of the French original of Chaucer's Melibe), edited from the MSS, by Dr Thor Sundby. Of the Second Series, the issue for 1874 is, 9. Essays on Chaucer, his Words and Works, Part II.: 3. John of Hoveden's Practica Chilindri, edited from the MS, with a translation, by Mr E. Brock. 4. Chaucer's use of the final -e, by Joseph Payne, Esq.
Page 100 - 851 (separate issues of the Texts forming Part I of the Six-Text edition.) The issue for 1869, in the First Series, is, VIII. The Miller's, Reeve's, and Cook's Tales: Ellesmere MS.
Page 243 - Hap helpith hardy man alday quod he What ende that I make it shal be so And gerte hym with his swerd & gan to go And forth he rit til he to rome is come 1776 And al a-lone his weye hathe he nome Vn-to the hous of Colatyn ful ryght Doun was the sonne & day hath lost hire lyght And in he comyth in to a...