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... neuer the nere For there is phisicien but one That may me heale , but that is done Passe we ouer vntill efte That will not be , mote nedes be lefte Our first mater is good to kepe Soe when I sawe I might not slepe Til now late , this ...
... neuer the nere For there is phisicien but one That may me heale , but that is done Passe we ouer vntill efte That will not be , mote nedes be lefte Our first mater is good to kepe Soe when I sawe I might not slepe Til now late , this ...
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... neuer was founde , as it telles Borde ne man , ne nothing elles Right thus this king Seyes loste his life Now for to speake of Alcyone his wife This Lady that was left at home Hath wonder , that the king ne come Home , for it was a long ...
... neuer was founde , as it telles Borde ne man , ne nothing elles Right thus this king Seyes loste his life Now for to speake of Alcyone his wife This Lady that was left at home Hath wonder , that the king ne come Home , for it was a long ...
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... neuer yet / grew corne ne gras Ne tre ne noght / that oughte was Beste ne mañ / ne noght elles Save ther were a fewe welles Came rennynge / fro the clyffes a - doun That made a dedely / slepynge soun And Ronnen doun / ryght by a cave ...
... neuer yet / grew corne ne gras Ne tre ne noght / that oughte was Beste ne mañ / ne noght elles Save ther were a fewe welles Came rennynge / fro the clyffes a - doun That made a dedely / slepynge soun And Ronnen doun / ryght by a cave ...
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... neuer / herde speke or tho Of noo goddis / that koude make Men to slepene for to wake For I ne knewe / never god but ooñ And in my game / I sayede anooñ And yet me lyst / ryght ' euel to pley Rather then that / y shulde dey 228 232 236 ...
... neuer / herde speke or tho Of noo goddis / that koude make Men to slepene for to wake For I ne knewe / never god but ooñ And in my game / I sayede anooñ And yet me lyst / ryght ' euel to pley Rather then that / y shulde dey 228 232 236 ...
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... nyste how 272 Suche a luste / anoon me tooke To slepe that ryght ' vpon my booke Y fil aslepe / and therwith evene So wonderful / that neuer yitte Y trow no mañ Me mette so ynly swete / a swevene 276 8 FAIRFAX MS 16 . DETHE OF BLAUNCHE.
... nyste how 272 Suche a luste / anoon me tooke To slepe that ryght ' vpon my booke Y fil aslepe / and therwith evene So wonderful / that neuer yitte Y trow no mañ Me mette so ynly swete / a swevene 276 8 FAIRFAX MS 16 . DETHE OF BLAUNCHE.
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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...