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... kyng as schal a page ; Som in his bed , som in the deepë see , Som in the largë feeld as men may se . ' ( Knightes Tale , 11. 2172-4 . ) PRONOUNS . SINGULAR . Nom . I , Ich , Ik , Gen. min ( myn ) , mi ( my ) , Dat . Acc . ५ me , Nom ...
... kyng as schal a page ; Som in his bed , som in the deepë see , Som in the largë feeld as men may se . ' ( Knightes Tale , 11. 2172-4 . ) PRONOUNS . SINGULAR . Nom . I , Ich , Ik , Gen. min ( myn ) , mi ( my ) , Dat . Acc . ५ me , Nom ...
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... kyng William were falle . Therto he couthe endite , and make a thing , Ther couthe no wight pynche at his writyng ; And every statute couthe he pleyn by roote . He rood but hoomly in a medlé coote , Gird with a seynt of silk , with ...
... kyng William were falle . Therto he couthe endite , and make a thing , Ther couthe no wight pynche at his writyng ; And every statute couthe he pleyn by roote . He rood but hoomly in a medlé coote , Gird with a seynt of silk , with ...
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... kyng Capaneus , 60 65 70 That starf at Thebes , cursed be that day , And alle we that ben in this array , 75 And maken al this lamentacioun ! We losten alle oure housbondes at that toun , Whil that the sege ther aboute lay . And yet the ...
... kyng Capaneus , 60 65 70 That starf at Thebes , cursed be that day , And alle we that ben in this array , 75 And maken al this lamentacioun ! We losten alle oure housbondes at that toun , Whil that the sege ther aboute lay . And yet the ...
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... kyng , He faught , and slough him manly as a knight In pleyn bataille , and putte the folk to flight ; And by assaut he wan the cité after , 120 125 130 And rente adoun bothe wal , and sparre , and rafter And to the ladies he restorede ...
... kyng , He faught , and slough him manly as a knight In pleyn bataille , and putte the folk to flight ; And by assaut he wan the cité after , 120 125 130 And rente adoun bothe wal , and sparre , and rafter And to the ladies he restorede ...
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... kyng , Of his lynage am I , and his ofspring By verray lyne , as of the stok ryal : 690 And now I am so caytyf and so thral , That he that is my mortal enemy , 695 I serve him as his squyer povrely . And yet doth Juno me wel more schame ...
... kyng , Of his lynage am I , and his ofspring By verray lyne , as of the stok ryal : 690 And now I am so caytyf and so thral , That he that is my mortal enemy , 695 I serve him as his squyer povrely . And yet doth Juno me wel more schame ...
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