The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: With Poems Formely Printed Withhis Or Attributed to HimG. Bell and Sons, 1906 |
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... Quod si fama negat , mundi quia gloria transit Hæc monumenta lege . Chaucer had two sons , Thomas and Lewis , the latter , to whom the treatise on the astrolabe was addressed , is supposed to have died in his youth . The former married ...
... Quod si fama negat , mundi quia gloria transit Hæc monumenta lege . Chaucer had two sons , Thomas and Lewis , the latter , to whom the treatise on the astrolabe was addressed , is supposed to have died in his youth . The former married ...
Page 124
... quod he , ' to the no gret honour , For to be fals , ne for to be traytour To me , that am thy cosyn and thy brother I - swore ' ful deepe , and ech of us to other , Formal compacts for the purpose of mutual counsel and assist That ...
... quod he , ' to the no gret honour , For to be fals , ne for to be traytour To me , that am thy cosyn and thy brother I - swore ' ful deepe , and ech of us to other , Formal compacts for the purpose of mutual counsel and assist That ...
Page 128
... quod he , Thyn is the victoire of this aventure , Ful blisfully in prisoun to endure ; In prisoun ? nay , certes but in paradys ! Wel hath fortune y - torned the the dys , That hath the sight of hir , and I the absence . For possible is ...
... quod he , Thyn is the victoire of this aventure , Ful blisfully in prisoun to endure ; In prisoun ? nay , certes but in paradys ! Wel hath fortune y - torned the the dys , That hath the sight of hir , and I the absence . For possible is ...
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... quod he , that day that I was bore ! How longe Juno , ' thurgh thy cruelté Wiltow werreyen Thebes the citec ? Allas ! i - brought is to confusioun The blood royal of Cadme and Amphioun ; Of Cadynus , the which was the furst man That ...
... quod he , that day that I was bore ! How longe Juno , ' thurgh thy cruelté Wiltow werreyen Thebes the citec ? Allas ! i - brought is to confusioun The blood royal of Cadme and Amphioun ; Of Cadynus , the which was the furst man That ...
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... quod Satourne , ' My cours , that hath so wyde for to tourne , 1 Hath more power than woot eny man . Myn is the drenchyng in the see so wan ; Myn is the prisoun in the derke cote ; Myn is the stranglyng and hangyng by the throte ; The ...
... quod Satourne , ' My cours , that hath so wyde for to tourne , 1 Hath more power than woot eny man . Myn is the drenchyng in the see so wan ; Myn is the prisoun in the derke cote ; Myn is the stranglyng and hangyng by the throte ; The ...
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