 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 468 pages
...teche. Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, 485 And in adversite ful patient : And swiche he was ypreved often sithes. Ful loth were him to cursen for his...yeven out of doute. Unto his poure parishens aboute, 490 Of his o firing, and eke of his substance. He coude in litel thing have suffisance. Wide was his... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 466 pages
...teche. Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, 485 And in adversite ful patient : And swiche he was ypreved often sithes. Ful loth were him to cursen for his...yeven out of doute, Unto his poure parishens aboute, 490 Of his offring, and eke of his substance. He coude in litel thing have suffisance. ! . Wide was... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 766 pages
...was, and won J. i diligent, And in adversite ful patient: And swicbe he was yprevtrd of.cn sithes. Fal loth were him to cursen for his tithes, But rather wolde he yeven out of doutc, Unto his poure parishens abuute, Of his offring, and eke of his substance. He coude in litel... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 468 pages
...he was, and wonder diligent, And in adversite ful patient : And swiche he was ypreved often silhes. Ful loth were him to cursen for his tithes, But rather...substance. He coude in litel thing have suffisance. Widevwas his parish, and houses fer asonder, But he ne left nought for no rain ne thonder, In sikenesse... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 420 pages
...riding Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, And in adversite ful patient : And swiche he was ypreved1 often sithes*. Ful loth were him to cursen for his tithes, But rather wolde he yeven3 out of doutc, Unto his pourd parishens aboute, Of his offring, and eke of his substance. He... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 432 pages
...was, and wonder diligent, And in adversite ful patient : And swiche he was ypreved ' often withes a. Ful loth were him to cursen for his tithes, But rather wolde he yeven 3 out of doute, Unto his poure parishens aboute, 1; Of his offring, and eke of his substance. He coude... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...adversite ful patient, — And swiehe he was ypreved often sithes : Ful loth were him to eursen forln's oftring, and, eke, of his substanee. He eoude in litel thing have suffisanee. Wide was his parish,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1827 - 330 pages
...Benigne he was and wonder diligent And in adversite ful patient; And swiche he was yproved often sillies Ful loth were him to cursen for his tithes, But rather wolde he geven out of doute Unto his poure parishens aboute 8 Of his offriug, and eke of his substance ; He... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Country life - 1828 - 268 pages
...swiche he was yproved often sithes Ful loth were him to cm-sen for his tithes, But rather wolde he geren out of doute Unto his poure parishens aboute Of his...eke of his substance ; He coude in litel thing have suffisaoce. Wide was his parish, and houses fer asonder, But he ne left nought for no rain ne thunder... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...and wonder diligent, And in adversite ful patient : And swiche he was ypreved (a) often sithes. (6) Ful loth were him to cursen for his tithes, But rather wolde he yeven (c) out of doute, Unto his pour6 parishens aboute, Of his oflring, and eke of his substance. He coude... | |
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PERSONE of a toun: But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche. His parishens devoutly wolde he teche. 
