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Page 157
... paine . Certes fwiche cry ne lamentation N'as never of ladies made whan Ilion Was wonne , and Pirrus with ftreite fwerd , When he had hen King Priam by the berd And flain him , ( as faith us Enidos ! As maden all the hennes in the cloos ...
... paine . Certes fwiche cry ne lamentation N'as never of ladies made whan Ilion Was wonne , and Pirrus with ftreite fwerd , When he had hen King Priam by the berd And flain him , ( as faith us Enidos ! As maden all the hennes in the cloos ...
Page 280
... paine : Some fongin fongis of Loraine , For in Loraine ther notis be Full fwetir than in this contre . There was many a timbestere , And failours , that I dare wel fwere Ycothe ther craft full parfitly ; The timbris up full fubtilly ...
... paine : Some fongin fongis of Loraine , For in Loraine ther notis be Full fwetir than in this contre . There was many a timbestere , And failours , that I dare wel fwere Ycothe ther craft full parfitly ; The timbris up full fubtilly ...
Page 286
... paine endure ; That on a timè fhe him tolde That if he her ne lovin wolde That her behovid nedis die There laie none othir remedie . But nathèleffe for his beaute So feirs and dangerous was he , That he n'olde graantin her afking For ...
... paine endure ; That on a timè fhe him tolde That if he her ne lovin wolde That her behovid nedis die There laie none othir remedie . But nathèleffe for his beaute So feirs and dangerous was he , That he n'olde graantin her afking For ...
Page 290
... paine and gret adverfite He moté endure , and eke travaile , That fhal me fèrve withoutin faile ; But there against the to comforte , And with thy fervice to difporte , Thou maift ful glad and joyfull be So gode a maifter to ' have as ...
... paine and gret adverfite He moté endure , and eke travaile , That fhal me fèrve withoutin faile ; But there against the to comforte , And with thy fervice to difporte , Thou maift ful glad and joyfull be So gode a maifter to ' have as ...
Page 293
... paine To memo'rie fhalt thou come againe , A man abashid wondir fore , And aftir fighin more and more ; For wit thou wele withoatin wene In fuche a state ful ofte have bene That have the ' evill of love affaide , Where thorough thou art ...
... paine To memo'rie fhalt thou come againe , A man abashid wondir fore , And aftir fighin more and more ; For wit thou wele withoatin wene In fuche a state ful ofte have bene That have the ' evill of love affaide , Where thorough thou art ...
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Page 147 - And with that word he fley doun fro the beem, For it was day, and eek his...
Page 9 - A-morwe, whan that day bigan to springe, Up roos our host, and was our aller cok, And gadrede us togidre, alle in a flok, And forth we riden, a litel more than pas, Un-to the watering of seint Thomas.
Page 9 - ... .But in his teching discrete and benigne. To drawen folk to heven, with fairenesse, By good ensample, was his besinesse : But it were any persone obstinat, What so he were of highe, or low estat, Him wolde he snibben sharply for the nones. A better preest I trowe that nowher non is.
Page 60 - And if that any of us have more than other, Let him be trewe, and part it with his brother.
Page 57 - But I to you be al so good and trewe As ever was wif sin that the world was newe, And but I be to-morwe as faire to seen As any lady, emperice, or quene, That is betwix the est and eke the west, Doth with my lif and deth right as you lest Cast up the curtein, loke how that it is.
Page 9 - As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But loked holwe, and therto soberly.
Page 65 - And dronkenesse is eek a foul record Of any man, and namely in a lord. Ther is ful many an eye and many an ere Awaiting on a lord, and he noot where. For goddes love, drink more attemprely; Wyn maketh man to lesen wrecchedly His minde, and eek his limes everichon.
Page 147 - He chukketh, whan he hath a corn yfound, And to him rennen than his wives alle. Thus real, as a prince is in his halle, Leve I this Chaunteclere in his pasture; And after wol I tell his aventure.
Page 84 - Wel fairer ben thy brests than ony wine. The gardin is enclosed all aboute; Come forth, my white spouse, for out of doute, Thou hast me wounded in myn herte, o wif: . No spot in thee n'as never in all thy lif. Come forth, and let us taken our disport, I chese thee for my wif and my comfort. Swiche...
Page 24 - Wel may men knowen, but it be a fool, That every part deriveth from his hool. For nature hath not taken his beginning Of no partie ne cantel of a thing, 3010 But of a thing that parfit is and stable, Descending so, til it be corrumpable.