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... noght . ' Ye goon to Canterbury - God yow 769 speede , The blisful martir quite yow youre meede ! And , wel I woot , as ye goon by the weye , Ye shapen yow to talen and to pleye ; For trewely confort ne myrthe is noon To ride by the ...
... noght . ' Ye goon to Canterbury - God yow 769 speede , The blisful martir quite yow youre meede ! And , wel I woot , as ye goon by the weye , Ye shapen yow to talen and to pleye ; For trewely confort ne myrthe is noon To ride by the ...
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... noght ; ley hond to , every man . ' Anon to drawen every wight bigan , And , shortly for to tellen as it was , Were it by áventúre , or sort , or cas , The sothe is this , the cut fil to the knyght , Of which ful blithe and glad was ...
... noght ; ley hond to , every man . ' Anon to drawen every wight bigan , And , shortly for to tellen as it was , Were it by áventúre , or sort , or cas , The sothe is this , the cut fil to the knyght , Of which ful blithe and glad was ...
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... noght biknowe myn owene name ; But ther as I was wont to highte Arcite , Now highte I Philostrate , noght worth a myte . Allas , thou felle Mars ! allas , Juno ! 1559 Thus hath youre ire oure kynrede al fordo , Save oonly me , and ...
... noght biknowe myn owene name ; But ther as I was wont to highte Arcite , Now highte I Philostrate , noght worth a myte . Allas , thou felle Mars ! allas , Juno ! 1559 Thus hath youre ire oure kynrede al fordo , Save oonly me , and ...
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... Noght was forgeten by the infortune of Marte , The cartere over - ryden with his carte ; Under the wheel ful lowe he lay adoun . riflers of the dead after a battle . But in Wright's own quotation from the Compost of Ptolomeus it is said ...
... Noght was forgeten by the infortune of Marte , The cartere over - ryden with his carte ; Under the wheel ful lowe he lay adoun . riflers of the dead after a battle . But in Wright's own quotation from the Compost of Ptolomeus it is said ...
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... noght seye . 2230 But mercy , lady bright , that knowest weele My thought , and seest what harmės that I feele , Considere al this and rewe upon my soore As wisly as I shal for evermoore , Emforth my myght , thy trewe servant be , And ...
... noght seye . 2230 But mercy , lady bright , that knowest weele My thought , and seest what harmės that I feele , Considere al this and rewe upon my soore As wisly as I shal for evermoore , Emforth my myght , thy trewe servant be , And ...
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