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... peyne that love me yeveth also , That doubleth al my torment and my wo . ' Therwith the fyr of jalousie up - sterte Withinne his brest , and hente him by the herte So woodly , that he lyk was to biholde 1278. Resouned , H6 resouneth ...
... peyne that love me yeveth also , That doubleth al my torment and my wo . ' Therwith the fyr of jalousie up - sterte Withinne his brest , and hente him by the herte So woodly , that he lyk was to biholde 1278. Resouned , H6 resouneth ...
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... peyne , and thilkė hoote fir , In which thou whilom brendest for desir , Whan that thou usedeste the beautee Of faire , yonge , fresshė Venus free , And haddest hire in armés at thy wille , Al - though thee ones on a tyme mysfille ...
... peyne , and thilkė hoote fir , In which thou whilom brendest for desir , Whan that thou usedeste the beautee Of faire , yonge , fresshė Venus free , And haddest hire in armés at thy wille , Al - though thee ones on a tyme mysfille ...
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... peyne , Lay doun thy swerd , and I wil myn alswa . I is ful wight , God waat , as is a raa ; By Goddes herté ! he sal nat scape us bathe . wel ; He strepeth of the brydel right anon , And whan the hors was laus , he gynneth gon Toward ...
... peyne , Lay doun thy swerd , and I wil myn alswa . I is ful wight , God waat , as is a raa ; By Goddes herté ! he sal nat scape us bathe . wel ; He strepeth of the brydel right anon , And whan the hors was laus , he gynneth gon Toward ...
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... peyne of hangyng , and on heigh juyse , That he ne sholde suffren , in no wyse , Custance in - with his reawme for tabyde Thre dayés and o quarter of a tyde ; 771-784 . The next two stanzas are Chaucer's addition from the De Contemptu ...
... peyne of hangyng , and on heigh juyse , That he ne sholde suffren , in no wyse , Custance in - with his reawme for tabyde Thre dayés and o quarter of a tyde ; 771-784 . The next two stanzas are Chaucer's addition from the De Contemptu ...
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... peyne of deeth , so have I doon certein . ' This messager tormented was til he Mostė biknowe , and tellen , plat and pleyn , Fro nyght to nyght in what place he had leyn ; And thus by wit and sobtil enquerynge Ymagined was by whom this ...
... peyne of deeth , so have I doon certein . ' This messager tormented was til he Mostė biknowe , and tellen , plat and pleyn , Fro nyght to nyght in what place he had leyn ; And thus by wit and sobtil enquerynge Ymagined was by whom this ...
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