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... thilke 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 ...
... thilke 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 ...
Page 62
... thilke wikke ensample of Canacee , That loved hir owenė brother synfully ; ( Of swiche cursed stories I sey fy ! ) Or ellis of Tyro Appollonius , How that the cursed kyng Antiochus Birafte his doghter of hir maydenhede , That is so ...
... thilke wikke ensample of Canacee , That loved hir owenė brother synfully ; ( Of swiche cursed stories I sey fy ! ) Or ellis of Tyro Appollonius , How that the cursed kyng Antiochus Birafte his doghter of hir maydenhede , That is so ...
Page 97
... thilke man that asketh conseil of a purpos , yet hath he free choys wheither he wole werke by that conseil or noon ... thilke resoun stant heere in no stede ; for , understoond now , ye asken conseil to do wikkednesse , and if ye wole ...
... thilke man that asketh conseil of a purpos , yet hath he free choys wheither he wole werke by that conseil or noon ... thilke resoun stant heere in no stede ; for , understoond now , ye asken conseil to do wikkednesse , and if ye wole ...
Page 106
... thilke vengeance hastily or attemprely as the lawe requireth . And yet mooreover of thilke word that Tullius clepeth " consentynge , " thou shalt considere if thy myght and thy power may consenten and suffise to thy wilful- nesse , and ...
... thilke vengeance hastily or attemprely as the lawe requireth . And yet mooreover of thilke word that Tullius clepeth " consentynge , " thou shalt considere if thy myght and thy power may consenten and suffise to thy wilful- nesse , and ...
Page 271
... thilke peynes for his synnes , certes , he sholde have moore talent to siken and to wepe , than for to syngen and to pleye , for as that seith Salomon , Whoso that hadde the science to know the peynes that been establissed and ordeyned ...
... thilke peynes for his synnes , certes , he sholde have moore talent to siken and to wepe , than for to syngen and to pleye , for as that seith Salomon , Whoso that hadde the science to know the peynes that been establissed and ordeyned ...
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