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" Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, 550 Or breke it, at a renning, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade. Up-on the cop... "
Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ... - Page 26
by Percy Society - 1847
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Old England: Her Story Mirrored in Her Scenes

Walter Shaw Sparrow - England - 1908 - 714 pages
...with his heed. His berd as ony so we or fox was reed, And therto brood, as though it were a spade. Upon the cop right of his nose he hade A werte, and...and wyde. A swerd and a bocler baar he by his side ; His mouth as wyde was as a gret forneys ; He was a jangler, and a golyardeys [riotous fellow], And...
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The Prologue and the Knight's Tale

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1908 - 340 pages
...His berd, as any sowe or fox, was reed, And therto brood, as though it were a spade. Upon the rofie right of his nose he hade A werte, and theron stood a toft of herys, 555 Reed as the brustles of a sowes erys ; Hise nosethirles blake were and wyde. A swerd...
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English Poems: Old English and middle English periods 450-1550

Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1910 - 448 pages
...rennyng, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And therto brood as though it were a spade. Upon the cop right of his nose he hade A werte; and theron stood a tuft of herys 555 His nose-thirles blake were and wyde. A swerd and a bokeler bar he by his syde. His mouth...
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English Poetry..: With Introduction, Notes and Illustrations, Volume 40

English poetry - 1910 - 492 pages
...His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade. Up-on the cop281 right of his nose he hade A werte, and ther-on stood a tuft of heres, Reed as the bristles of a sowes eres, His nose-thirles blake were and wyde. A swerd and bokeler bar...
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Century Readings for a Course in English Literature

John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young - English literature - 1910 - 1174 pages
...with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade. ood old sire, the first prepared to go To new found thcr-on stood a tuft of heres, Reed as the bristles of a sowes eres; 556 His nose-thirles blake were...
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The English Parnassus: An Anthology Chiefly of Longer Poems

William Macneile Dixon, Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson - English poetry - 1911 - 792 pages
...with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade. Up-on the cop right of his nose he hade A werte, and ther-on stood a tuft of heres, Reed as the bristles of a sowes eres ; His nose-thirles blake were and wyde. A swerd and bokeler bar...
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Poems of Chaucer: Selections from His Earlier and Later Works

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1911 - 330 pages
...with his heed. His herd as any sowe or fox was reed, 20 And therto brood, as though it were a spade. Upon the cop right of his nose he hade A werte, and theron stood a toft of herys, Reed as the brustles of a sowes erys ; His nosethirles blake were and wyde. 25 A swerd...
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Geoffrey Chaucer

Émile Legouis - Poets, English - 1960 - 304 pages
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Chaucer & His Poetry

Edward William Edmunds - Poets, English - 1914 - 234 pages
...His berd, as any sowe or fox, was reed, And therto brood, as though it were a spade. Upon the cope right of his nose he hade A werte, and theron stood a toft of herys, Reed as the brustles of a sowes erys ; His nosethirles blake were and wyde ; A swerd...
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The Leading English Poets from Chaucer to Browning: Ed., with Introduction ...

Lucius Hudson Holt - English poetry - 1915 - 956 pages
...with his beed. His lie nl as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade. s, sensations Reed as the bristles of a sowes eres; His nose-tbirles blake were and wyde. A swerd and bokeler bar...
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