 ... word, if it be in his charge, All speke he never so rudely and so large ; Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feinen thinges, or finden wordes newe. He may not spare, although he were his brother. He moste as wel sayn o word, as an other....  The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 24by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...his brother; He moste as wcl sayn o word, as an other. Crist spake himself ful brode in holy writ, And wel ye wote no vilanie is it. Eke Plato sayeth,...him rede, The wordes moste ben cosin to the dede. Yet if a man should have enquired of Boccace or of Chaucer, what need they had of introducing such... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 670 pages
...his brother ; He moste as wel sayn o word, as an other. Crist spake himself ful brode in holy writ, And wel ye wote no vilanie is it. Eke, Plato sayeth,...him rede; The wordes moste ben cosin to the dede. Yet if a man should have enquired of Boccacc or of Chaucer, what need they had of introducing such... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...; He moste as wel sayn o word, as an other. Crist spake himself ful brode in holy writ, And wel yc wo'te no vilanie is it. Eke Plato sayeth, who so can...him rede, The wordes moste ben cosin to the dede. Yet if a man should have enquired of Boccace or of Chaucer, what need they had of introducing such... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 506 pages
...were his brother, He moste as wel sayn o word as an other. Crist spake himself ful brode in holy writ, And wel ye wote no vilanie is it, \ Eke Plato sayeth,...him rede, The wordes moste ben cosin to the dede. Yet if a man should have inquired of Boccace or of Chaucer, what need they had of introducing such... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 500 pages
...were his brother, He moste as wel sayn o word as an other. Crist spake himself ful brode in holy writ, And wel ye wote no vilanie is it,' Eke Plato sayeth,...him rede, The wordes moste ben cosin to the dede. Yet if a man should have inquired of Boccace or of Chaucer, what need they had of introducing such... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 468 pages
...brother. He moste as wel sayn o word, as an other. 740 Crist spake himself ful brode in holy writ, And wel ye wote no vilanie is it. Eke Plato sayeth,...cosin to the dede. Also I praie you to forgive it me, 745* All have I not sette folk in hir degree, Here in this tale, as that they shulden stonde. My wit... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 470 pages
...who so can him rede, The wordes moste ben cosin to the dede. Also I praie you to forgive it me, 7'i5, All have I not sette folk in hir degree, Here in this...shulden stonde. My wit is short, ye may wel understonde. THE HOSTE, &c. Gret chere made oure hoste us everich on, And to the souper sette he us anon : 750 /... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 466 pages
...brother. He moste as wel sayn o word, as an other. 740. Crist spake himself ful brode in holy writ, And wel ye wote no vilanie is it. . . Eke Plato sayeth,...him rede, The wordes moste ben cosin to the dede. , I • ' ' ttr «v ' Also I praie you to forgive it me, • 745, All have I riot sette folk in hir... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 766 pages
...brother. He moste as wel sayn o word, as an other. Crist spake himself ful brode jn holy writ, And wel he wote no vilanie is it. Eke Plato sayeth, who so can him rede, Tm wordes moste ben cosin to the dede. Alto I praie you to forgive it me, . All have I not sette folk... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 468 pages
...vilanie is it. • Eke Plato sayeth, who so ean him rede, The wordes moste ben eosin to the deik*. Also I praie you to forgive it me, All have I not...folk in hir degree, Here in this tale, as that they shuldun stondv. My wit is short, ye may wel understonde. Gret ehere made our hoste everieh 0I1, And... | |
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