 | Martin Davy - 1809 - 28 pages
...designated, possess no degree of mirth, gaiety, cheerfulness, or levity. " But trewely to teilen atte last, He was in chirche a noble ecclesiast. Wei coude...For wel he wiste, whan that song was songe, He muste prêche, and wel afile his tonge, To winne silver, as he right wel coude : Therfore he sang the merier... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 470 pages
...mirth, gaiety, cheerfulness, or levity. See ProL Canterb. Tales, ver. 716. But trewely to tellen atte last, He was in chirche a noble ecclesiast. Wei coude...rede a lesson or a storie, But alderbest he sang an ofiertorie : For wel he wifte, whan that song was songe, He muste preche, and wel afile his tonge,... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 468 pages
...mirth, gaiety, cheerfulness, or levity. See Prol. Canterb. Tales, ver. 716. But trewely to tellen atte last, , He was in chirche a noble ecclesiast. Wei coude he rede a lesson or a «torie, But alderbest he sang an o'fFertorie : For wel he wiste, whan that song was songe, 4 He muste... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 466 pages
...mirth, gaiety, cheerfulness, or levity. See Prol. Canterb. Tales, ver. 116. But trewely to tellen atte last, He was in chirche a noble ecclesiast. Wei coude he rede a lesson or a stone. But alderbest he sang: an offertorie: For wel be wiste, whan that song was songe, He nnisie... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 766 pages
...and the peple, his apes. But trewely to tellen atte last, He was in church a noble ecclesiast. Wel coude he rede a lesson or a storie, But alderbest he sang an ofiertorie. : For wel he wiste, whan that song was songc. He muste preche, and wel afilc his tonge,... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Great Britain - 1815 - 618 pages
...and the peple, his apes. But trewely to tellen atte last; He was in chirche a noble ecclesiast. \Vel coude he rede a lesson or a storie ; But, alderbest, he sang an oftertorie. For wel he wiste, whan that song was songe, He muste preche, and wel afile his tonge To... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 468 pages
...the peple, his apes. But trewely to tellen atte last, He was in ehureh a noble eeelesiast. Wei eoude he rede a lesson or a storie, But alderbest he sang...For wel he wiste, whan that song was songe, He muste preehe, and wel afile his tonge, To winne silver, as he right wel eoude : Therfore he sang the merier... | |
 | William Tyndale - 1831 - 620 pages
...japes, He made the persone, and the peple, his apes. But trewely to tellen atte last, He was in chirebe a noble ecclesiast. Wei coude he rede a lesson or...offertorie : For wel he wiste, whan that song was songe, He must prechc, and wel afile his tonge, To winne silver, as be right wel coude : Therefore he sang the... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1831 - 1038 pages
...fained flattering and japes, He made the persone, and the peple, his apes. But trewely to teilen atte ofTertorie : For wel he wiste, whan that song was songe, He must prêche, and wel afile his tonge,... | |
 | William Tyndale - 1831 - 622 pages
...fained flattering and japes, He made the persone, and the peple, his apes. But trewely to tellen atte last, He was in chirche a noble ecclesiast. Wei coude he rede a lesson or a storie, But aldcrbest he sang an offertorie : For wel he wiste, whan that song was songe, He must preche, and wel... | |
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Wel coude he rede a lessoun or a storie, But alderbest he song an offertorie; For wel he wiste, whan that song was songe, He moste preche, and wel affyle his tonge, To winne silver, as he ful wel coude; Therefore he song so meriely and loude. 
