Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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Page 31
... soon at a side , His fallow Stephen than thoucht no time to bide . The fray was great , and fast away they yede , Laigh toward Earn ; thus scapit they of dreid . Butler for woe of weeping micht not stint , Thus recklessly this gude ...
... soon at a side , His fallow Stephen than thoucht no time to bide . The fray was great , and fast away they yede , Laigh toward Earn ; thus scapit they of dreid . Butler for woe of weeping micht not stint , Thus recklessly this gude ...
Page 50
... soon amended , My flyting , 2 Sir , shall never be ended ; But wald your grace my counsel tak , Ane proclamation ye should mak , Baith through the land and burrowstouns , To shaw their face and cut their gowns . Women will say , this is ...
... soon amended , My flyting , 2 Sir , shall never be ended ; But wald your grace my counsel tak , Ane proclamation ye should mak , Baith through the land and burrowstouns , To shaw their face and cut their gowns . Women will say , this is ...
Page 52
... soon . Why say ye so whither will ye go ? Alas ! what have ye done ? All my welfare to sorrow and care Should change if ye were gone ; For in my mind , of all mankind I love but you alone . HE . - I can believe , it shall you grieve ...
... soon . Why say ye so whither will ye go ? Alas ! what have ye done ? All my welfare to sorrow and care Should change if ye were gone ; For in my mind , of all mankind I love but you alone . HE . - I can believe , it shall you grieve ...
Page 53
... soon hot , soon cold ; And so is a woman , Wherefore I to the wood will go , Alone , a banished man . SHE . If ye take heed , it is no need Such words to say by me ; For oft ye prayed and me assayed , Ere I loved you , pardie : And ...
... soon hot , soon cold ; And so is a woman , Wherefore I to the wood will go , Alone , a banished man . SHE . If ye take heed , it is no need Such words to say by me ; For oft ye prayed and me assayed , Ere I loved you , pardie : And ...
Page 54
... soon say their advice . Forsooth those folks consideren little the good of the realin , whereof the might most stondeth And if they upon archers , which be no rich men . wherewith to buy them bows , arrows , jacks , or any were made ...
... soon say their advice . Forsooth those folks consideren little the good of the realin , whereof the might most stondeth And if they upon archers , which be no rich men . wherewith to buy them bows , arrows , jacks , or any were made ...
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