In our forefathers tyme, whan Papistrie, as a standyng poole, covered and overflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, savyng certaine bookes of chevalrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in Monasteries... A History of the Church and Priory of Swine in Holderness ... - Page 139by Thomas Thompson - 1824 - 268 pagesFull view - About this book
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...all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, sauyng certaine bookes of Cheualrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in Monasteries, by idle Monkes, or wanton Chanons: as one for example, Morte Arthurs: the whole pleasure of which booke standeth... | |
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...and overflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, savyng certaine bookes of chevalrie, as they said, for pastime and pleasure; which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monkes or wanton canons. As one, for example, Morte Arthure, the whole pleasure of which booke standeth... | |
| Leonard R. N. Ashley - England - 1988 - 330 pages
...allured to wantonness, do now boldly contemn all severe books that sound to honesty and godliness. In our forefathers' time, when papistry, as a standing...idle monks or wanton canons: as one, for example, Morte Arthur, the whole pleasure of which book standeth in two special points — in open manslaughter... | |
| Richard Helgerson - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 390 pages
...bawdry." "In our forefathers' time," he wrote with marked insistence on the medieval origin of romance, when papistry as a standing pool covered and overflowed...as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monks and wanton canons; as one for example, Morte Darthur ... in which book those be counted the noblest... | |
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...all England, fewe bookes were read in our long, sauying certaine bookes of Cheualrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in Monasteries, by idle Monkes or wanton Chanons: as one for example, Mart Arthure; the whole pleasure of which booke standeth... | |
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