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
| James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1862 - 846 pages
...all England, few bookes were red in our toong, savying certayne bookes of chiralrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monkes nr wanton cbanons. As one, for example, Morte Arthure, the whole pleasure of wbicbe booke standeth... | |
| Henry Thomas - 1969 - 372 pages
...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 Arthure: the whole pleasure of which booke standeth... | |
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