 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
 | David Josiah Brewer - English literature - 1902 - 474 pages
...time, when papistry, as a standing pool, covered and overflowed all England, few books were read in out tongue, saving certain books of chivalry, as they...by 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1902 - 868 pages
...all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, sauyng certaine bookes of Cheualrie, as they sayd, v Monkes or wanton Chanons : as one for example, Morte Arthure : the whole pleasure of which booke standcth... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - Criticism - 1904 - 534 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... | |
 | Roger Ascham - Archery - 1904 - 332 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 Morte Ar. of which... | |
 | Roger Ascham - Archery - 1904 - 334 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 Morte Arof which... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1908 - 992 pages
...and overflowed all England, fewe books were read in our tongue, sa vying certaine bookesof chevalrie, as they said, for pastime and pleasure ; which, as some say, were made in the monasteries, by idle monks or wanton chanons. As one, for example, La Morte eTArthure \ the whole... | |
 | 1908 - 446 pages
...ouerflowed all England, few bookes were read in our 1ong, 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... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1908 - 482 pages
...ouerflowed all England, few bookes were read in our long, 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... | |
 | Roger Ascham - Latin language - 1909 - 206 pages
...wits 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...some say, were made in monasteries by idle monks or wan tou canons : as one, for example, " Morte Arthur," the whole pleasure of which book standeth in... | |
 | Thomas Nash - 1910 - 486 pages
...all England, fewe bookes were read in our long, 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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