Books 6-8Bell and Daldy, 1857 - Christian ethics |
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Page 47
... wiste for to spede To gete of love his lufty mede . Where that he hath his herte fet , He bidde never fare bet Ne wit of other heven more . My fone , if thou of fuch a lore Haft ben er this , I rede the leve . Min holy fader , by your ...
... wiste for to spede To gete of love his lufty mede . Where that he hath his herte fet , He bidde never fare bet Ne wit of other heven more . My fone , if thou of fuch a lore Haft ben er this , I rede the leve . Min holy fader , by your ...
Page 67
... that figure And therupon he gan conjure , So that through his enchantement This lady , which was innocent And wiste nothing of this guile , Met , as she slepte thilke while , How fro the heven came a light , Whiche all LIBER SEXTUS . 67.
... that figure And therupon he gan conjure , So that through his enchantement This lady , which was innocent And wiste nothing of this guile , Met , as she slepte thilke while , How fro the heven came a light , Whiche all LIBER SEXTUS . 67.
Page 155
... wiste well his purse was pouer , But yet he thought his right recouer , And openly pouerte aleide To themperour , and thus he faide : O Julius , lord of the lawe , Behold , my counfeil is withdrawe For lacke of gold to thine office ...
... wiste well his purse was pouer , But yet he thought his right recouer , And openly pouerte aleide To themperour , and thus he faide : O Julius , lord of the lawe , Behold , my counfeil is withdrawe For lacke of gold to thine office ...
Page 199
... wiste Of two points , that he mighte chefe , Or that he wolde his body lefe And in bataile him felve deie , Or elles the seconde wey To feen his people discomfite . But he , which pite hath parfite Upon the point of his beleve , The ...
... wiste Of two points , that he mighte chefe , Or that he wolde his body lefe And in bataile him felve deie , Or elles the seconde wey To feen his people discomfite . But he , which pite hath parfite Upon the point of his beleve , The ...
Page 219
... wiste their avauntage , They fell anone unto the chace . Thus might thou fe , how goddes grace Unto the gode men availeth . But elles ofte time it faileth To fuch as be nought well difpofed . This tale nedeth nought be glofed , For it ...
... wiste their avauntage , They fell anone unto the chace . Thus might thou fe , how goddes grace Unto the gode men availeth . But elles ofte time it faileth To fuch as be nought well difpofed . This tale nedeth nought be glofed , For it ...
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Page 192 - I am a Jewe, and by my lawe I shall to no man be felawe To kepe him trouth in word ne dede But if he be withoute drede A verray Jew right as am I.
Page 329 - This king hath founde new grace, So that out of his derke place He goth him up into the light. And with him cam that swete wight His doughter Thaise, and forth anone They bothe into the caban gone, Which was ordeined for the kinge. And there he did of all his thinge And was arraied really, And out he cam all openly, Where Athenagoras he fonde, The which was lorde of all the londe. He praieth the king to come and se His castell bothe and his citee. And thus they gone forth all in fere, This king,...
Page 303 - His dedes to the sothe wrought, That he was come of gentil blood, Him lacketh nought but worldes good, And as therof is no despeire, For she shall be her faders heire And he was able to governe...
Page 353 - My sone, if that thou well bethought, This toucheth the, foryete it nought, The thing is torne'd into 'was/ The which was whilome grene gras Is welked heie as timd now. Forthy rny counseil is, that thou Remembre well how thou art olde.
Page 147 - Among the men is no solas If that there be no Woman there, For but if that the Woman were This worldes joie were awey. Through hem men finden out the wey To knighthode and to worldes fame, They make a man to drede shame And honour for to be desired.
Page 288 - The wind was good, they saileth blive, Till he toke lond upon the rive Of Tire and forth with all anone Into the burgh he gan to gone And toke his inne and bode a throwe. But for he wolde* nought be knowe, Desguisdd than he goth him out.
Page 201 - It shulde seme, as though it were A bellewing in a mannes ere And nought the crieng of a man. But he, which alle sleightes can, The devil, that lith in helle...
Page 330 - And was arraied really, And out he cam all openly Where Athenagoras he fonde The which was lorde of all the londe. He praieth the king to come and se His castell bothe and his citee. And thus they gone forth all in fere, This king, this lord, this maiden dere. This lord tho made hem riche feste With every thing which was honeste To plese with this worthy kinge, Ther lacketh hem no maner thinge.
Page 300 - Saith, she is sike, and of that speche Tho was no time" to beseche, But eche of hem to make a bille He bad and write his owne wille, His name, his fader, and his good. And whan she wist how that it stood, And had her billes oversein, They shulden have answere ayein.
Page 289 - How sodeinly the prince is go. And whan he sigh that it was so And that his labour was in veine Anone he torneth home ayeine And to the king whan he cam nigh He tolde of that he herde and sigh, How that the prince of Tire is fled, So was he come ayein unsped. The king was sory for a while But whan he sigh that with no wile He might acheve his cruelte", He stint his wrath and let him be. " But over this now for to telle Of adventures that befelle Unto this prince, of which I tolde, He...