Confessio Amantis of John Gower, Volume 2Bell and Daldy, 1857 - Christian ethics |
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... netheles it is to drede , That lacheffe in continuaunce Fortune might fuche a chaunce , Which no man after sholde amende . Lo , thus this lady compleignende A letter unto her lord hath write And praid him LIBER QUARTUS . 7.
... netheles it is to drede , That lacheffe in continuaunce Fortune might fuche a chaunce , Which no man after sholde amende . Lo , thus this lady compleignende A letter unto her lord hath write And praid him LIBER QUARTUS . 7.
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... sholde go behinde , Goth many a time fer to - fore . So wote I nought right well therfore , On whether bord that I fhall faile . Thus can I nought my self counfeile , But all I fet on aventure And am , as who faith , out of cure For ...
... sholde go behinde , Goth many a time fer to - fore . So wote I nought right well therfore , On whether bord that I fhall faile . Thus can I nought my self counfeile , But all I fet on aventure And am , as who faith , out of cure For ...
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... sholde And fetten him upon the molde , Where that his fader held the plough In thilke furgh , which he tho drough . For in fuch wife he thought affay , Howe it Ulixes fhulde pay , If that he were wode or none . The knightes for this ...
... sholde And fetten him upon the molde , Where that his fader held the plough In thilke furgh , which he tho drough . For in fuch wife he thought affay , Howe it Ulixes fhulde pay , If that he were wode or none . The knightes for this ...
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... sholde nought be brought about . Her lives thanne were longe , Her wittes great , her mightes ftronge , Her hertes full of befineffe , Wherof the worldes redineffe In body both and in corage Stant ever upon his avauntage . And for to ...
... sholde nought be brought about . Her lives thanne were longe , Her wittes great , her mightes ftronge , Her hertes full of befineffe , Wherof the worldes redineffe In body both and in corage Stant ever upon his avauntage . And for to ...
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... sholde , I may nought slepe , though I wolde . For love is ever faste byme , Which taketh none hede of due time , For whan I shall min eyen close , Anone min hert he woll oppofe And hold his scole in fuch a wife , Till it be day that I ...
... sholde , I may nought slepe , though I wolde . For love is ever faste byme , Which taketh none hede of due time , For whan I shall min eyen close , Anone min hert he woll oppofe And hold his scole in fuch a wife , Till it be day that I ...
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