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... hire smiling was ful simple and coy , Hire gretest oath n'as but by Seint Eloy , ¶ And she was cleped Madam Eglentine ; Ful wel she sange the service devine , Entuned in hire nose ful swetely ; And Frenche she spake ful fayre and ...
... hire smiling was ful simple and coy , Hire gretest oath n'as but by Seint Eloy , ¶ And she was cleped Madam Eglentine ; Ful wel she sange the service devine , Entuned in hire nose ful swetely ; And Frenche she spake ful fayre and ...
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... hire wimple ypinched was , Hire nose tretis , + hire eyen grey as glas ; Hire mouth full smale , and therto soft and red ; But sikerly she hadde a fayre forehed ; It was almost a spanne brode I trowe , For hardily she was not undergrowe ...
... hire wimple ypinched was , Hire nose tretis , + hire eyen grey as glas ; Hire mouth full smale , and therto soft and red ; But sikerly she hadde a fayre forehed ; It was almost a spanne brode I trowe , For hardily she was not undergrowe ...
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... wanted a very deep imagination , had an harmonious ear , and has left us many tripping and graceful lyrics . His Cryer is not of a very high order of poetry , but it is lively and spirited . .. : Good folk , for gold or hire , But E 3 43.
... wanted a very deep imagination , had an harmonious ear , and has left us many tripping and graceful lyrics . His Cryer is not of a very high order of poetry , but it is lively and spirited . .. : Good folk , for gold or hire , But E 3 43.
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To the Time of Milton Stanhope Busby. : Good folk , for gold or hire , But help me to a cryer ; For my poor heart is run astray After two eyes , that passed this way . O yes , o yes , o yes , If there be any man , In town or country ...
To the Time of Milton Stanhope Busby. : Good folk , for gold or hire , But help me to a cryer ; For my poor heart is run astray After two eyes , that passed this way . O yes , o yes , o yes , If there be any man , In town or country ...
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