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Page lxviii
... ' ; Assembly of Ladies , 1. 465 . ' and the weimenting Of her Annelida , true as turtle - dove To Arcite fals . ' Court of Love , 1. 233 . The first three stanzas are from Boccaccio's Teseide , as lxviii VII . ANELIDA AND ARCITE .
... ' ; Assembly of Ladies , 1. 465 . ' and the weimenting Of her Annelida , true as turtle - dove To Arcite fals . ' Court of Love , 1. 233 . The first three stanzas are from Boccaccio's Teseide , as lxviii VII . ANELIDA AND ARCITE .
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... fals and eek unkynde , And yit he wol not my dampnacioun- This thanke I you , socour of al mankynde . Ysaac was figure of his deth , certeyn , That so fer - forth his fader wolde obeye That him ne roughte no - thing to be slayn ; Right ...
... fals and eek unkynde , And yit he wol not my dampnacioun- This thanke I you , socour of al mankynde . Ysaac was figure of his deth , certeyn , That so fer - forth his fader wolde obeye That him ne roughte no - thing to be slayn ; Right ...
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... fals Fortune hath pleyd a game Atte ches with me , allas ! the whyle ! The trayteresse fals and ful of gyle , That al behoteth and no - thing halt , She goth upryght and yet she halt , 620 That baggeth foule and loketh faire , The ...
... fals Fortune hath pleyd a game Atte ches with me , allas ! the whyle ! The trayteresse fals and ful of gyle , That al behoteth and no - thing halt , She goth upryght and yet she halt , 620 That baggeth foule and loketh faire , The ...
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... fals , and semeth wele , So turneth she her false whele Aboute , for it is no - thing stable , Now by the fyre , now at table ; Ful many oon hath she yblent . She is pley of enchauntement , 645 That semeth oon and is nat so , The false ...
... fals , and semeth wele , So turneth she her false whele Aboute , for it is no - thing stable , Now by the fyre , now at table ; Ful many oon hath she yblent . She is pley of enchauntement , 645 That semeth oon and is nat so , The false ...
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... fals ; [ a ] whiche a fool she was ! And Ecquo dyed for Narcisus 735 Nolde nat love her ; and right thus Hath many another foly don . And for Dalida dyed Sampson , That slow him - self with a pilere . But ther is [ noon ] a - lyve here ...
... fals ; [ a ] whiche a fool she was ! And Ecquo dyed for Narcisus 735 Nolde nat love her ; and right thus Hath many another foly don . And for Dalida dyed Sampson , That slow him - self with a pilere . But ther is [ noon ] a - lyve here ...
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