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... lady seinte Mary So wisly help me out of care and synne , This wyde world though that I schulde wynne , Ne have I not twelf pens withinne myn hold . Ye knowen wel that I am pore and old ; Kithe youre almes on me pore wrecche . " " Nay ...
... lady seinte Mary So wisly help me out of care and synne , This wyde world though that I schulde wynne , Ne have I not twelf pens withinne myn hold . Ye knowen wel that I am pore and old ; Kithe youre almes on me pore wrecche . " " Nay ...
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... lady of that hous ay stille sat , Til sche had herd what the frere sayde . 7780 " Ey , Goddes moodir ! " quod sche , " blisful mayde ! Is ther ought elles ? tel me faithfully . " " Madame , " quod he , " how thynke yow therby ? " " How ...
... lady of that hous ay stille sat , Til sche had herd what the frere sayde . 7780 " Ey , Goddes moodir ! " quod sche , " blisful mayde ! Is ther ought elles ? tel me faithfully . " " Madame , " quod he , " how thynke yow therby ? " " How ...
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... lady , and ech man , sauf the frere , Sayde that Jankyn spak in this matiere As wel as Euclide , or elles Phtolomé . Touchand the cherl , thay sayd that subtilté And high wyt made him speken as he spak ; He nas no fool , ne no demoniak ...
... lady , and ech man , sauf the frere , Sayde that Jankyn spak in this matiere As wel as Euclide , or elles Phtolomé . Touchand the cherl , thay sayd that subtilté And high wyt made him speken as he spak ; He nas no fool , ne no demoniak ...
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... lady made , ( The highe God take I for my witnesse , And al so wisly he my soule glade ) I never huld me lady ne maistresse , But humble servaunt to your worthinesse , And ever schal , whil that my lyf may dure , Aboven every worldly ...
... lady made , ( The highe God take I for my witnesse , And al so wisly he my soule glade ) I never huld me lady ne maistresse , But humble servaunt to your worthinesse , And ever schal , whil that my lyf may dure , Aboven every worldly ...
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... lady of her toun . 8870 8880 8857 - erl . The Harl . MS . reads lord , but the reading here adopted from other MSS . is supported by the words of Petrarch ; " Proxime lucis ore tertia , comes supervenerat . " 8873 - delytyng . The ...
... lady of her toun . 8870 8880 8857 - erl . The Harl . MS . reads lord , but the reading here adopted from other MSS . is supported by the words of Petrarch ; " Proxime lucis ore tertia , comes supervenerat . " 8873 - delytyng . The ...
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