Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 9Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Page 63
... knight to's son , That into some arrerages was runne , Intreates his father for his knighthood's sake , Some mony - means to help him he would make : For povertie so neare him did approach , He must goe sell his horses , pawne his coach ...
... knight to's son , That into some arrerages was runne , Intreates his father for his knighthood's sake , Some mony - means to help him he would make : For povertie so neare him did approach , He must goe sell his horses , pawne his coach ...
Page 64
... knight , a yeoman let me live and die . CRAFT BEGUILES SUBTILITE . A MORNING'S draught one was enjoyn'd For to allow his wife , Condition'd in her widdow - hood ; And he t ' avoide all strife Kept covenant : unwilling tho , For , every ...
... knight , a yeoman let me live and die . CRAFT BEGUILES SUBTILITE . A MORNING'S draught one was enjoyn'd For to allow his wife , Condition'd in her widdow - hood ; And he t ' avoide all strife Kept covenant : unwilling tho , For , every ...
Page 81
... knight , To praise him farre beyond his worship's right . Nor to this Maddam , nor to tother lady , My free - borne muse is no such servile baby , I will not fawne with Matchles , valorous , Rarely renown'd , divine , ingenious ...
... knight , To praise him farre beyond his worship's right . Nor to this Maddam , nor to tother lady , My free - borne muse is no such servile baby , I will not fawne with Matchles , valorous , Rarely renown'd , divine , ingenious ...
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