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... shuld befalle What ' maner man . dar now heve vp his hede To whom shal . my sorowful hert ' cal Now cruelte hath cast ' . to slen vs al 222 25 In Idel hope we live . redles of peyne Sith she is ded . to whom shul we compleyne 28 ( 5 ) ...
... shuld befalle What ' maner man . dar now heve vp his hede To whom shal . my sorowful hert ' cal Now cruelte hath cast ' . to slen vs al 222 25 In Idel hope we live . redles of peyne Sith she is ded . to whom shul we compleyne 28 ( 5 ) ...
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... shuld nat . loo knowe hir tirannye 68 With bounte Gentillesse . and curtesie And hath deprived yow . now of your place That hight beaute . aportenaunt ' to grace 71 ( 11 ) ( I. 3 ) ¶ For kyndely bi youre . heritage and right ' 72 Ye ...
... shuld nat . loo knowe hir tirannye 68 With bounte Gentillesse . and curtesie And hath deprived yow . now of your place That hight beaute . aportenaunt ' to grace 71 ( 11 ) ( I. 3 ) ¶ For kyndely bi youre . heritage and right ' 72 Ye ...
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... shuld be so lowe 89 Ye bien than . from your heritage I - throwe By cruelte . that ' occupieth your place And we dispaired . that ' sechen to youre grace 92 ( 14 ) ( II . 3 ) Have mercy on me . ye vertuous qwene 93 That yow have sought ...
... shuld be so lowe 89 Ye bien than . from your heritage I - throwe By cruelte . that ' occupieth your place And we dispaired . that ' sechen to youre grace 92 ( 14 ) ( II . 3 ) Have mercy on me . ye vertuous qwene 93 That yow have sought ...
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... Shuld have theyr rest . in somwhat ' be kynde Or ellis ne may theyr lif . nought longe endure It ' fallith most . in to my wooful mynde How I so fer have brought . my self behynde 1 5 That ' sauf the deth . ther may nothyng ' me lisse ...
... Shuld have theyr rest . in somwhat ' be kynde Or ellis ne may theyr lif . nought longe endure It ' fallith most . in to my wooful mynde How I so fer have brought . my self behynde 1 5 That ' sauf the deth . ther may nothyng ' me lisse ...
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aduersite agayne Allas ANELIDA AND ARCITE ARCH BALADE OF PITE beaute beth blent ouer Bodl bounte callid Chaucer's Minor Poems clymbynge Compleint COMPLEYNTE TO PITE copy cruelte dede deth doth drede eke thou hast Elas ellis euer euermore fals fortunam frende alyue fro loue fynally fortune fynde grete HATTON haue hertis hevy ageyne LACK OF STEDFASTNESS lak of stedefastnesse leaf lete Loke vp lost for lak lust maner mede mercy moche Mother of God Movement myght myne neuer nother Odd Texts Parallel Texts peyne PHILLIPPS playn pleyne Prees printed ROUNDELS ryme SELD shal delyuer Shirley's shuld Sith Skeat slayn sorowful hert Stanzas swete Syn I fro Terza Rima Texts OF Chaucer's thanne ther therfor thy-self thyne thyng trouthe the shal tyme vnto vpon wele wepe whan wight Ye bien yen &c yowre žat
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Page 51 - YOURE two eyn will sle me sodenly, I may the beaute of them not sustene, So wendeth it thorowout my herte kene.
Page 52 - Love hath my name y-strike out of his sclat And he is strike out of my bokes clene For ever-mo ; ther is non other mene. Sin I fro Love escaped am so fat, I never thenk to ben in his prison lene; Sin I am free, I counte him not a bene.
Page 33 - What causeth that but wilful wrecchednesse that al is lost for lak of stedefastnesse 14 (3) H Trouthe is put doun) resoun) is holde fable 15 Vertu hath now no domynacioun) Pyte exiled no man is mercyable thurgh couetyse is blent discrecioun) 18 the world!
Page 48 - My dere hert1 . and best1 be-loved foo Why likith" yow . to do me al this woo What1 haue I don . that1 grevith" yow or saide 63 But1 for I serve . and love yow and no mo And while I live . I wil euer do soo And therfor sweete . me beth
Page 27 - MS. 8299 (at the end of Chaucer's Tale of Grissilde, written on as Part of the Tale).] [And let hym) care wepe wryng and wayle] (1) Fie from the prees and dweH wi't/t sotftfastuesse 1 Suffise the thyne owne though it be smaH For horde hath...
Page 48 - But1 neuertheles . my right" lady swete Though" that1 1 be vnkonnyng1 and vnmeete To serve as I kowde . ay yowre hienesse 73 Yit1 is ther non fayner . that1 wolde I heete Than I to do youre ease . or ellis beete What1 so I wist1 . that1 were to your hyenesse 76 And had I myght1 . as goode as I haue wil Than shuld!
Page 34 - Suffre no thyng1 that may be reproueable to thyn) estate don) in thi regioun) 25 Shewe forth thi swerd! of castigacioun) Drede god! . do lawe . loue trouthe and rightwesnesse And dryue thi peple a-gayn) to stedefastnesse.
Page 52 - I nere thinke to ben in his prison lene ; Syn I am fre, I counte hym not a bene. He may answere, and sey this and that, I do no fors, I speak ryght as I mene ; Syn I fro love escaped am so fat.
Page 52 - He may answere, and sey this and that, I do no fors, I speke ryght as I mene ; Syn I fro love escaped am so fat. 3. Love hath my name i-strike out of his sclat, And he is strike out of my bokes clene : For ever mo ther is non other mene, Syn I fro love escaped &c.
Page 33 - ... han) in discensioun) For now adayes a man is holde vnable but yf he can) by som) collusioun) 11 Do to his neyghbur1 wrong1 or oppressioun) What causeth...