Confessio Amantis of John Gower, Volume 3Bell and Daldy, 1857 - Christian ethics |
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... kepe , Me thenketh as though I were aslepe And that I were in goddes barme . But whan I fe min owne harme And that I fodeinliche awake Out of my thought and hede take , How that the fothe stant in dede , Than is my fikerneffe in drede ...
... kepe , Me thenketh as though I were aslepe And that I were in goddes barme . But whan I fe min owne harme And that I fodeinliche awake Out of my thought and hede take , How that the fothe stant in dede , Than is my fikerneffe in drede ...
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... kepe thy wittes that thou haft And let hem nought be drunke in wast . But netheles there is no wight , That may withstonde loves might . But why the caufe is , as I finde , But that there is diverse kinde Of lovedrunke , why men ...
... kepe thy wittes that thou haft And let hem nought be drunke in wast . But netheles there is no wight , That may withstonde loves might . But why the caufe is , as I finde , But that there is diverse kinde Of lovedrunke , why men ...
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... kepe and holde in governaunce To him that woll his hele gete Is none fo good as comun mete . For who that loketh on the bokes , It faith , confection of cokes A man him fhulde well avife , How he it toke and in what wife . For who that ...
... kepe and holde in governaunce To him that woll his hele gete Is none fo good as comun mete . For who that loketh on the bokes , It faith , confection of cokes A man him fhulde well avife , How he it toke and in what wife . For who that ...
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... kepe Within his chambre faire and fofte , He goth now up , now down ful ofte , Walkend a pace , that he ne flepte , Till he , which on the courfer lepte , Was comen fro the felde ayein . Nero than , as the bokes fain , These men did ...
... kepe Within his chambre faire and fofte , He goth now up , now down ful ofte , Walkend a pace , that he ne flepte , Till he , which on the courfer lepte , Was comen fro the felde ayein . Nero than , as the bokes fain , These men did ...
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... kepe Within his chambre faire and softe , He goth now up , now down ful ofte , Walkend a pace , that he ne flepte , Till he , which on the courfer lepte , Was comen fro the felde ayein . Nero than , as the bokes fain , These men did ...
... kepe Within his chambre faire and softe , He goth now up , now down ful ofte , Walkend a pace , that he ne flepte , Till he , which on the courfer lepte , Was comen fro the felde ayein . Nero than , as the bokes fain , These men did ...
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alfo alſo anone awey ayein bede befalle beſt bokes caft cauſe chere cleped comen comun counfeil couthe cuius dede degre doth doughter drede enfample erthe eſtate exemplum fader faide fain felf felve fene fhall fhulde figh figne firfte firſt fome fondry fone foth fpeke ftant fterres ftonde fuch goth governaunce grace grete hath hede herde herte heven honde hote kepe king king hem laft laſt lawe leve lich londe lord lore luft lufty maketh manere mannes mede menfis moſt netheles nought ofte pite pleine praide Qualiter quene quod rede refon reule ſaid ſcience ſelf ſhall ſhe ſhulde ſpeciall ſpeke ſtant ſterres ſtood ſuch tale thanne thenke theſe thilke thing thou thre to-fore toke treigne trouthe underſtonde unto Venus weived wele weren werre whan Wherof whilom Whoſe wife wiſe wiſte wolde woll worthy worthy prince yonge
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Page 176 - I am a Jewe, and by my lawe I shall to no man be felawe To kepe him trouth in word ne dede But if he be withoute drede A verray Jew right as am I.
Page 337 - As he, which is of alle thinges The creator and of the kinges Hath the fortunes upon honde His grace and mercy for to fonde, Upon my bare knees I praie, That he this londe in fiker waie Woll fet upon good governaunce. For if men take in remembraunce, What is to live in unite...
Page 293 - This king hath founde newe grace, So that out of his derke place He goth him up into the light. And with him cam that swete wight His doughterThaise, and forth anone They bothe into the caban gone Not, know not.
Page 131 - Among the men is no solas If that there be no Woman there, For but if that the Woman were This worldes joie were awey. Through hem men finden out the wey To knighthode and to worldes fame, They make a man to drede shame And honour for to be desired.
Page 277 - As for a time ; and thus I pray That she be kept by all way : And when she hath of age more, That she be set to books
Page 343 - And stant of Charite confirmed, Such Love is goodly for to have, Such Love may the body save, Such Love may the soule amende, The Highe God such Love us sende Forth with the remenaunt of grace, So that above in thilke place, Where resteth Love and alle Pees, Our joie may ben endeles.
Page 332 - As thou haft do thie fhrifte aboue. So that my court it may recorde. Madame I can me wel accorde. Quod I to telle as ye me bidde. And with that worde it so bitidde.
Page 29 - Idoyne and Amadas That whilom were in my cas ; And eke of other, many a score, That loved long ere I was bore ; For when I of her loves rede, Myn ere with the tale I fede ; And with the lust of her histoire, Sometime I draw into memoire, Howe sorrow may not ever last, And so hope cometh in at last.
Page 183 - It shulde seme, as though it were A bellewing in a mannes ere And nought the crieng of a man. But he, which alle sleightes can, The devil, that lith in helle...
Page 258 - They set it up, so that his face Might every maner man beholde So as the citee was beholde, It was of laton1 over gilt. Thus hath he nought his yifte spilt. " Upon a time with a route This lord to pleie...