 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,...  Confessio Amantis of John Gower - Page 337by John Gower - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Henry Morley - 1867 - 488 pages
...says, to the Creator of kings, " Upon my bare knees I praie, That he this londe in sikcr waie Woll set upon good governaunce. For if men take in remembraunce What is to live in unite " ***** " And thus forthy my finall leve I take now for ever more." I write no more of love, so various... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1867 - 492 pages
...says, to the Creator of kings, " Upon my bare knees I praie, That he this londe in siker waie Woll set upon good governaunce.. For if men take in remembraunce What is to live in unite " ***** And so the poem ends, as it opened, by earnestly calling upon all classes of Englishmen to... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 pages
...says, to the Creator of kings. " Upon my bar6 knees I pray, That he this londe in sicker way Woll set upon good governaunce. For if men take in remembraunce What is to live in unite." ***** And so the poem ends, as it opened, by earnestly calling upon all classes of Englishmen to do... | |
 | John Gower - 1889 - 456 pages
...and mercy for to fonde, Upon my bare knees I praie, "£i)at f)e fl)is lonoe in siker waie Woll set upon good governaunce. For if men take in remembraunce, What is to live in unite", There is no state in his degre, That ne ought to desire pes, Withoute which it is no les To seche and loke into... | |
 | John Gower - Deadly sins - 1889 - 460 pages
...grace and mercy for to fonde, Upon my bare knees I praie, lljat Ije il)is lonbe in siker waie Woll set upon good governaunce. For if men take in remembraunce, What is to live in unite, There is no state in his degre, That ne ought to desire pes, Withoute which it is no les To seche and loke into... | |
 | William John Courthope - English poetry - 1895 - 530 pages
...with the Prologue. He prays the Creator of the world, — That he this londe in siker waie Woll set upon good governaunce ; For if men take in remembraunce What is to live in unite', There is no state in his degre That ne oughte to desire pes, Withoute which it is no les 1 To seche and loke into... | |
 | John Gower - Christian ethics - 1857 - 420 pages
...creature After the fbule is immortall, To thilke lorde in fpeciall, ' As he, which is of alle thinges J The creator and of the kinges Hath the fortunes upon...belongeth to their cure, As for to praie and to procure t.. 'Our pees toward the heven above, '/And eke to fette reft and love Among us on this erthe here,... | |
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