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... which I allude , it may be stated that 11. 3779 , 3780 , stand thus in the MS . : — Of storial thing that toucheth gentilesse , And eek more ryalté , and holynesse . I have , without hesitation , followed another MS . xxxvi.
... which I allude , it may be stated that 11. 3779 , 3780 , stand thus in the MS . : — Of storial thing that toucheth gentilesse , And eek more ryalté , and holynesse . I have , without hesitation , followed another MS . xxxvi.
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... thing was so well understood , that it mattered little how it was written , the reader using the n or not as the verse required it , whether he saw it in the manuscript or not . With the exception of the cases above - men- tioned , I ...
... thing was so well understood , that it mattered little how it was written , the reader using the n or not as the verse required it , whether he saw it in the manuscript or not . With the exception of the cases above - men- tioned , I ...
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... thing , in this age , for knights to seek employment in foreign countries which were at war . Tyrwhitt cites from Leland the epitaph of a knight of this period , Matthew de Gour- nay , who " en sa vie fu à la bataille de Benamarin , et ...
... thing , in this age , for knights to seek employment in foreign countries which were at war . Tyrwhitt cites from Leland the epitaph of a knight of this period , Matthew de Gour- nay , who " en sa vie fu à la bataille de Benamarin , et ...
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... thing Betwixe Middulburgh and Orewelle . Wel couthe he in eschange scheeldes selle . This worthi man ful wel his witte bisette ; Ther wiste no man that he was in dette , So estately was he of governaunce , With his bargayns , and with ...
... thing Betwixe Middulburgh and Orewelle . Wel couthe he in eschange scheeldes selle . This worthi man ful wel his witte bisette ; Ther wiste no man that he was in dette , So estately was he of governaunce , With his bargayns , and with ...
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... thing , Ther couthe no man pynche at his writyng . And every statute couthe he pleyn by roote . He rood but hoomly in a medled coote , Gird with a seynt of silk , with barres smale ; Of his array telle I no lenger tale . wyn . A ...
... thing , Ther couthe no man pynche at his writyng . And every statute couthe he pleyn by roote . He rood but hoomly in a medled coote , Gird with a seynt of silk , with barres smale ; Of his array telle I no lenger tale . wyn . A ...
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