 | William Langland - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1842 - 334 pages
...seken seint Jame, And seintes at Rome. They wenten forth in hire wey, With many wise tales, And hadden leve to lyen Al hire lif after. I seigh somme that...tale that thei tolde Hire tonge was tempred to lye, Moore than to seye sooth, It semed hi hire speche. Heremytes on an heep With hoked staves Wenten to... | |
 | Desiderius Erasmus - Canterbury (England) - 1849 - 306 pages
...seken seint James, and seintes at Rome, They wenten forth on hire wey with many wise tales, And hadden leve to lyen al hire lif after. I seigh somme that...tale that thei tolde hire tonge was tempred to lye, Moore than to seye sooth, it semed hi hire speche. Heremytes on an heep with hoked staves Wenten to... | |
 | Desiderius Erasmus - Our Lady of Walsingham - 1849 - 302 pages
...seken seint James, and seintes at Rome, They wenten forth on hire wey with many wise tales, And hadden leve to lyen al hire lif after. I seigh somme that...tale that thei tolde hire tonge was tempred to lye, Moore than to seye sooth, it semed bi hire speche. Heremytes on an heep with hoked staves Wenten to... | |
 | Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner - English language - 1864 - 522 pages
...for to amende (R. OF GL. I. 143.). In that roche is prented the forme of his body (MAUHDEV. p. 62.). To ech a tale that thei tolde Hire tonge was tempred to lye (P. PI.OUGHM. p. 4.). Fetisliche hire fyngres Were fretted with gold wyr (p. 28.). §al6f. Hiderr am... | |
 | Anglo-Saxons - 1867 - 818 pages
...And seintes at Rome. They wenten forth in hire wey, With many wise tales, And hadden leve to lyen AI hire lif after. I seigh somme that seiden Thei hadde...an heep With hoked staves Wenten to Walsyngham, And hire wnnches after, Grete lobies and longe That lothe were to swynkc; Clothed hem in copes, To ben... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - English literature - 1877 - 564 pages
...seint Jame, And seintes at Rome. ** They wenten forth in hire wey, With many wise tales, And hadden leve to lyen Al hire lif after. I seigh somme that...tale that thei tolde Hire tonge was tempred to lye, Moore than to seye sooth, It semed bi hire speche. 1M Heremytes on an heep With hoked staves Wenten... | |
 | Education, Higher - 1881 - 504 pages
...PHILOLOGY; TRANSLATION, 1. Translate the following passages, and comment on the words in italics : (i) I seigh somme that seiden Thei hadde y-sought seintes...tonge was tempred to lye More than to seye sooth, It semed bi hire speche. (ii) Panne cam per a kyng Knyzt-hod hym ladde, The muche myzte of pe men Made... | |
 | Paul Noack - English language - 1882 - 92 pages
...In. 109. 22). .... there ben 72 trees of palme, that beren the dates .... (John Maundev. 178, 22). To ech a tale that thei tolde Hire tonge was tempred to lye (Vis. of P. PI. 101). There lithe the body of hym (Machomet) in here temple, that the Sarazines clepen... | |
 | Madeleine Kasten - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 259 pages
...laborer; one who works for his living", and d., "a treader of a path, a traveler" (in figurative use). To ech a tale that thei tolde hire tonge was tempred to lye Moore than to seye sooth, it semed bi hire speche. (B.Prologue51-52)29 PassusV finds the dreamer, incited... | |
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Wenten forth in hire wey with many wise tales, And hadden leve to lyen al hire lif after. I seigh somme that seiden thei hadde ysought seintes: To ech a tale that thei tolde hire tonge was tempred to lye Moore than to seye sooth, it semed bi hire speche. 