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... noble volumes be made of hym & of his noble knyghtes in frensshe , which I have seen & redde beyonde the see , which been not had in our maternal tongue . But in walsshe ben many , & also in frensshe , & somme in englysshe , but no wher ...
... noble volumes be made of hym & of his noble knyghtes in frensshe , which I have seen & redde beyonde the see , which been not had in our maternal tongue . But in walsshe ben many , & also in frensshe , & somme in englysshe , but no wher ...
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Arthur Quiller-Couch. noble men may see and lerne the noble actes of chyvalrye , the Ientyl and vertuous dedes that somme knyghtes used in tho dayes , by whyche they came to honour , and how they that were vycious were punysshed and ofte ...
Arthur Quiller-Couch. noble men may see and lerne the noble actes of chyvalrye , the Ientyl and vertuous dedes that somme knyghtes used in tho dayes , by whyche they came to honour , and how they that were vycious were punysshed and ofte ...
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... noble kyng , a .C . tymes I thanke your grace of the great honour that ye me , sith of so noble and great treasure ye gyve me in charge . And syr I shall do with a glad harte all that ye haue commaunded me , to the best of my true power ...
... noble kyng , a .C . tymes I thanke your grace of the great honour that ye me , sith of so noble and great treasure ye gyve me in charge . And syr I shall do with a glad harte all that ye haue commaunded me , to the best of my true power ...
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