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... cruel tirannye Of love that for my trowth . doth me to dye 7 ( 2 ) ¶ And whan that I bethynk ' . of certayn yeeris 8 Had euer in oon . a tyme sought to speke To pite I ran , albe - spreynt with teris Το preyen hir . on cruelte me wreke ...
... cruel tirannye Of love that for my trowth . doth me to dye 7 ( 2 ) ¶ And whan that I bethynk ' . of certayn yeeris 8 Had euer in oon . a tyme sought to speke To pite I ran , albe - spreynt with teris Το preyen hir . on cruelte me wreke ...
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... cruelte hath cast ' . to slen vs al In Idel hope we live . redles of peyne Sith she is ded . to whom shul we compleyne ( 5 ) ¶ Thus am I slayn . sith that ' pite is ded truly1 But yet ' encresith me . this wonder nuwe That no wight ...
... cruelte hath cast ' . to slen vs al In Idel hope we live . redles of peyne Sith she is ded . to whom shul we compleyne ( 5 ) ¶ Thus am I slayn . sith that ' pite is ded truly1 But yet ' encresith me . this wonder nuwe That no wight ...
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... cruelte And bien assented . that ' I shalbe slayne So thanne I put . my compleynt vp ageyne For to my foomen . my bil I durst ' nat ' shewe Theffect of the mater . was this at wordes fewe ( 9 ) [ The Bill of Complaint . ] ( Tern I. 1 ) ...
... cruelte And bien assented . that ' I shalbe slayne So thanne I put . my compleynt vp ageyne For to my foomen . my bil I durst ' nat ' shewe Theffect of the mater . was this at wordes fewe ( 9 ) [ The Bill of Complaint . ] ( Tern I. 1 ) ...
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... cruelte be now . oure gouerneresse Allas . what ' hert ' . shal may that ' endure Wherfor but ye . the rather taken cure To breke of thoo persones alliaunce 79 82 63 Ye slen theym . that bien of your obeisaunce 85 ( 13 ) ( II . 2 ) And ...
... cruelte be now . oure gouerneresse Allas . what ' hert ' . shal may that ' endure Wherfor but ye . the rather taken cure To breke of thoo persones alliaunce 79 82 63 Ye slen theym . that bien of your obeisaunce 85 ( 13 ) ( II . 2 ) And ...
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... cruelte as a foo Algates my spirit ' . shal neuer disseuer From your seruice . for any peyne or woo 107 [ p . 95 ] 110 113 114 117 Now pite that I haue sought so yore agoo Thus for yowre deth . I may wele wepe and pleyne With hert ...
... cruelte as a foo Algates my spirit ' . shal neuer disseuer From your seruice . for any peyne or woo 107 [ p . 95 ] 110 113 114 117 Now pite that I haue sought so yore agoo Thus for yowre deth . I may wele wepe and pleyne With hert ...
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Allas Analogs ANELIDA AND ARCITE ARCH BALADE OF PITE beaute beth blent ouer bounte Canterbury Canterbury Tales CHAUCER SOCIETY Chaucer's Minor Poems Compleint COMPLEYNTE TO PITE copy cruelte dede deth doth Dr F. J. FURNIVALL Dr Furnivall drede eke thou hast Ellesmere ellis euermore F. J. FURNIVALL fals Finsbury Park fortunam frende alyue fynde Harleian HATTON haue issue Knight's Tale LACK OF STEDFASTNESS lak of stedefastnesse leaf Libr London LUDGATE HILL lust Lydgate maner mercy myght myne neuer Odd Texts Parallel Texts Petworth peyne PHILLIPPS playn pleyne printed Prof Prolog and Tale PUBLISHT ryme Second Series SELD Shirley's shuld Sith Skeat slayn Squire's Tale Stanzas swete Tale of Beryn Terza Rima Texts OF Chaucer's ther therfor thurgh thyne thyng trouthe the shal vnto vpon W. A. Clouston wele wepe whan wight yowre Zupitza þat
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Page 35 - STEDFASTNESS. [Hatton MS. 73, leaf 119. (Bodl. Libr.).] These baladdis were send! to the kyng1. (1) Sumtyme this world! was so stedefast And stable 1 that mawnes word! was obligacioun) But now it is so fals And disceyvable that word! and dede as in conclusioun) 4 ben no thyng1 on for turned! vp so doun) Is al this world! for mede and wilfulnesse that al is lost for lak of stedefastnesse 7 (2) IT What maketh