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... pleyne 1 4 And eke vpon . the 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 ...
... pleyne 1 4 And eke vpon . the 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 ...
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... pleyne For goddis love . have mercy on my peyne 99 ( 15 ) ( Tern III . 1 ) ¶ My peyne is this . that what ' so I desire 100 That have I nought ' . ne nought that lith therto And euer settith desire . myn hert ' on fyre Eke on that other ...
... pleyne For goddis love . have mercy on my peyne 99 ( 15 ) ( Tern III . 1 ) ¶ My peyne is this . that what ' so I desire 100 That have I nought ' . ne nought that lith therto And euer settith desire . myn hert ' on fyre Eke on that other ...
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... pleyne For wele I wote . although I wake or wynke Ye recchen nat ' . whether I fleete or synk Yit ' neuertheles . my trowth I shal sustene Vn - to my detḥ . and that ' shal wele be sene ( 17 ) ( III . 3 ) ¶ This is to sey . I wil be ...
... pleyne For wele I wote . although I wake or wynke Ye recchen nat ' . whether I fleete or synk Yit ' neuertheles . my trowth I shal sustene Vn - to my detḥ . and that ' shal wele be sene ( 17 ) ( III . 3 ) ¶ This is to sey . I wil be ...
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... 46 And of al this I not to whom me pleyne For she that myght ' . me out of this bryng Ne recchith nought . whether I wepe or synge So litel rowth . hath she vpon my peyne [ p . 97 ] 50 48 THE BALADE OF PITE . PHILLIPPS MS . 9053.
... 46 And of al this I not to whom me pleyne For she that myght ' . me out of this bryng Ne recchith nought . whether I wepe or synge So litel rowth . hath she vpon my peyne [ p . 97 ] 50 48 THE BALADE OF PITE . PHILLIPPS MS . 9053.
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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