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... vnto youre . souerayn excellence Youre seruaunt yif I durst ' . my self ' so cal His mortal harme . whiche he is in fal And nat ' alonly . for his evil fare 54 57 The compleynt in the bitt 61 But for youre Renowne . as I shal declare 64 ...
... vnto youre . souerayn excellence Youre seruaunt yif I durst ' . my self ' so cal His mortal harme . whiche he is in fal And nat ' alonly . for his evil fare 54 57 The compleynt in the bitt 61 But for youre Renowne . as I shal declare 64 ...
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... Vnto my foo that gaue myne hert a wounde And yet desyreth that my herme be more Ye certeys for that shall euer be founde None other helpe my sores forto sounde My disteyn hath happed so full yore I wołł no nother medicyne ne lore I wohl ...
... Vnto my foo that gaue myne hert a wounde And yet desyreth that my herme be more Ye certeys for that shall euer be founde None other helpe my sores forto sounde My disteyn hath happed so full yore I wołł no nother medicyne ne lore I wohl ...
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... vnto me til ye deye 332 ( 43 ) ( Compleint 13 ; Movement II . 6. ) This long nyght this wondre sight I drye 333 And on the day for thilk affray I dye And of all this my swete I - wis ye ne reche And neuer moo myñ eyen two ben drye But ...
... vnto me til ye deye 332 ( 43 ) ( Compleint 13 ; Movement II . 6. ) This long nyght this wondre sight I drye 333 And on the day for thilk affray I dye And of all this my swete I - wis ye ne reche And neuer moo myñ eyen two ben drye But ...
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... vnto yowre mercy thus I crye Beth hevy ageyne . or ellis must I dye 7 ( 2 ) ¶ Now fouchesauf this day . or it ' be nyght ' That I of yow . the blisful sowne may here To se youre coloure . as the sonne bright ' That of yowre eye ...
... vnto yowre mercy thus I crye Beth hevy ageyne . or ellis must I dye 7 ( 2 ) ¶ Now fouchesauf this day . or it ' be nyght ' That I of yow . the blisful sowne may here To se youre coloure . as the sonne bright ' That of yowre eye ...
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... vnto goode aventure That ' for I love hir . she sleeth me giltles Hir love I best ' . and shal while I may dure [ p . 96 ] 47 20 20 23 24 27 [ so in MS . , for is ] ¶ Better than my self . an hundred thousand dele Than al this worldis ...
... vnto goode aventure That ' for I love hir . she sleeth me giltles Hir love I best ' . and shal while I may dure [ p . 96 ] 47 20 20 23 24 27 [ so in MS . , for is ] ¶ Better than my self . an hundred thousand dele Than al this worldis ...
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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