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... 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 11 But ' or I myght ' . with any word out ' breke Or tellen any . of my ...
... 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 11 But ' or I myght ' . with any word out ' breke Or tellen any . of my ...
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... whan I al this . company ther fond That ' rather wolden . al my cause spiłł 47 Than do me help . I hield my compleynt stil For to the folkes . without any faile Withouten pite . ne may no bil availe 50 13 THE COMPLEYNTE TO PITE ...
... whan I al this . company ther fond That ' rather wolden . al my cause spiłł 47 Than do me help . I hield my compleynt stil For to the folkes . without any faile Withouten pite . ne may no bil availe 50 13 THE COMPLEYNTE TO PITE ...
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... whan that he was glad than was I blith And his disese was my deth as swyth And he agayne his trouth hath me plight For euermore his lady me to kyth 228 ( 33 ) ( Compleint 3 ; Movement I. 2. ) Nowe is he fals allas and causeles 229 And ...
... whan that he was glad than was I blith And his disese was my deth as swyth And he agayne his trouth hath me plight For euermore his lady me to kyth 228 ( 33 ) ( Compleint 3 ; Movement I. 2. ) Nowe is he fals allas and causeles 229 And ...
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... whan yt is leest agast 316 ( 42 ) ( Compleint 12 ; Movement II . 5. ) Mercy swete yf I myssaye 317 Haue I ought spoken oute of þe way I not my wit is half away I fare as doth pe song of Chauntplur 320 For nowe I playne and nowe I play I ...
... whan yt is leest agast 316 ( 42 ) ( Compleint 12 ; Movement II . 5. ) Mercy swete yf I myssaye 317 Haue I ought spoken oute of þe way I not my wit is half away I fare as doth pe song of Chauntplur 320 For nowe I playne and nowe I play I ...
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... whan euery creature Shuld have theyr rest . in somwhat be kynde Or ellis ne may theyr lif . nought ' longe endure It ' fallith most . in to my wooful mynde How I so fer have brought . my self behynde 1 5 • That ' sauf the deth . ther ...
... whan euery creature Shuld have theyr rest . in somwhat be kynde Or ellis ne may theyr lif . nought ' longe endure It ' fallith most . in to my wooful mynde How I so fer have brought . my self behynde 1 5 • That ' sauf the deth . ther ...
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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