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Page 98
... mightie martiall hands doe most commend : Of loue they euer greater glory bore , Then of their armes : Mars is Cupidoes frend , And is for Venus loues renowmed more , Then all his wars and spoiles , the which he did of yore . Therewith ...
... mightie martiall hands doe most commend : Of loue they euer greater glory bore , Then of their armes : Mars is Cupidoes frend , And is for Venus loues renowmed more , Then all his wars and spoiles , the which he did of yore . Therewith ...
Page 125
... mightie people shortly grew , And puissaunt kings , which all the world warrayd , And to them selues all Nations did subdew : The first and eldest , which that scepter swayd , Was Elfin ; him all India obayd , And all that now America ...
... mightie people shortly grew , And puissaunt kings , which all the world warrayd , And to them selues all Nations did subdew : The first and eldest , which that scepter swayd , Was Elfin ; him all India obayd , And all that now America ...
Page 357
... mightie enemies did him most despight , Three mightie ones , and cruell minded eeke , That him not onely sought by open might To ouerthrow , but to supplant by slight . The first of them by name was cald Despetto , Exceeding all the ...
... mightie enemies did him most despight , Three mightie ones , and cruell minded eeke , That him not onely sought by open might To ouerthrow , but to supplant by slight . The first of them by name was cald Despetto , Exceeding all the ...
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INTRODUCTION BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL | x |
BOOK THE LEGENDE OF THE KNIGHT OF THE RED CROSSE OR | xliv |
THE LEGEND OF SIR GVYON OR OF TEMPERAVNCE | 140 |
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