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Page 163
... wretched sonne of wretched mother borne , Is this thine high aduauncement , O is this Th'immortall name , with which thee yet vn- borne Thy Gransire Nereus promist to adorne ? Now lyest thou of life and honor reft ; Now lyest thou a ...
... wretched sonne of wretched mother borne , Is this thine high aduauncement , O is this Th'immortall name , with which thee yet vn- borne Thy Gransire Nereus promist to adorne ? Now lyest thou of life and honor reft ; Now lyest thou a ...
Page 246
... wretched life doth lead , Both grace and gaine ; but he in hell doth lie , That liues a loathed life , and wishing cannot die . 12 This dismall day hath thee a caytiue made , And vassall to the vilest wretch aliue , Whose cursed vsage ...
... wretched life doth lead , Both grace and gaine ; but he in hell doth lie , That liues a loathed life , and wishing cannot die . 12 This dismall day hath thee a caytiue made , And vassall to the vilest wretch aliue , Whose cursed vsage ...
Page 390
... wretched case , But closing it againe like as before , Bedeaw'd with teares there left it in the place : Yet left not quite , but drew a litle space Behind the bushes , where she her did hyde , To weet what mortall hand , or heauens ...
... wretched case , But closing it againe like as before , Bedeaw'd with teares there left it in the place : Yet left not quite , but drew a litle space Behind the bushes , where she her did hyde , To weet what mortall hand , or heauens ...
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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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