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Page xiii
... took considerable pains to copy out and preserve his poems , and is said by Stowe to have died Oct. 21 , -1456 , at the great age of ninety , so that he was born more than 30 years before Chaucer died . On his authority , we may ...
... took considerable pains to copy out and preserve his poems , and is said by Stowe to have died Oct. 21 , -1456 , at the great age of ninety , so that he was born more than 30 years before Chaucer died . On his authority , we may ...
Page xxii
... took his copy of this poem from Thynne's edition of 1532. This is an oversight ; for it does not occur there ; Stowe's edition is meant . be doubted . In the present volume they appear , xxii STOWE'S EDITION : PART I.
... took his copy of this poem from Thynne's edition of 1532. This is an oversight ; for it does not occur there ; Stowe's edition is meant . be doubted . In the present volume they appear , xxii STOWE'S EDITION : PART I.
Page lviii
... took the opportunity of inserting it in a more ambitious effort . The original ' Ceys and Alcioun ' evidently ended at 1. 220 ; where it began , we cannot say , for the poem was doubtless revised and somewhat altered . Ll . 215 , 216 ...
... took the opportunity of inserting it in a more ambitious effort . The original ' Ceys and Alcioun ' evidently ended at 1. 220 ; where it began , we cannot say , for the poem was doubtless revised and somewhat altered . Ll . 215 , 216 ...
Page lxvii
... took place 2 . I here note that Lydgate's Flour of Curtesie is a palpable imitation of the Parliament of Foules . VI . MERCILES BEAUTE . The unique copy of this poem is in MS . P3 . It is the last poem in the MS . , and is in excellent ...
... took place 2 . I here note that Lydgate's Flour of Curtesie is a palpable imitation of the Parliament of Foules . VI . MERCILES BEAUTE . The unique copy of this poem is in MS . P3 . It is the last poem in the MS . , and is in excellent ...
Page 14
... took To rede and dryve the night away ; For me thoghte it better play 23. All this . 24. All drede . 25 30 5 35 40 45 50 25. Th . Tn . Defaute ; F. Defaulte . 27. F. loste . Tn . omits 11. 31-96 ; 26. Th . slayne ; Tn . slain ; F. omits ...
... took To rede and dryve the night away ; For me thoghte it better play 23. All this . 24. All drede . 25 30 5 35 40 45 50 25. Th . Tn . Defaute ; F. Defaulte . 27. F. loste . Tn . omits 11. 31-96 ; 26. Th . slayne ; Tn . slain ; F. omits ...
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Page ix - He made the book that hight the Hous of Fame, And eke the Deeth of Blaunche the Duchesse, And the Parlement of Foules, as I gesse, And al the love of Palamon and Arcite 420 Of Thebes, thogh the storye ys knowen lyte; And many an ympne for your halydayes, That highten balades, roundels, virelayes...
Page 350 - Insino a qui l' un giogo di Parnaso Assai mi fu, ma or con ambedue M' è uopo entrar nell' aringo rimaso. Entra nel petto mio, e spira tue Si come quando Marsia traesti Della vagina delle membra sue.
Page 75 - And that our present worldes lyves space Nis but a maner deth, what wey we trace, And rightful folk shal go, after they dye, To heven ; and shewed him the galaxye.
Page 210 - For whiche unto your mercy thus I crye: Beth hevy ageyn, or elles mot I dye!
Page 186 - Unknowen was the quern and eek the melle; They eten mast, hawes, and swich pounage, And dronken water of the colde welle. Yit nas the ground nat wounded with the plough, But corn up-sprong, unsowe of mannes hond, 10 The which they gniden, and eete nat half y-nough.
Page 193 - Stryve noght, as doth the crokke with the wal. Daunte thy-self, that dauntest otheres dede; And trouthe shal delivere, hit is no drede.
Page 187 - Ther lay no profit, ther was no richesse, But cursed was the tyme, I dar wel seye, That men first dide hir swety bysinesse To grobbe up metal, lurkinge in derknesse, And in the riveres first gemmes soghte. Allas! than sprong up al the cursednesse Of coveyryse, that first our sorwe broghte!
Page 304 - Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand : For hot, cold, moist and dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mastery...
Page 211 - And saveour, as doun in this worlde here, Out of this toune help me through your might, Sin that ye wole nat been my tresorere; For I am shave as nye as any frere.
Page 98 - Now welcom somer, with thy sonne softe, That hast this wintres weders over-shake. Wel han they cause for to gladen ofte, Sith ech of hem recovered hath his make ; Ful blisful may they singen whan they wake; Now welcom somer, with thy sonne softe, That hast this wintres weders over-shake, And driven awey the longe nightes blake.