An OXFORD ANTHOLOGY of ENGLISH POETRY1935 |
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... rente.24 And rage he coude , as it were right a whelpe . In love - dayes ther coude he muchel helpe . For there he was nat lyk a cloisterer , With a thredbar cope , as is a povre scoler , 260 But he was lyk a maister or a pope . Of ...
... rente.24 And rage he coude , as it were right a whelpe . In love - dayes ther coude he muchel helpe . For there he was nat lyk a cloisterer , With a thredbar cope , as is a povre scoler , 260 But he was lyk a maister or a pope . Of ...
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... rente , And eek hir wyves wolde it wel assente ; And elles certein were they to blame . It is ful fair to been y - clept ' ma dame , ' And goon to vigilyës al bifore , And have a mantel royalliche y - bore . A Cook they hadde with hem ...
... rente , And eek hir wyves wolde it wel assente ; And elles certein were they to blame . It is ful fair to been y - clept ' ma dame , ' And goon to vigilyës al bifore , And have a mantel royalliche y - bore . A Cook they hadde with hem ...
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... rente and lond 580 Of any lord that is in Engelond , To make him live by his propre good , In honour dettelees , but he were wood , Or live as scarsly as him list desire ; And able for to helpen al a shire In any cas that mighte falle ...
... rente and lond 580 Of any lord that is in Engelond , To make him live by his propre good , In honour dettelees , but he were wood , Or live as scarsly as him list desire ; And able for to helpen al a shire In any cas that mighte falle ...
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