Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Ballads and Romances, Volume 3N. Trübner & Company, 1868 - 595 pages |
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... Erle stout & gay 276 280 284 288 292 296 300 was come thither that same day to hunt ffor a deere or a doe , but his hounds were gone him ffroe . & there was a Dragon ffeirce and grim , ffull of ffyer & alsoe of venim , with a wyde ...
... Erle stout & gay 276 280 284 288 292 296 300 was come thither that same day to hunt ffor a deere or a doe , but his hounds were gone him ffroe . & there was a Dragon ffeirce and grim , ffull of ffyer & alsoe of venim , with a wyde ...
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... Erle , & came to him right . then the Child that was soe younge tooke his staffe that was soe stronge , & smote the dragon on the crowne that in the wood hee ffell downe . the dragon recouered anon - right , & hitt the Child with such ...
... Erle , & came to him right . then the Child that was soe younge tooke his staffe that was soe stronge , & smote the dragon on the crowne that in the wood hee ffell downe . the dragon recouered anon - right , & hitt the Child with such ...
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... Erle hee was a Lord of gentle blood , hee gaue Sir Degree a steede ffull good , & therto him good armour gaue which was ffaire and sure , & alsoe a page his man to bee , & a hackney to ryde on trulye . 3 then fforth went Sir Degree ...
... Erle hee was a Lord of gentle blood , hee gaue Sir Degree a steede ffull good , & therto him good armour gaue which was ffaire and sure , & alsoe a page his man to bee , & a hackney to ryde on trulye . 3 then fforth went Sir Degree ...
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... come & ffight with yee ; to Iust with thee my Lord hath nomm . ' " 400 the King sayd , " hee shalbe welcome , nomm , i.e. taken ; undertaken ; or taken upon him . -P . 404 be hee Knight or Barrowne , Erle , duke 32 SIR DEGREE .
... come & ffight with yee ; to Iust with thee my Lord hath nomm . ' " 400 the King sayd , " hee shalbe welcome , nomm , i.e. taken ; undertaken ; or taken upon him . -P . 404 be hee Knight or Barrowne , Erle , duke 32 SIR DEGREE .
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... Erle , duke , or Churle in towne : theres no man Ile 2 fforsake ; who all may winn , all let him take . " soe on the Morrow the day was sett , the King aduised much the bett , but there was not any liuing man 408 that Sir Degree trusted ...
... Erle , duke , or Churle in towne : theres no man Ile 2 fforsake ; who all may winn , all let him take . " soe on the Morrow the day was sett , the King aduised much the bett , but there was not any liuing man 408 that Sir Degree trusted ...
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Adam Bell alliterative verse Bessye brother carle Cloudeslee cold companye copy countrye crowne daughter death deere doth Earl England English Erle euery father ffaire ffast ffell ffellow ffinis ffor fforrest fforth ffound ffree ffreind ffrom ffull fight Folio gaue Gawaine gett giue gold Harl hart hath haue heere Henry horsse Humphrey King Richard Knight kyng Lady Ladye Land leaue lett liffe lines litle liue Locrin Lord Derby Lord Phenix Lord Stanley Lord Strange loue Madden marry mayd neere neuer noble ouer Percy Percy Society Piers Plowman poem pray prince printed Queen quoth hee ryde sayd sayes says shee shipp shold Sir ANDREW Sir Degree Sir William Stanley slaine song sonne stanzas sword tell thé thee thou shalt tooke verse vnder vnto vpon wiffe wold words wott yett
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Page 123 - Strike in their numb'd and mortified bare arms Pins, wooden pricks, nails, sprigs of rosemary ; And with this horrible object, from low farms, Poor pelting villages, sheep-cotes, and mills, Sometime with lunatic bans, sometime with prayers, Enforce their charity.
Page 522 - Till quite dejected with my scorn, He left me to my pride ; And sought a solitude forlorn, In secret where he died. "But mine the sorrow, mine the fault, And well my life shall pay ; I'll seek the solitude he sought, And stretch me where he lay.
Page 366 - death is sure To those that stay and those that roam, But I will nevermore endure To sit with empty hands at home. ' My mother clings about my neck, My sisters crying, "Stay for shame ;" My father raves of death and wreck, They are all to blame, they are all to blame. ' God help me ! save I take my part Of danger on the roaring sea, A devil rises in my heart, Far worse than any death to me.
Page 523 - But mine the sorrow, mine the fault, And well my life shall pay; I'll seek the solitude he sought, And stretch me where he lay. And there, forlorn, despairing, hid, I'll lay me down and die: 'Twas so for me that Edwin did, And so for him will I.
Page xxviii - THE VISION OF WILLIAM CONCERNING PIERS THE PLOWMAN, together with Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, Secundum Wit et Resoun, by WILLIAM LANGLAND (1377 AD). The " Crowley
Page 124 - Bedlam, and will talk franticly of purpose; you see pins stuck in sundry places of his naked flesh, especially in his arms, which pain he gladly puts himself to...
Page 523 - Turn, Angelina, ever dear, My charmer, turn to see Thy own, thy long-lost Edwin here, Restored to love and thee ! * Thus let me hold thee to my heart. And every care resign : And shall we never, never part, My life— my all that's mine ? * No, never from this hour to part, We'll live and love so true ; The sigh that rends thy constant heart Shall break thy Edwin's too.
Page 10 - Two goggling eyen like fire farden, A mouthe from eare to eare. Before him came a dwarffe full lowe, That waited on his knee, And at his backe five heads he bare, All wan and pale of blee. Sir...
Page 269 - far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.
Page 464 - Now God you save, you jolly palmer !' ' Welcome, lady gay ! Oft have I sued to thee for love.' ' Oft have I said you nay.' The pilgrimages undertaken on pretence of religion •were often productive of affairs of gallantry, and led the votaries to no other shrine than that of Venus.* * ' Hermets on a heape, with hoked staves, Wenteu to Walsingham, and her wenches after.' Visions of Pierce Plowman, fo. i. " The following ballad was once very popular ; it is quoted in Fletcher's ' Knight of the Burning...