Torrent of Portugal: An English Metrical Romance. Now First Published from an Unique Manuscript of the Fifteenth Century, Preserved in the Chetham Library at ManchesterJames Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps |
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... Be my trowthe , and he the see , Were ther xx . lyvys in the , They dethe than wylle he dyght . Jeshu Cryst gef me grace , To hyde the in some prevé plase , Owt of the fyndes syght ! 270 " Evyr me thynkythe be thy tale , The song 12.
... Be my trowthe , and he the see , Were ther xx . lyvys in the , They dethe than wylle he dyght . Jeshu Cryst gef me grace , To hyde the in some prevé plase , Owt of the fyndes syght ! 270 " Evyr me thynkythe be thy tale , The song 12.
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... song of the burdes smale On slepe hathe hyme browght . " " Ye , " seyd Torrent , " ore he be wakyn , I schalle the telle soche a tokyn , Of hym thow have no thowght . " But wolddes thow for thy gentré , Do the lyonnys downe lye , That ...
... song of the burdes smale On slepe hathe hyme browght . " " Ye , " seyd Torrent , " ore he be wakyn , I schalle the telle soche a tokyn , Of hym thow have no thowght . " But wolddes thow for thy gentré , Do the lyonnys downe lye , That ...
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... . It were two dragons stiff and strong , Uppon theyre lay they sat and song , Beside a depe welle ; Sir Torent said thanne , To God that made man , And died uppon a tree , 1480 1490 " Lord , as thou mayst alle weld , Yeve 63.
... . It were two dragons stiff and strong , Uppon theyre lay they sat and song , Beside a depe welle ; Sir Torent said thanne , To God that made man , And died uppon a tree , 1480 1490 " Lord , as thou mayst alle weld , Yeve 63.
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... song , The sonne arose on hyze . Torent of the day was fulle blithe , And of the valey he did hym swith , As fast as ever he may : To a mowntayn he rode ryght , Of a castelle he had a sight , With towrys hyze and gay . 1500 1510 1520 He ...
... song , The sonne arose on hyze . Torent of the day was fulle blithe , And of the valey he did hym swith , As fast as ever he may : To a mowntayn he rode ryght , Of a castelle he had a sight , With towrys hyze and gay . 1500 1510 1520 He ...
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... song was welaway ; God that died uppon the rode , Yff grace that she mete with good ! Thus disparlid are thay . This lady walkyd alle alone , Amonge wyld bestis meny one , Ne wanted she no woo ; Anon the day began to spryng , And the ...
... song was welaway ; God that died uppon the rode , Yff grace that she mete with good ! Thus disparlid are thay . This lady walkyd alle alone , Amonge wyld bestis meny one , Ne wanted she no woo ; Anon the day began to spryng , And the ...
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