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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... hede shold stond , Hit was alle gold shynand , Thus previd he hym there . Lordys assembelid in sale , Welle mo than I have in tale , Or ellis gret wonder were ; There herd i - telle ffor certayn , That Desonelle wed shold be than , That ...
... hede shold stond , Hit was alle gold shynand , Thus previd he hym there . Lordys assembelid in sale , Welle mo than I have in tale , Or ellis gret wonder were ; There herd i - telle ffor certayn , That Desonelle wed shold be than , That ...
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... hede on the bord he laid , " Lo ! Ser kyng , hold this , " he said , " Or ellis wroth we anon . " They sett stille at the bord , None of hem spake one word , They spake nether ylle ne good ; But ryght that he had done , Torrent at the ...
... hede on the bord he laid , " Lo ! Ser kyng , hold this , " he said , " Or ellis wroth we anon . " They sett stille at the bord , None of hem spake one word , They spake nether ylle ne good ; But ryght that he had done , Torrent at the ...
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... hede , The kyng had wend he had the dede , And aventurly gan he gone ; " I rede you take a day of restys , And do it uppon two knyghtes , And let no man be slayn . " Gret lordys that were thare , This talis lovid at that fare , And ...
... hede , The kyng had wend he had the dede , And aventurly gan he gone ; " I rede you take a day of restys , And do it uppon two knyghtes , And let no man be slayn . " Gret lordys that were thare , This talis lovid at that fare , And ...
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... hede lefte he thare , So eville was hitt mynt ; The giaunt hym ayen smate Thorough his sheld and his plate , Into the flesh it sought . And sith he pullith at his croke , So fast into the flesh it toke , 1610 1620 That oute myзt he gete ...
... hede lefte he thare , So eville was hitt mynt ; The giaunt hym ayen smate Thorough his sheld and his plate , Into the flesh it sought . And sith he pullith at his croke , So fast into the flesh it toke , 1610 1620 That oute myзt he gete ...
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... hede he brought hame , And the dragons also . Mene myght here a myle aboute , How on the dede hedys they did shoute , 1850 ffor the shame that they had hem wrought ; Both with dede and with tong , ffyfte on the hedys dong , That to the ...
... hede he brought hame , And the dragons also . Mene myght here a myle aboute , How on the dede hedys they did shoute , 1850 ffor the shame that they had hem wrought ; Both with dede and with tong , ffyfte on the hedys dong , That to the ...
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