The lay of the last minstrel, a poem. With Ballads and lyrical pieces |
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Page 293
... shulde kepe your highness instructions , gyf- fyn unto your garyson , for making of any day - forrey ; for he and his friends wolde burne enough on the nyght , lettyng your counsaill here defyne a notable acte at theyre pleasures . Up ...
... shulde kepe your highness instructions , gyf- fyn unto your garyson , for making of any day - forrey ; for he and his friends wolde burne enough on the nyght , lettyng your counsaill here defyne a notable acte at theyre pleasures . Up ...
Page 294
... coming to the Bordure as yet , but al- soo , that none inlande man will adventure theyr selfs uppon the marches . And as for the tax that shulde have been graun- 2 tyd for finding of the said iii hundred men , 294 NOTES TO CANTO FOURTH .
... coming to the Bordure as yet , but al- soo , that none inlande man will adventure theyr selfs uppon the marches . And as for the tax that shulde have been graun- 2 tyd for finding of the said iii hundred men , 294 NOTES TO CANTO FOURTH .
Page 306
... shulde be their capitayne . Then they advysed in the case how they coude nat have a bet- ter capitayne than Sir John Soltier . For they sulde than have good leyser to do yvell , and they thought he was more mete- lyer therto than any ...
... shulde be their capitayne . Then they advysed in the case how they coude nat have a bet- ter capitayne than Sir John Soltier . For they sulde than have good leyser to do yvell , and they thought he was more mete- lyer therto than any ...
Page 327
... Shulde ye well passe into the hole that ye cam out of ? " — " Yea , I shall well , ' said the devyl . I holde the best plegge that I have , that ye shall not do it .'- ' Well , ' sayd the devyll , thereto I consent . ' And than the ...
... Shulde ye well passe into the hole that ye cam out of ? " — " Yea , I shall well , ' said the devyl . I holde the best plegge that I have , that ye shall not do it .'- ' Well , ' sayd the devyll , thereto I consent . ' And than the ...
Page 328
... shulde the towne of Napells quake ; and whan the egge brake , than shulde the towne sinke . Whan he had made an ende , he lette call it Napells . " This appears to have been an article of current belief during the middle ages , as ...
... shulde the towne of Napells quake ; and whan the egge brake , than shulde the towne sinke . Whan he had made an ende , he lette call it Napells . " This appears to have been an article of current belief during the middle ages , as ...
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