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... knyght , a knyght as a duke , a duke as a kyng . From the translation of Higden's Polychronicon 3 The Thirteenth - Century Maiden ME TEN byhove to take hede of maydens : for they ben hote & tendre of complexion ; smale , pliaunt and ...
... knyght , a knyght as a duke , a duke as a kyng . From the translation of Higden's Polychronicon 3 The Thirteenth - Century Maiden ME TEN byhove to take hede of maydens : for they ben hote & tendre of complexion ; smale , pliaunt and ...
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... knyght , a knyght as a duke , a duke as a kyng . From the translation of Higden's Polychronicon 3 The Thirteenth - Century Maiden M : EN byhove to take hede of maydens for they ben hote & tendre of complexion ; smale , pliaunt and fayre ...
... knyght , a knyght as a duke , a duke as a kyng . From the translation of Higden's Polychronicon 3 The Thirteenth - Century Maiden M : EN byhove to take hede of maydens for they ben hote & tendre of complexion ; smale , pliaunt and fayre ...
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... knyght come that is so hardy that dar come to hire and kisse hire on the mouth , and than schall sche turne agen to hire owne kynde and ben a womman agen , but after that sche schall not lyven longe ... And it is not longe sithen that a ...
... knyght come that is so hardy that dar come to hire and kisse hire on the mouth , and than schall sche turne agen to hire owne kynde and ben a womman agen , but after that sche schall not lyven longe ... And it is not longe sithen that a ...
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... knyght , and he seyde nay . And than sche seyde that he myghte not ben hire lemman . But sche bad him gon agen unto his felowes and let make him knyght , and come agen upon the morwe , and sche scholde come out of the cave before him ...
... knyght , and he seyde nay . And than sche seyde that he myghte not ben hire lemman . But sche bad him gon agen unto his felowes and let make him knyght , and come agen upon the morwe , and sche scholde come out of the cave before him ...
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... knyght sire Launcelot out of mesure , and of my self , good lord , I myght not withstande the fervent love wherfor I have my dethe . And thenne she called her fader sire Bernard and her broder sir Tyrre , and hertely she praid her fader ...
... knyght sire Launcelot out of mesure , and of my self , good lord , I myght not withstande the fervent love wherfor I have my dethe . And thenne she called her fader sire Bernard and her broder sir Tyrre , and hertely she praid her fader ...
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