Robene and Makyne: And The Testament of CresseidJames Ballantyne, 1824 - 20 pages |
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Robene and Makyne: And the Testament of Cresseid (Classic Reprint) Robert Henryson No preview available - 2015 |
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agane allace Asloan's attour bair baith Bannatyne's befoir blak cair cairfull Calchas callit Chaucer cop and clapper culd Cupide deid deir dern Diomeid doun dule Dunfermlin Earl of Kelly Edinburgh eight-line stanzas Fables of Esope fair Cresseid Fordel Gawyn Gawyn Douglas Gloc Goddis goldin greit grene gude haif haill hart heir heuch holt holtis James Henryson ladyis Langtoft leir lipper Lord Hailes lufe luik luve lyke means micht Minot mony mynd nane neir nevir nocht old English old poets oratur pane printed at Edinburgh Quha quhair scho quhat Quhen Quhilk quhome quod reid richt Robene and Makyne Robert Henryson sall Saturne scheip scho Scotish Scotish Poems Scotland signifies Sir Francis Kinaston suld sweit tale Testament of Cresseid thair thairfoir thay thé Thocht thou thow trew Troylus tuik unto uther wald weill weip Whikey tree Wiclif wofull wyse yone
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Page 3 - I mend the fyre and beikit me about, Than tuik ane drink, my spreitis to comfort, And armit me weill fra the cauld thairout. To cut the winter nicht and mak it schort I tuik ane quair - and left all uther sport Writtin be worthie Chaucer glorious Of fair Creisseid and worthie Troylus.
Page 18 - Quhat Lord is yone' (quod scho), 'have ye na feill, Hes done to us so greit humanitie?' 'Yes' (quod a Lipper man), 'I knaw him weill, Schir Troylus it is, gentill and fre...
Page 17 - Bot scho was in sic plye he knew hir nocht, Yit than hir luik into his mynd it brocht The sweit visage and amorous blenking Of fair Cresseid sumtyme his awin darling.
Page 8 - And influence, lyfe in all eirdlie thing, Without comfort of quhome, of force to nocht Must all ga die that in this warld is wrocht. As king royall he raid upon his chair, The quhilk Phaeton gydit sum tyme upricht; The brichtnes of his face quhen it was bair Nane micht behald for peirsing of his sicht...
Page 20 - Sum said he maid ane tomb of merbell gray, And wrait hir name and superscriptioun, And laid it on hir grave, quhair that scho lay, In goldin letteris conteining this ressoun : " Lo, fair ladyis, Cresseid of Troyis toun, Sumtyme countit the flour of womanheid, Under this stane...
Page 19 - Quhen this was said, with Paper scho sat doun, and on this maneir maid hir Testament. 'Heir I beteiche my Corps and Carioun with Wormis and with Taidis to be rent. My Cop and Clapper and myne Ornament, and all my gold the Lipper folk sall have, quhen I am deid, to burie me in grave.
Page 12 - And all that Court and convocatioun Vanischit away, than rais scho up and tuik Ane poleist glas, and hir schaddow culd luik: And quhen scho saw hir face sa deformait Gif scho in hart was wa aneuch God wait. Weiping full sair, 'Lo quhat it is...
Page 9 - Mingit with cairfull joy and fals plesance, Now hait, now cauld, now blyith, now full of wo, Now grene as leif, now widderit and ago.
Page 6 - And first of all Saturne gave his sentence, Quhilk gave to Cupide litill reverence, Bot as ane busteous Churle on his maneir Come crabitlie with auster luik and cheir.