Specimens of the Early English Poets, Volume 1Nicol, 1803 - 424 pages |
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Page 86
... wine . • Wrangling . * But . 3 Steed , from caballus . It is used by Chaucer , & c . 4 Probably a groom , as harate and stud are mentioned immediately afterwards : the Saxon word is hors - wealh . 5 Huras . Fr. A place where horses are ...
... wine . • Wrangling . * But . 3 Steed , from caballus . It is used by Chaucer , & c . 4 Probably a groom , as harate and stud are mentioned immediately afterwards : the Saxon word is hors - wealh . 5 Huras . Fr. A place where horses are ...
Page 88
... the hypocras , or medicated wine , used at the conclusion of their meals . 7 Valerian ; or perhaps the mountain spikenard ; for Parkinson calls them both by the name of setwall . Trie ' maces beth the flower , The rind canel [ 88 ]
... the hypocras , or medicated wine , used at the conclusion of their meals . 7 Valerian ; or perhaps the mountain spikenard ; for Parkinson calls them both by the name of setwall . Trie ' maces beth the flower , The rind canel [ 88 ]
Page 89
... of the sugar - bakers , now called treacle , cannot have been known so early . 9 Holy - water ? " Spiced - wine . Fr. 13 In a full stream . 10 Balsam . Fr. 12 Running . Sax . Of they streames all the mould , Stones precious , [ 89 ]
... of the sugar - bakers , now called treacle , cannot have been known so early . 9 Holy - water ? " Spiced - wine . Fr. 13 In a full stream . 10 Balsam . Fr. 12 Running . Sax . Of they streames all the mould , Stones precious , [ 89 ]
Page 96
... the three wells , at his list , one should run milk , " another wine , and another honey . And that place " he clept Paradise . " ( Sir J. Maundevile , p . 336 . Ed . 1727. ) CHAPTER IV . Robert of Gloucester . - Various small [ 96 ]
... the three wells , at his list , one should run milk , " another wine , and another honey . And that place " he clept Paradise . " ( Sir J. Maundevile , p . 336 . Ed . 1727. ) CHAPTER IV . Robert of Gloucester . - Various small [ 96 ]
Page 115
... wine she had in hand , And her attire was well - farànd ; Before the king one knee set , 2 And on her language scho him gret : “ Laverid3 king , Wassaille ! ” said she . The king asked what should be ? On that language the king ne couth ...
... wine she had in hand , And her attire was well - farànd ; Before the king one knee set , 2 And on her language scho him gret : “ Laverid3 king , Wassaille ! ” said she . The king asked what should be ? On that language the king ne couth ...
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