 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1830 - 364 pages
...none, That ne holdeth to her kunde speche, bote Engelond one. Ac wel me wot vor to conne bothe wel yt ys, Vor the more that a man con, the more worth...William, Bishop of Ely, Chancellor and Prime Minister to Richard I. " Knguam Anglicanam prorsus ignorabat." • In the reign of Henry III. Robert of Gloucester,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1830 - 368 pages
...none, That ne holdeth to her kunde speche, bote Engelond one. Ac wel me wot vor to conne bothe wel yt ys, Vor the more that a man con, the more worth...William, Bishop of Ely, Chancellor and Prime Minister to Richard I. " liuguam Anglicanam prorsus ignorabat." In the reign of Henry III. Robert of Gloucester,... | |
 | 1834 - 772 pages
...none, That ne holdeth to her kynde speche, hot England one. Ac wel me wot, vorto con (know) bothe wel yt ys, Vor the more that a man con, the more worth he yt." And with this very admirable re- tale of what is commonly called the mark, our Chronicler concludes... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1845 - 348 pages
...none, That ne holdeth to her kunde speche, bote Engelond one. Ac wel me wot vor to conne bothe wel yt ys, Vor the more that a man con, the more worth...shall throw together here a few miscellaneous facts in conformation of this general testimony of Robert of Gloucester. A letter of Hugh, Bishop of Coventry,... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1847 - 518 pages
...none, That nc holiteth to her künde s peche, bote Engelond one. Ac wcl me wot vor to conne bo t he wel yt ys, Vor the more that a man con, the more worth he ys. This extract describes very correctly the general history of the languages current in England for the... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1847 - 42 pages
...none, That ne holdeth to her kunde speche, bote Engelond one. Ac wel me wot vor to conne bothe wel yt ys, Vor the more that a man con, the more worth he ys. This extract describes very correctly the general history of the languages current in England for the... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - 650 pages
...none, That ne holdeth to her kunde speche, bote Engelond one. Ac wel me wot vor to conne bothe wel yt ys, Vor the more that a man con, the more worth he ys." ROBERT or GLOUCESTER, vol. 1, p. 364. Orlando Reconciling Morgante to the Damnation of hit Brothers.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - 656 pages
...none, That ne holdeth to her kunde speche, bote Engelond one. Ac wel me wot vor to conne bothe wel yt ys, Vor the more that a man con, the more worth he ys." ROBERT or GLOUCESTER, vol. 1, p. 3G4. Orlando Reconciling Margante to the Damnation of his Brothers.... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1851 - 192 pages
...contreyes none That ne holdeth to her kunde speche, bote Engelond one. Ac wel me wot vor to conne both wel yt ys ; Vor the more that a man con, the more worth he ys." * That is, in modern words : — Thus came lo ! England into Normans'hand. And the Normans not could... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1851 - 604 pages
...none, That ne holdeth to her kunde speche, bote Engelond one. Ac wel me wot vor to conne bothe wel N lie ya. i I shall throw together here a few miscellaneous facts in confirmation of this general testimony... | |
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... thulke speche that hii of hem nome ; Vor bote a man couthe French me tolth of hym wel lute ; Ac lowe men holdeth to Englyss and to her kunde speche yute. 
