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Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: The pastime of pleasure ... By Stephen Hawes

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Percy society, 1846

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CAP PAGE	1

Of the swete report of Fame of the fayre lady La Bell	11

How Science sent him first to Gramer where he	21

Howe he was receyved of Rethoryke and what retho	27

Howe he departed from kynge Melyzyus with	29

Of Disposition the ii parte of rethorike	34

Howe he vainquyshed a gyaunt with seven heades	35

Howe he was arested by Death	41

Howe Graunde Amoure was enamoured of La Bell Pucell in the tower of Musike and met with Counsayle in a temple	69

Of the dolorous and lowly disputacion betwene La Bell Pucell and Graunde Amoure	77

Howe La Bell Pucell graunted Graunde Amoure love and of her dispiteous departage	87

Of the great sorowe that Graunde Amour made after her departyng and of the wordes of Counsayl	93

Howe Graunde Amoure went to Geometry and what geometry is	99

Of dame Astronomie	103

Of the direct operation of nature	106

Of the fyve internall wyttes	108

Howe Tyme came into the temple in marvaylous	44

Of Pronunciation the iiii part of rethoryke	47

Of Memory the v part of rethorike	50

A commendation of Gower Chaucer and Lydgate	52

Of Arsmetrike	56

mundain humayn and instrumental	58

Of the hye influences of the supernall bodies	112

Howe Graunde Amoure departed from the tower of Sci ence and went to the tower of Chivalry where he was let in by Fortytude	114

Of the marveylous argument betwene Mars and Fortune	117

Howe Minerve ledde Graunde Amoure to kyng Mely zyus whiche made hym knyght	127

Howe Fame came into the temple wyth burnyng tongues	208

Howe Eternyte came into the temple and of her vertu	218

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abyde adowne agayne Agaynst attayne ayre beaute Bell Pucell bokes brynge certayne chaunce chere Chyvalry clere comyn wytte connyng countenaunce daye dede degre doth dryve dyde dyvers entent erth evermore fame fayne fayre frendes frome fynde fyre fyrst gentyll goodly grace Graunde Amoure grete gyaunt gyve hath hede herte hole hyghe inwardly joye La Bell Pucell lacketh lady ladyes loked lyfe lyght lyke lyst madame maner mater mede mervaylous mesure moost myght mynde myne nere nothyng nought nyght payne perfyte Phebus quod resyst rethoryke right anone rode ryde ryght Sapience sayd scyence selfe shal shewe shyne sone sorowe speke stede sterre stode stryfe sundry swete syght therof theyr thou thre thyng thynke toke toure trouth truely Tyll tyme unto Venus vertue waye werke Whan Wherfore whych whyle withouten wofull wolde wonderly wyll wyse wyth wythout ymages

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Title	Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: The pastime of pleasure ... By Stephen Hawes Volume 18 of Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Percy Society
Author	Percy Society
Publisher	Percy society, 1846
Original from	Princeton University
Digitized	11 Dec 2009

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