The History of Reynard the Fox: From the Edition Printed by Caxton in 1481Percy Society, 1844 - 194 pagine |
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aferd agayn Anglo-Saxon ayenst beestis Bellyn Bruyn the bere brynge bytwene CAPITULO catte Caxton chyldren comen complayned cosyn coude counseyl court dame dayes dere deth drede dyde edition euyl eyen fable fatte fayn fayr felde Flemish fore frendes fynde grete Grimm Grymbert gydre gyue hath haue heed herde herte Ibid Isengrim Kywart laye lignage lord the kyng Low German lyke Maleperduys maye moche myght neuer neuew nyght ouer Piers Ploughman poem praye preest quene rede Reinaert Reineke Reynard the Fox Reynardine Reynart sawe sayde saye sette shold shold haue sore sorowe spack stode subtyl suffre theef thenne ther therfore therin therof theyr thise thou thyng thynke tresour trespaced trouthe Tybert tyme vpon wente whan wold haue wolf wordes wulf wylle wyse wyste wyth wythout ye haue ye shal yf ye Ysegrym Zwentibold
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Pagina viii - So much for the outward fortunes of this remarkable Book. It comes before us with a character such as can belong only to a very few ; that of being a true World's-Book, which through centuries was everywhere at home, the spirit of which diffused itself into all languages and all minds.
Pagina 170 - ... delicto, be brought into court, arraigned and tried, without indictment ; as, by the Danish law, he might be taken and hanged upon the spot, without accusation or trial.
Pagina 16 - Lantfert cam out hastely, and knewe nothyng what this myght be, and brought in his hand a sharp hoke. Bruyn the bere laye in the clyfte of the tree in grete fere and drede, and helde fast his heed, and nyped both his fore feet, he wrange, he wrastled, and cryed, and all was for nought, he wiste not how he might gete out.
Pagina 72 - Lapreel, to fore the kynge, where he satte on the table, with the quene ; and sayde, al heuyly, that all they herde hym that were there, My lorde, haue pyte on my complaynt, whiche is of grete force, and murdre, that Reynard the foxe wold haue don to me. Yester morow as I cam rennyng by his borugh at Maleperdhuys he stode byfore his dore without lyke a pylgryme. I supposed...
Pagina 149 - Tho sterte the wuli to, and wende to have take hym ; but the foxe was lyght and wyly, and roose lyghtly vp and mette wyth hym fiersly, and there began a felle bataylle whiche dured longe. The wulf had grete spyte on the foxe, as it wel semed. He sprange after hym x...
Pagina 103 - And wente forth to gydre a good whyle / that the serpente had grete hongre for he had not eten a grete while to fore. and sterte to the man and wold haue slayn hym. the man sterte awaye and was a ferde and said / wilte thou now sle me / hast thou forgoten the oth that thou madest to me that thou sholdest not mysdoo ne hurte...
Pagina 97 - Alle the beestis, both poure and riche, were alle stylle whan the foxe spak so stoutly. The cony Laprel, and the roek, were so sore aferde, that they durste not speke ; but pyked and strykcd them out of the court bothe two, and whan they were a room, fer in the playne, they saide, God graunte that this felle murderare may fare evyl.
Pagina 130 - Hym thought that he was in better caas than it was lyke to haue be. He hath made so many lesynges that he may goo frely wher he wyl without complaynyng of ony of them alle. Sauf of Isegrym, which was to...
Pagina 48 - I thought by this, a lyknesse whiche hier a fore tyme byfylle to the frosshis, which were free; and complayned that they had none lorde, ne were not bydwongen, for a comynte without a gouuernour was not god; and they cryden to God with a lowde voys, that he wolde ordeyne one that myght rewle them. This was al that they desired. God herde theyr requeste, for it was resonable, and...
Pagina 67 - Bather than they shold be vnborn, I shal rather gyue yow my male, that I bere, and put the kynges lettres therin, and hange them aboute your necke. Ye shal haue of the kynge grete thanke therfore and be right welcomen to hym. Ther vpon Bellyn promysed hym to bere thise lettres.