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Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

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XIV. (b) phyllyp sparowe. 151Hac clariiate gemina,gloriosafoemina,Quomodo dilexi legem tuam, domina !Recedant Vetera^ nova sint omnia. 1115And <strong>to</strong> amende her tale,Whan she lyst <strong>to</strong> auale,And with her fvngers smale,And handes s<strong>of</strong>t as sylke,Whyter than <strong>the</strong> myll^e, 1120That are so quyckely vaynedWherwyth my hand she strayned,Lorde, how I was paynedVnneth I me refraynedHow she me had reclaymed, 1125And me <strong>to</strong> her retayned,Enbrasynge <strong>the</strong>rwithallHer goodly myddell smallWith sydes longe and streyteTo tell you what conceyte 11301 had than in a tryce,The matter were <strong>to</strong> nyse,And yet <strong>the</strong>re was no vyce,Nor yet no villany,But only fantasy ;1135For this most goodly floure,This blossom <strong>of</strong> fressh coloure,So Jupiter me succoure,She floryssheth new and newIn beaute and verte\v 1 140Hac claritate gemma,gloriosa foemina,Iniquos odio habui INon calumnientur me superhi.

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