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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...lionorii Avcusti Prir/atw, 11. 3-10. 109. . Infimo, i. 83. 113. Cytktrea, Venus. 117. reference to the planet Venus, ray, saw. 127. Cp. Inferno, ui. I ff. Ther grene and lusty May shal ever endure; 130 This is the wey to al good aventure; Be glad, thow reder and thysorweof-caste. Al open am I, pas in and sped the faste ' 'Thurgh me men gon, ' than spak that other syde, 'Unto the mortal strokes of the spere Of which Disdaynand Daungeris thegyde, Ther never tre shal fruyt ne leves bere. 1 tus streein you leilerirtoThe sorwful were Ther as the fish in prison is al drye; Tlieschewyng is only the remedye.' 140 Thise vers of gold and blak y-writen were. The whiche I gan a-stonied to be-holde; For with that oon encresede ay my fere, And with that other gan myn herte bolde; That oon me hette, that other dide me colde; No wit hadde I, for errour, for to chese To entre or fleen, or me to save or lese. Right as be-twixen adamauntes two Of even myght a pece of yren set, 149 That hath no myght to me ve to ne fro, --For what that oon may hale that other let, --Ferde I, that nyste whether me was best To entre or leve, til African, my gyde, . Me hente, and shoof in at the gates wyde. And seyde, 'It stondeth writen in thy face Thynerrour, though thou telle it not to me, But dred thee not to come in-to this place, For thiswrityng nis no thyng ment by thee, Ne by noon, but he Loves servaunt be, For thou of love hast lost thy tast, I gesse, As seek man hath of swete and bitternesse. 'But natheles, al-though that thou be dulle, 162 Yit that thou canst not do, yit mayst thou se, For many a man that may not stonde a pulle, It liketh him at wrastlyng for to be, And...