Notes and Queries, Number 27, May 4, 1850 by Various
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"I bed hem bothe lond and _lede_,
To have his douhter in worthlie wede, And spouse here with my ring." _K. of Tars_, 124. "For to have lond or _lede_, Or _other riches_, so God me spede! Yt ys to muche for me." _Sir Cleges_, 409. "Who schall us now geve londes or _lythe_, Hawkys, or houndes, or stedys stithe, As he was wont to do." _Le B. Florence of Rome_, 841. "No asked he lond or _lithe_, Bot that maiden bright." _Sir Tristrem_, xlviii. In "William and the Werwolf" the cowherd and his wife resolve to leave William "Al here godis Londes and _ludes_ as ether after her lif dawes." p. 4 |
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