 In our forefathers tyme, whan Papistrie, as a standyng poole, couered and ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, sauyng certaine bookes of Cheualrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in Monasteries,...  Sir Tristrem; a metrical romance, ed. by W. Scott - Seite 323von Thomas (of Ercildoune, called the Rhymer.) - 1804Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Milton Berdan - 1920 - 602 Seiten
...couered and ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, sauyng certaine bookes Cheualrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as...were made in Monasteries, by idle Monkes, or wanton Canons: as one for example, Mori.-. Arthure: the whole pleasure of which booke standeth in two speciall... | |
 | Carey Herbert Conley - 1927 - 176 Seiten
...couered and ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, sauing certaine bookes Cheualrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as...say, were made in Monasteries, by idle Monkes, or wanwere frequently distributed from the same peddlers' bags as the polemics emanating from the English... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1928 - 388 Seiten
...and overflowed all England, fewe bookes_were read in our tongue, savyng certaine bookes of Chevalrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as...Monasteries by idle Monkes, or wanton Chanons ; as are for example Morte Arthure : the whole pleasure of which booke standeth in two speciall pbyrites,... | |
 | Derek Attridge - 1979 - 272 Seiten
...and overflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our long, savyng certaine bookes of Chevalrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in Monasteries, by idle Monkfs or wanton Chanons. (Smith, I, 3) Even Puttenham, trying to defend rhyming verse by proving that... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 Seiten
...overflowed all England, few books were read in our tongue, saving certain books of Chivalry, as they said, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monks or wanton canons, as one for example, Morte Arthure, the whole pleasure of which book standeth... | |
 | Toshiyuki Takamiya, Derek Brewer - 1981 - 249 Seiten
...and ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, sauyng certaine bookes of Cheualrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as...Monkes, or wanton Chanons: as one for example, Morte Arthurs: the whole pleasure of which booke standeth in two special poyntes, in open mans slaughter,... | |
 | Richard Barber - 1986 - 246 Seiten
...all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, savyng certaine bookes of chevalrie, as they said, for pastime and pleasure; which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monkes or wanton canons. As one, for example, Morte Arthure, the whole pleasure of which booke standeth in two special!... | |
 | Leonard R. N. Ashley - 1988 - 330 Seiten
...overflowed all England, few books were read in our tongue, saving certain books of chivalry, as they said, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monks or wanton canons: as one, for example, Morte Arthur, the whole pleasure of which book standeth... | |
 | Richard Helgerson - 1992 - 390 Seiten
...overflowed all England, few books were read in our tongue, saving certain books of chivalry, as they said, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monks and wanton canons; as one for example, Morte Darthur ... in which book those be counted the noblest... | |
 | Emilia Bazan - 1993 - 172 Seiten
...and ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, sauyng certaine bookes of Cheualrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as...Monkes, or wanton Chanons: as one for example, Morte Arthure: the whole pleasure of which booke standeth in two speciall poyntes, in open mans slaughter,... | |
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