The Prologues and Epilogues of William Caxton

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Page 108 - And that comyn englysshe that is spoken in one shyre varyeth from a nother.
Page 108 - ... and wente to lande for to refreshe them: And one of theym named sheffelde, a mercer, cam in to an hows and axed for mete : and specyally he axyd after eggys : And the goode wyf answerde, that she coude speke no frenshe.
Page 90 - ... so craftyly made / that he comprehended hys maters in short / quyck and hye sentences / eschewyng prolyxyte / castyng away the chaf of superfluyte / and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence / vtteryd by crafty and sugred eloquence...
Page 108 - Englysshe now vsid, and certaynly it was wreton in suche wyse that it was more lyke to Dutche than Englysshe, I coude not reduce ne brynge it to be vnderstonden. And certaynly...
Page 92 - Rome, of whome thystoryes ben wel kno and had. And as for the thre Jewes, whyche also were tofore thyncarnacyon of our Lord, of whome the fyrst was due Josue...
Page 92 - ... many noble and dyvers gentylmen of thys royame of Englond camen and demaunded me many and oftymes wherfore that I have not do made and enprynte the noble hystorye of the Saynt Greal and of the moost renomed Crysten kyng, fyrst and chyef of the thre best Crysten, and worthy, kyng Arthur, whyche ought moost to be remembred emonge us Englysshemen tofore al other Crysten kynges.

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