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A Metrical History of England

Or, Recollections, in Rhyme, Of some of the most prominent Features in our National Chronology, from the Landing of Julius Caesar to the Commencement of the Regency, in 1812. In Two Volumes ... By Thomas Dibdin
Dibdin, Thomas (1771-1841)

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VOL. I.
  
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INTRODUCTION.
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PART THE FIRST.
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PART THE THIRD.
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PART THE FOURTH.
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PART THE FIFTH.
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EDWARD THE THIRD.
  
Eating.
  
Drinking.
  
Spices.
  
Dress of an Archer.
  
Spring.
  
Hunger.
  
[And as the new abashed nightingale]
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PART THE SIXTH.
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VOL. II.

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[And as the new abashed nightingale]

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Chaucer thus describes the delicate distress of a maiden, in first disclosing her affections.

And as the new abashed nightingale,
That stinteth first when she beginneth sing,
When that the herith any hardis' tale,
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Or in the hedgis anie wight stirring,
And after, siker doth her voice outring;
Right so Cresseide (when that her drede stent,)
Open'd her herte, and told him her intent.
 

Hardis, shepherd.

With confidence.

Stopped,

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