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...else, but to the giver's praise, May we devote our wealth and days ? NON-CRUSADER. .1 '• "•' '" • I read thee right — thou boldest good, To this same...; Who soweth thus, I shrewdly guess, Shall gather nought but emptiness. CRUSADER. Forth from thy groaning mother's womb, Thou, naked helpless child,...

...How else, but to the giver's praise, May we devote our wealth and days ? NON-CRUSADER. I read thec right — thou boldest good, To this same land I straight...; Who soweth thus, I shrewdly guess, Shall gather nought but emptiness. CRUSADER. Forth from thy groaning mother's womb, Thou, naked helpless child,...

...slack and cold ? How else, but to the giver's praise, May we devote our wealth and days? NOW-CRUSADER. I read thee right— thou boldest good, To this same...groaning mother's womb, Thou, naked helpless child, wast brought ; You see, how soon thou art becdme Stout, lusty, lacking now for naught. Then sure, if...

...mourn ; My goodly mansion rudely marred, All trusted to my dogs to guard. But I, fair comrade, weB I wot An ancient saw of pregnant wit Doth bid us keep...what we have got ; And troth I mean to follow it." This being the general feeling, it is not to be wondered at that Louis IX. was occupied fully three...

...goodly mansion rudely marr'd, All trusted to my dogs to guard ? But I, fair comrade, well I woty 2'5 An ancient saw, of pregnant wit, Doth bid us ' keep...part 'tis read, That Christian folk shall so be fed ; 30 Who soweth thus, I shrewdly guess, Shall gather nought but emptiness. CRUSADER. Forth from thy...