 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,...  The History of English Poetry, from the Close of the Eleventh to the ... - Page 291by Thomas Warton - 1824 - 482 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Carey Herbert Conley - 1927 - 176 pages
...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... | |
 | Roger Ascham - 1927 - 174 pages
...tong, fauyng certaine bookes Cheualrie, as they fayd, for paftime and pleafure, which, as fome fay, were made in Monasteries, by idle Monkes, or wanton Chanons : as one for example, Morte ArMorte Arthur, thure : the whole pleafure of which booke ftandeth in two fpeciall poyntes, in open... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1928 - 388 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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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