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And than thei make knyghtes to jousten in armes fulle lustyly; and thei rennen to gidre a gret randoum; and thei frusschen to gidere fulle fiercely; and thei breken here speres so rudely, that the tronchouns flen in sprotes and peces alle aboute the halle.
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And tho zates thei schulle breken, and so gon out, be fyndynge of that issue.
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And he enforced hem with alle his myght to breken hem: but he ne myghte not.
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And than be bad the zongest sone dissevere everyche from other, and breken everyche be him self: and so he dide.
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But I telle zou, theise contrefetes ben not so harde; and also the poyntes wil breken lightly, and men may easily pollische hem.
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For there are many of hem broken and fallen into the vesselle, that the croune lythe in: for thei breken for dryenesse, whan men meven hem, to schewen hem to grete lords, that comen thidre.
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For there are many of hem broken and fallen into the vesselle, that the croune lythe in: for thei breken for dryenesse, whan men meven hem, to schewen hem to grete lords, that comen thidre.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And tho zates thei schulle breken, and so gon out, be fyndynge of that issue.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And than be bad the zongest sone dissevere everyche from other, and breken everyche be him self: and so he dide.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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But I telle zou, theise contrefetes ben not so harde; and also the poyntes wil breken lightly, and men may easily pollische hem.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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