Thow Quotes
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But love a womman that she woot it nought, And she wol quyte
it that thow shalt nat fele; Unknowe, unkist,
and lost, that is unsought.
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More Thow Quotes
Be riche in patience, gif thow in gudis be pure; Quho levis mirry, he levis michtely: Without glaidnes availis no tresour.
— early 16c 'No Tressour Availis without Glaidnes', l.22-4.
O yowthe allas why wilt thow nat enclyne,And un-to reuled reform bowe thee?Syn resoun is the verray streighte lyneÞat ledith folk un-to felicitee.
thomas occleve— O Youth, alas, why wilt thou not inclineAnd unto ruled Reason bowé thee,Syn Reason is the verray staighté lineThat leadeth folk unto felicitee.
— Line 69; vol. 1, p. 27.
Who was hiër in philosophieTo Aristotle, in our tonge, but thow?
thomas occleve— Also, who was higher in Philosophy To Aristotle, in our tongue, but thou?
— Line 2087; vol. 3, p. 76; translation from George Carver (ed.) The Catholic Tradition in English Literature (New York: Doubleday, 1928) p. 16.
