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" Scogan, that knelest at the stremes hed Of grace, of alle honour and worthynesse In th'ende of which strem I am dul as ded, Forgete in solytarie wildernesse Yet, Scogan, thenke on Tullius kyndenesse; Mynne thy frend, there it may fructyfye! "
Medieval Writers and their Work: Middle English Literature 1100-1500 - Page 42
by J. A. Burrow - 2008 - 176 pages
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Middle English Dictionary, Part 3, Issues 1-6

Robert E. Lewis - 1989 - 132 pages
...vertues . . whi arttow comen into this solitarie place of myn exil? cl450(cl393) Chaucer Sçog. 46: In th'ende of which strem I am dul as ded, Forgete in solytarie wildernesse. cl450 Alph . Tales 444/15: When bai hafe bene awhile in solatare place be ber ane, ban ]>ai may se...
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Middle English Dictionary: D. 5

Robert E. Lewis - 1962 - 98 pages
...Hevy they were and dull of chere. cl450(cl393) Chaucer Scoq. 45: Scogan, that knelest at the str emes hed Of grace, of alle honour and worthynesse, In th'ende of which strem I am dul as ded. cl450 ABCArist. p.260: D to dul [vr. Dulle], ne to dreedful. 4. Tedious, uninteresting; ? trivial,...
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Syntax and Style in Chaucer's Poetry

Gregory H. Roscow - 1981 - 174 pages
...For which heere, for the Wyves love of Bathe Mk 7*2656. Philippes sone of Macidoyne he was Scog 43. Scogan, that knelest at the stremes hed / Of grace, of alle honour and worthynesse Malory 83/38.I am the lordis doughter of this castell It will be seen that other elements in a clause...
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Middle English Dictionary

Robert E. Lewis, Sherman M. Kuhn - 1977 - 132 pages
...?al450 (al400) Siege Jerus. 480: Myche of Moyses lawe he mynned bat tyme. cl450(cl393) Chaucer Scog. 48: Yet, Scogan, thenke on Tullius kyndenesse; Mynne thy frend, there it may fructyfye. cl450(?al400) Destr.Troy 1434: [Happye] is be here In no hate lengis. . Ne mynnes no malis bat is of...
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The Making of Chaucer's English: A Study of Words

Christopher Cannon - 1998 - 468 pages
...prees; But al shal passe that men prose or ryme; Take every man hys turn, as for his tyme. [Envoy] Scogan, that knelest at the stremes hed Of grace,...fructyfye! Far-wel, and loke thow never eft Love dyffye. (36-49) While some of the lexical novelty here is also recycled ("Muse n." and "worthinesse n." appear...
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Chaucer: Ackroyd's Brief Lives

Peter Ackroyd - 2007 - 210 pages
...the courtier Henry Scogan, in which he laments his situation at Greenwich by the mouth of the Thames: In th'ende of which strem I am dul as ded, Forgete in solytarie wildernesse . . . There is an element of ritual complaint here, with its echo of Ovidian exile, but it is not hard...
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Languages of Power in the Age of Richard II

414 pages
...with an "envoy" that melds the language of worthy Ciceronian friendship with that of commodified love. Scogan, that knelest at the stremes hed Of grace,...fructyfye! Far-wel, and loke thow never eft Love dyffye. (lines 43-49) This stanza is perfectly poised between dignified utterance and festive play. The stream's...
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