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In the finishing therof, he wold haue bene messenger to the quene of the same whose request her grace denied saying, one of her owne men should cary them, and that she would neither truste him, nor none of his therabouts.
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The firste, a imitacion passiue, whiche expresseth the af - fection, to whom it parteineth: whiche altogether expresseth the mocion of the mynde, as what patheticall and dolefull o - racion, Hecuba the quene made, the citee of Troie destroied, her housbande, her children slaine.
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Al schal falwy þi grene.waylaway. nys king ne quene. þat ne schal drynke of deþes drench.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Then Robin Hood desired the king and quene to come into the green wood, and see how the outlaws live.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 544, April 28, 1832 Various
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Jane, quene of Englonde, "as had been granted at the coronation of" dame
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The king demanded of the quene and her ladies, if they durst venture to go into the wood with so many outlaws, and the quene was content.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 544, April 28, 1832 Various
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The king and quene sat down, and were served with venison and wine by Robin Hood and his men.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 544, April 28, 1832 Various
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[Sidenote: A dolefull state of a quene.] ple sorowed the death of these twoo babes, the Queene, kyng
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Then he wistled, and all the 90 archers shot and losed at once, he then whistled again, and they shot again; their arrows wistled by craft of the head, so that the noise was strange and great, and much pleased the king, the quene, and all the company.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 544, April 28, 1832 Various
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Item, thow affermis that the elphis hes schapes and claythis lyk men, and that thay will have fair coverit taiblis, and that thay ar bot schaddowis, bot ar starker nor men, and that thay have playing and dansing quhen thay pleas; and als that the quene is verray plesand, and wilbe auld and young quhen scho pleissis; scho mackis any kyng quhom scho pleisis, and lyis with any scho lykis ....
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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