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And lat hym care, and wepe, and wryng, and waille.
The Canterbury Tales 2006
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For ye wepe never but whan there is no boote Translation: Now, fie on your weeping!
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For ye wepe never but whan there is no boote Translation: Now, fie on your weeping!
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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Nouht þat þu singe. at þu wepe. þu flyhst a nyht and noht a day. þar of ich wundri ⁊ wel may.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Noȝt þat þu singe ac þat þu wepe. þu fliȝst a {} niȝt ⁊ noȝt adai. þar {} of ich wndri ⁊ wel mai. vor eurich þing þat schuniet riȝt.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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[Sidenote: Nereids.] ++Nereydes be monsters of {th} e see, all rowghe of body/& whan any of them dyeth, tha {n} the other wepe. of this is spoke {n} in balena, the
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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Nor is this the only instance where Mr. Cough's ancestors wepe highly distinguished for their loyalty.
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century;: Comprizing Biographical ... 1812
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(although they knewe not what water it was, that she dranke) sent worde to the king, who fearing that whiche happened, incontinentlye wente downe into his doughters chamber: where he arriued euen at that instante that she had cast her selfe vpon the bedde, and being come to late to succour her, with sweete woordes he began (seing her in those pangues) to wepe bitterly.
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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But what auaileth it nowe to wepe and lament: for thou shalt so sone plucke the starres out of the Skye, as euer recouer one peny of thy losse: and without doubt he will kill thee, if hee vnderstande that thou make any wordes thereof.”
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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4.84.60: But help to waile with those that wepe & laugh when they reioise
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