...ye whither ray younge feet wandered, I betook me among those lofty fables and romances which recoun in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, am from hence had in renown over all Christendom. There I read it in the oath o every knight, that...

...Next, for hear me out now, readers, that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered, I betook me among those lofty fables and romances which recount...oath of every knight, that he should defend to the expence of his best blood, or of his life if it so befel him, the honour and chastity of virgin or...

...these few sentences : — " Next, that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wander'd ; I betook me among those lofty Fables and Romances, which recount...founded by our victorious kings ; and from hence had in renowne over all Christendome. There I read it in the oath of every knight, that he should defend to...

...read. In one of his prose works he says : "I may tell you whither my younger feet wandered. I betook me among those lofty fables and romances which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood. " ' Beside ' as an adverb is now almost displaced by the later form 'besides.' 117. sage and solemn...

...character. A remarkable passage to this effect we quote from his account of his youth : — " I betook me among those lofty fables and romances, which recount,...read it in the oath of every knight, that he should defendto the expense of his best blood or of his life, if it so befell him, the honor and chastity...

..."Next (for hear me out now, readers), that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances, which recount...knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from thence had in renown over all Christendom," /'. W. III. 118. See // Pen. 116 — 120. no. Weeds. ie...

...some of which were actually written in England. t PL 8., I., v., 579. "Next," he says, "I betook me among those lofty fables and romances which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood. ... So that even those books .... proved to me so many inticements to the love and steadfast observation...

...slanders of an unscrupulous enemy, he tells whither ' his young feet wandered. 1 betook me,' he writes, ' among those lofty fables and romances which recount...our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown all over Christendom.' In // Penseroso he refers to Chaucer's Squire's tale with evident admiration—a...

...'Next, (for hear me out now, readers), that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances, which recount...knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from thence had in renown over all christendom. There I read it in the oath of every knight, that he should...

...character. A remarkable passage to this effect, we quote from his account of his youth. "I betook me among those lofty fables and romances, which recount...the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kin:.:-, and from hence had in renown over all Christendom. There I read it in the oath of every knight,...