• 2. Hermes

seen as the father of alchemy. The "alchemy" referred to here is farming - not the simple planting practices of ancient peoples, but the practical science of agriculture that began to develop in the Middle Ages. Understanding agriculture as a

• The Wright's Chaste Wife

Encyclopedia, ed. Norris J. Lacy (New York: Garland, 1996), pp. 81-83. Nuptial garlands minus the chastity test, however, were an ancient custom carried on in England in the late Middle Ages. In Chaucer's The Second Nun's Tale, both husband and

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rule thee yourself ready; (see note) meek; elevate happy; voluntary wealth (see note) (see note) (see note) heard said bold ancient count daughter; embrace vital; young beauty; bore the prize also [was]; heir Of pleasant manners; high and also lived;

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rule thee yourself ready; (see note) meek; elevate happy; voluntary wealth (see note) (see note) (see note) heard said bold ancient count daughter; embrace vital; young beauty; bore the prize also [was]; heir Of pleasant manners; high and also lived;

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rule thee yourself ready; (see note) meek; elevate happy; voluntary wealth (see note) (see note) (see note) heard said bold ancient count daughter; embrace vital; young beauty; bore the prize also [was]; heir Of pleasant manners; high and also lived;

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rule thee yourself ready; (see note) meek; elevate happy; voluntary wealth (see note) (see note) (see note) heard said bold ancient count daughter; embrace vital; young beauty; bore the prize also [was]; heir Of pleasant manners; high and also lived;

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rule thee yourself ready; (see note) meek; elevate happy; voluntary wealth (see note) (see note) (see note) heard said bold ancient count daughter; embrace vital; young beauty; bore the prize also [was]; heir Of pleasant manners; high and also lived;

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rule thee yourself ready; (see note) meek; elevate happy; voluntary wealth (see note) (see note) (see note) heard said bold ancient count daughter; embrace vital; young beauty; bore the prize also [was]; heir Of pleasant manners; high and also lived;

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rule thee yourself ready; (see note) meek; elevate happy; voluntary wealth (see note) (see note) (see note) heard said bold ancient count daughter; embrace vital; young beauty; bore the prize also [was]; heir Of pleasant manners; high and also lived;

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rule thee yourself ready; (see note) meek; elevate happy; voluntary wealth (see note) (see note) (see note) heard said bold ancient count daughter; embrace vital; young beauty; bore the prize also [was]; heir Of pleasant manners; high and also lived;

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rule thee yourself ready; (see note) meek; elevate happy; voluntary wealth (see note) (see note) (see note) heard said bold ancient count daughter; embrace vital; young beauty; bore the prize also [was]; heir Of pleasant manners; high and also lived;

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rule thee yourself ready; (see note) meek; elevate happy; voluntary wealth (see note) (see note) (see note) heard said bold ancient count daughter; embrace vital; young beauty; bore the prize also [was]; heir Of pleasant manners; high and also lived;

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rule thee yourself ready; (see note) meek; elevate happy; voluntary wealth (see note) (see note) (see note) heard said bold ancient count daughter; embrace vital; young beauty; bore the prize also [was]; heir Of pleasant manners; high and also lived;

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rule thee yourself ready; (see note) meek; elevate happy; voluntary wealth (see note) (see note) (see note) heard said bold ancient count daughter; embrace vital; young beauty; bore the prize also [was]; heir Of pleasant manners; high and also lived;

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rule thee yourself ready; (see note) meek; elevate happy; voluntary wealth (see note) (see note) (see note) heard said bold ancient count daughter; embrace vital; young beauty; bore the prize also [was]; heir Of pleasant manners; high and also lived;

• Sir Launfal

(see note) If otherwise; prevent; (see note) (see note) told desired us forever To have stayed freely To hunt in ancient woods; (see note) went have come In what we previously wore; (see note) comfort regretted sorely wished pains (see

• Thomas Usk, The Testament of Love

back before the Norman Conquest in England, when the first of seven vernacular Lives were [sic] written. Well over 200 ancient English churches were dedicated to her, including fifty-eight in Norfolk. She was frequently depicted in wall paintings and stained-glass

• The Middle English Metrical Paraphrase of the Old Testament: Introduction

authentic,75 we are left with the difficulty of a Scripture in want of translation since so few can read that ancient language. Worse yet, the inevitable relativity inherent in the very act of reading would seem to lead us to

• Lydgate, The Siege of Thebes: Secunda Pars

Seized; moved suddenly stabbed then savage anger at once risen their; cause dispel stop; relieve home; carried honed them their ancient rituals burned Everyone; according to hear beginnings promises beginning; source declare teach If; wish Go To The Siege of

• Croxton Play of the Sacrament

appearance Thou will turn back (i.e., into the Host) 30 Lines 866-67: Be strong in war, and fight with the ancient serpent, / And receive the eternal kingdom, etc. 31 We submit ourselves to your reasonable authority 32 And by