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JL lp o 'ilijs k â r o l e w e n t e n t h o ; -
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G l a d n e s s t h e b li s f u l l a n d t h e l i g h t .
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- ‘ y T h o m i g h t i s t t h o u .k a r o l l i s s e n e ,
A n d . f o l E e d a u n c e , a n d r i i t f ï î g b u i j f e ; J
" A n d m a k e (m a n y a fa i r e t o u r n in g
U p o n t h e g r e n e g r a s s e s p r i n g i n g .
'J h i r e i n ig h t i s t t h o u >•(. th e s e A u t o u r s ,
M i n s t r a l l i s , a n d e k e j o g e l o u r s ,
T h a t w e l l t o s ip g i n d i 1 t h e i p a in e ,
R y j j n e s o n g e n s o n g is o f L o r â i n e ,' ,
'F ô r j i n 'f c o r a i n e fcher n o t i s b e
F u l l s w e t i r t h a n i n t h i s c o n t r é ,
s t h e r e w a s m a n y a t im b e s t e r e ," ~
A n d 's a i l c p r s , t h a t I d a r e w e l l s w e r e
g r e æ o l i t h e t h e r c r a î t ï f u U .p 'a r f i t l y ,
T h e t im b r i s u p f u l l s u b t i l l y A
T h e i c a s te n , a n d h e n t t h e m f u l l o f t .
■ U p o n - a f i n g i r - f a i r e a n d s o f t ; -
“ jogelours” :-—
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plaie
T t sc m i l l as t h e i 1 i s t ^ a l v u i V m S J
Chaucer, Romaunt o f the Rose.
Ætfei abpve lines, afford "ns an exact description fot ‘flic clav*j ^ ner-din-* wins
attended tjestivals and ceremonies to afford ( liter tain me n fui i yf
'I’h^nnnatrel sang, or repeated romances
jogelours ife^formed : -feats of, skill, such, as ti^rownlL^M^S'^of an ood
air, :;and catching them on their,‘fingers. ^^^^^^.(lain^ti&TOmmil]
ns.i strongly of the dancing girls of th6|^ilefiWB?;',it']^^usfoj^ ^ a^ ^ )\^har)s.
hi^tpht from, the east by | b| .crusaders.
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®fhe^ community^ With him was dimp'Lted the >Vh61^bb(i‘y ^M ^ ^ mitmiiai
literature, thé poetry wbich*"'<lelebr.ated ' i^ ^ ^ ^W ^ f^ u ^ a ru l^ b ey iie^ iif the
P3QPje; and. which he sang tô.';tK§" harP at. their
pe^od-wé hear of no ofher instrument; and the^)^^^Sseff,wi%n(rt corn-:
nutted to^ writing, b u t, merely * handed ^ i ^ i €fnoi^'frma ^ ^ ^renerati()n to"
another. .With the advance-'of civilization an"|g^hg^mem.,j;fn^characterin’^
minstrel underwent-a gradual châWebànd