Excerpt from The Spider and the Fly: Together With an Attributed Interlude Entitled Gentleness and Nobility In all this time these women everyone Beheld each other, but themselves not one That in the glass upon herself cast eye, Good or ill tiring (in herself) t'espie. One hair lay low, one other lay too high, On this side, or on that side, clean awry. But hereupon, when each had other espied', In tire attired, all awry or wide, Lord in all three what inward spfiort there was, Each one to see another in that glass! All ...
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Excerpt from The Spider and the Fly: Together With an Attributed Interlude Entitled Gentleness and Nobility In all this time these women everyone Beheld each other, but themselves not one That in the glass upon herself cast eye, Good or ill tiring (in herself) t'espie. One hair lay low, one other lay too high, On this side, or on that side, clean awry. But hereupon, when each had other espied', In tire attired, all awry or wide, Lord in all three what inward spfiort there was, Each one to see another in that glass! All three sore swelled: but be it best or worst, Twain must vent upward straight, or both must burst. While Margaret went aside, her pins to set, Marian and Margery back they both get To touch th'attire, of Margaret thus worn, Between them twain to laugh that third to scorn. Marion said to Margery: See you not How Meg is dressed? Yes, Madge (quoth she) God wot Might not a beetle, blind beast, bring to pass, To dress herself as well at any glass? Yes, Madge; and with one eye I can now see What Spots (unseen to her) in her face be. Yea, Moll (quoth Madge), I think I should ill hie me, To dress myself so ill, the glass so nigh me. God hath done his part she hath a good face, Which gift of God herself doth ill disgrace. Marion at this stepping from Margery, Margaret to Margery stepped by and by. Andhstr???light Of Marion Margaret falleth in an How far from frame Marion's attire doth stand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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