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"Swa hapynt it that on a day,
He vent till hwnt, for till assay
Quhat gammyn wes in that cuntré;
And sa haoynt that day that he
By a vode-syde to sett is gane,
Vith his twa hundis hym allane."

From which text are these lines?

John Barbour's The Bruce (The King and the Three Traitors).

"And said: 'yhe aucht to shame, perdé,
Syn I am ane and yhe ar thre,
For to schut at me on fer!
Bot haf yhe hardyment, cum ner,
Vith your swerdis, me till assay;"

From which text are these lines?

John Barbour's The Bruce (The King and the Three Traitors).

"Ful erly bifore the day the folk uprysen,
Gestes that go wolde, hor gromez thay calden,
And thay busken up bilyve, blonkkez to sadel,
Tyffen her takles, trussen her males,
Richen hem the rychest, to ryde alle arayde..."

From which text are these lines?

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
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"The bee has thre kyndis. Ane es, that scho es never ydill and scho es noghte with thaym that will noghte wyrke, bot castys thaym owte and puttes thaym awaye."

From what text are these lines?

Richard Rolle's The Bee and the Stork.

"Thus es it of thaym that turnes tham to Godes servys; some are of gude flyghynge, for thay flye fra erthe to heven and rystes thayme thare in thoghte and are fedde in delite of Goddes lufe, and has thoghte of na lufe of the worlde..."

From what text are these lines?

Richard Rolle's The Bee and the Stork.

"Luf es a byrnand yernyng in God, with a wonderfull delyte and sykernes. God es lyght and byrnyng. Lyght clarifies oure skyll; byrnyng kyndels oure covayties that we desyre noght bot hym."

From what text are these lines?

Richard Rolle's The Love of God.

"Ich rede thi that men bo yare and more wepe thane singe, that fundeth to than hoven-kinge, vor nis no man withute sunne."

From what text are these lines?

The Owl and the Nightingale.

"Ich helpe monne on either halve, mi muth haveth tweire kunne salve: than gode ich fulste to longinge, vor hwanne hin longeth, ich hin singe..."

From what text are these lines?

The Owl and the Nightingale.

"Me thoghte thus: that hyt was May, and in the dawenynge I lay. (Me mette thus) in my bed al naked, and loked forth, for I was waked."

From what text are these lines?

Chaucer's The Book of the Duchess.

"In Flaundres whilom was a compaignye of yonge folk that haunteden folye, as riot, hasard, stywes, and tavernes, where as with harpes, lutes and giternes..."

From what text are these lines?

Chaucer's The Pardoner's Tale.

Which story is about a lady whose castle is being attacked and who is protected by a selfless knight?

The Ancrene Wisse, The Love of Christ

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