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[p060 THE SOUDAN BESIEGES THE CASTLE.] And Engynes to throwe witħ stoon̄ engines, And goode armu[rh] many foolde. The sege he did leyen a-bowte and besieged Agremore. On every side of that Cite. 2072 To wallis with Engynes thai gan rowte, To breke the Toures so fre.
Chapter 6 of The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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surrounded by hostile forces
From this reading “The sege he did leyen a-bowte and besieged Agremore.”
a large and stately mansion
From this reading “[p060 THE SOUDAN BESIEGES THE CASTLE.]”
make reference to
From this reading “On every side of that Cite.”
plural of “engine” — motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
From this reading “And Engynes to throwe witħ stoon̄ engines, And goode armu[rh] many foolde.”
inflected form of “gin” — separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin
From this reading “2072 To wallis with Engynes thai gan rowte, To breke the Toures so fre.”
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading “And Engynes to throwe witħ stoon̄ engines, And goode armu[rh] many foolde.”
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading “On every side of that Cite.”
of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people
From this reading “2072 To wallis with Engynes thai gan rowte, To breke the Toures so fre.”
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From this reading [p060 THE SOUDAN BESIEGES THE CASTLE.]
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From this reading 2072 To wallis with Engynes thai gan rowte, To breke the Toures so fre.
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From this reading The sege he did leyen a-bowte and besieged Agremore.
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From this reading The sege he did leyen a-bowte and besieged Agremore.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And Engynes to throwe witħ stoon̄ engines, And goode armu[rh] many foolde.
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From this reading And Engynes to throwe witħ stoon̄ engines, And goode armu[rh] many foolde.
surrounded by hostile forces
From this reading The sege he did leyen a-bowte and besieged Agremore.
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From this reading [p060 THE SOUDAN BESIEGES THE CASTLE.]
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From this reading 2072 To wallis with Engynes thai gan rowte, To breke the Toures so fre.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading [p060 THE SOUDAN BESIEGES THE CASTLE.]
make reference to
From this reading On every side of that Cite.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The sege he did leyen a-bowte and besieged Agremore.
plural of “engine” — motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
From this reading And Engynes to throwe witħ stoon̄ engines, And goode armu[rh] many foolde.
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From this reading And Engynes to throwe witħ stoon̄ engines, And goode armu[rh] many foolde.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading On every side of that Cite.
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From this reading And Engynes to throwe witħ stoon̄ engines, And goode armu[rh] many foolde.
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From this reading 2072 To wallis with Engynes thai gan rowte, To breke the Toures so fre.
inflected form of “gin” — separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin
From this reading 2072 To wallis with Engynes thai gan rowte, To breke the Toures so fre.
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From this reading And Engynes to throwe witħ stoon̄ engines, And goode armu[rh] many foolde.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The sege he did leyen a-bowte and besieged Agremore.
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From this reading The sege he did leyen a-bowte and besieged Agremore.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading And Engynes to throwe witħ stoon̄ engines, And goode armu[rh] many foolde.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On every side of that Cite.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On every side of that Cite.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading [p060 THE SOUDAN BESIEGES THE CASTLE.]
a blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people; if an Rh-negative person receives a blood transfusion from an Rh-positive person it can result in hemolysis and anemia
From this reading And Engynes to throwe witħ stoon̄ engines, And goode armu[rh] many foolde.
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From this reading 2072 To wallis with Engynes thai gan rowte, To breke the Toures so fre.
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From this reading The sege he did leyen a-bowte and besieged Agremore.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading On every side of that Cite.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading 2072 To wallis with Engynes thai gan rowte, To breke the Toures so fre.
a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956
From this reading [p060 THE SOUDAN BESIEGES THE CASTLE.]
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From this reading And Engynes to throwe witħ stoon̄ engines, And goode armu[rh] many foolde.
of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people
From this reading 2072 To wallis with Engynes thai gan rowte, To breke the Toures so fre.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading On every side of that Cite.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [p060 THE SOUDAN BESIEGES THE CASTLE.]
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From this reading And Engynes to throwe witħ stoon̄ engines, And goode armu[rh] many foolde.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And Engynes to throwe witħ stoon̄ engines, And goode armu[rh] many foolde.
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From this reading 2072 To wallis with Engynes thai gan rowte, To breke the Toures so fre.
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From this reading 2072 To wallis with Engynes thai gan rowte, To breke the Toures so fre.
in the company of; together with
From this reading 2072 To wallis with Engynes thai gan rowte, To breke the Toures so fre.
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From this reading And Engynes to throwe witħ stoon̄ engines, And goode armu[rh] many foolde.
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