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... toun : 217 For he hadde power of confessioun , As seyde himself , more than a curat , For of his ordre he was licenciat . Ful sweetly herde he confessioun , And plesaunt was his absolucioun ; He was an esy man to geve penance Ther as he ...
... toun : 217 For he hadde power of confessioun , As seyde himself , more than a curat , For of his ordre he was licenciat . Ful sweetly herde he confessioun , And plesaunt was his absolucioun ; He was an esy man to geve penance Ther as he ...
Page 132
... toun , And every ostiller or gay tapstere , Bet than a lazer , or a beggere , For unto such a worthi man as he ' Acorded not , as by his faculté , To have with sike lazars aqueyntaunce . It is not honest , it may not avaunce , For to ...
... toun , And every ostiller or gay tapstere , Bet than a lazer , or a beggere , For unto such a worthi man as he ' Acorded not , as by his faculté , To have with sike lazars aqueyntaunce . It is not honest , it may not avaunce , For to ...
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... toun ; But riche he was of holy thought and werk . He was also a lerned man , a clerk That Cristes gospel truly wolde preche ; His parischens devoutly wold he teche . Benigne he was , and wondur diligent , And in adversité ful pacient ...
... toun ; But riche he was of holy thought and werk . He was also a lerned man , a clerk That Cristes gospel truly wolde preche ; His parischens devoutly wold he teche . Benigne he was , and wondur diligent , And in adversité ful pacient ...
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... toun men callen Baldeswelle . Tukkud he was , as is a frere , aboute , And ever he rood the hynderest of the route , A SOMPNOUR was ther with us in that place , That hadde a fyr - reed cherubynes face , For sawceflem he was , with ...
... toun men callen Baldeswelle . Tukkud he was , as is a frere , aboute , And ever he rood the hynderest of the route , A SOMPNOUR was ther with us in that place , That hadde a fyr - reed cherubynes face , For sawceflem he was , with ...
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... toun , In al his wele and in his moste pryde , He was war , as he cast his eyghe aside , Wher that ther kneled in the hye weye A companye of ladies , tweye and tweye , Ech after other , clad in clothes blake ; But such a cry and such a ...
... toun , In al his wele and in his moste pryde , He was war , as he cast his eyghe aside , Wher that ther kneled in the hye weye A companye of ladies , tweye and tweye , Ech after other , clad in clothes blake ; But such a cry and such a ...
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Page 158 - What is this world? What asketh men to have? Now with his love, now in his colde grave, Allone, withouten any compaignye...
Page 130 - Somtyme with the lord of Palatye, Ageyn another hethen in Turkye : And evermore he hadde a sovereyn prys. And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meke as is a mayde. He never yet no vileinye ne sayde 70 In al his lyf, un-to no maner wight. He was a verray parfit gentil knight.
Page 223 - Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold...
Page 132 - For if he yaf, he dorste make avaunt, He wiste that a man was repentaunt. For many a man so hard is of his herte, He may nat wepe al-thogh him sore smerte. 230 Therfore, in stede of weping and preyeres, Men moot yeve silver to the povre freres.
Page 131 - But sore weep she if oon of hem were deed, Or if men smoot it with a yerde smerte: And al was conscience and tendre herte.
Page 129 - And bathed every veyne in swich licour. Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes...
Page 131 - Ful swetely herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun; He was an esy man to yeve penaunce Ther as he wiste...
Page 137 - WHILOM, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk that highte Theseus; Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his tyme swich a conquerour, That gretter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a riche contre...
Page 118 - Meanwhile in 1374 he was appointed Comptroller of the Customs and Subsidy of Wools, Skins, and Tanned Hides...
Page 233 - My brother shal be warisshed hastily; For I am siker that ther be sciences By whiche men make diverse apparences Swiche as thise subtile tregetoures pleye; For ofte at feestes have I wel herd seye That tregetours withinne an halle large Have maad come in a water and a barge, And in the halle rowen up and doun.