The prologue, The knightes tale, The nonne prestes tale, ed. by R. Morris

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Page 114 - For Seint Paul seith that al that writen is, To oure doctrine it is y-write y-wis ; Taketh the fruyt and lat the chaf be stille. Now, goode God, if that it be thy wille, As seith my lord, so make us alle goode men, And brynge us to his heighe blisse ! Amen. Words of the Host to the Nun's Priest
Page 112 - Ha, ha, the fox!" and after him they ran, And eek with staves many another man; Ran Colle our dogge, and Talbot, and Gerland, And...
Page 3 - 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 8 - Of studie took he moost cure and moost heede. Noght o word spak he moore than was neede, And that was seyd in forme and reverence, And short and quyk and ful of hy sentence; Sownynge in moral vertu was his speche, And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
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Page 90 - Greet was theffect, and heigh was his entente ; Wei wiste he why, and what ther-of he mente ; For with that faire cheyne of love he bond . The fyr, the eyr, the water, and the lond In certeyn boundes, that they may nat flee ; 2135 That same prince and that moevere...
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Page 8 - But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre; But al that he mighte of his...
Page 14 - Up-on his feet, and in his hand a staf. This noble ensample to his sheep he yaf, That first he wroghte, and afterward he taughte ; Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte; And this figure he added eek ther-to, That if gold ruste, what shal iren do?

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