The reule of seint Maure or of seint Beneit, By cause that it was old and somdel streit This ilke Monk leet olde thynges pace, 175 And heeld after the newe world the space. He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen That seith that hunters been nat hooly men... The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer - Page 6by Geoffrey Chaucer - 1866 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
| Percy Society - English literature - 1847 - 352 pages
...by hem, which appears to give no clear sense. And helde aftur the newe world the space. 176 He gaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters...cloysterles, Is likned to a fissche that is watirles ; This is to seyn, a monk out of his cloystre. But thilke text hild he not worth an oystre. And I seide... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1847 - 358 pages
...forms of monastic discipline in the Romish church. And helde aftur the newe world the space. 176 He gaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters...cloysterles, Is likned to a fissche that is watirles ; This is to seyu, a monk out of his cloystre. But thilke text hild he not worth an oystre. And I seide... | |
| Percy Society - English literature - 1847 - 358 pages
...forms of monastic discipline in the Romish church. And helde aftur the newe world the space. 176 He gaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters been noon holy men; No that a monk, whan he is cloysterles, Is likned to a fissche that is watirles ; This is to seyn,... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1853 - 248 pages
...streyt, This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace, 175 And helde aftur the newe world the space. He gaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters...cloysterles, Is likned to a fissche that is watirles ; This is to seyn, a monk out of his cloystre. But thilke text hild he not worth an oystre. And I seide... | |
| Philological Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1856 - 380 pages
...oynement that wolde dense and byte, That him might helpen of his whelkes white (8.) Give:— He gaf nat of that text a pulled hen That seith that hunters been noon holy men. — Id. i. 85. Here, 'of is probably = ' for.' And, 'he gaf not of,' to be explained by, ' he would... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1867 - 282 pages
...Beneyt, Bycause that it was old and somdel streyt, This ilke monk leet [him] forby hem pace, 175 And held aftur the newe world the space. He yaf nat of that...cloysterles, Is likned to a fissche that is watirles, 180 This is to seyn, a monk out of his cloystre. But thilke text hild he not worth an oystre. And I... | |
| Henry Walford Bellairs - 1868 - 318 pages
...the'same string : — " A monk ther was, a fair for the maistrie, An out-rydere, that loved[e] venerye; He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen That seith, that hunters been noon holy men ; Therfore he was a pricasourb aright; Greyhoundes he hadde as swit'te as fowel in flight ; Of prikyng... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1868 - 784 pages
...del streit / This ilke Monk / leet olde thynges pace And heeld / after the newe world the space 176 He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen That seith / that hunters beth nat hooly men Ne that a Monk / whan he is recchelees Is likned / til a fissb / fat is waterlees... | |
| William Brighty Rands - Great Britain - 1869 - 352 pages
...somdel streyt, This like monk leet olde thinges pace, And helde afture the newe world the space. He gaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters...cloysterles, Is likned to a fissche that is watirles ; This is to seyn, a monk out of his cloystre. But thilke text hild he not worth an oystre, And I seide... | |
| William Brighty Rands - 1869 - 346 pages
...somdel streyt, This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace, And helde afture the newe world the space. He gaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters...cloysterles, Is likned to a fissche that is watirles ; This is to seyn, a monk out of his cloystre. But thilke text hild he not worth an oystre, And I seide... | |
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