The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: A New Text with Illustrative Notes, Volume 24Percy Society, 1847 - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages |
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... lond . And for to festne his hood undur his chyn He hadde of gold y - wrought a curious pyn : A love - knotte in the gretter ende ther was . His heed was ballid , and schon as eny glas , And eek his face , as he hadde be anoynt . He was ...
... lond . And for to festne his hood undur his chyn He hadde of gold y - wrought a curious pyn : A love - knotte in the gretter ende ther was . His heed was ballid , and schon as eny glas , And eek his face , as he hadde be anoynt . He was ...
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... lond Of any lord that is in Engelond , To make him lyve by his propre good , In honour detteles , but if he were wood , Or lyve as scarsly as he can desire ; And able for to helpen al a schire In many caas that mighte falle or happe ...
... lond Of any lord that is in Engelond , To make him lyve by his propre good , In honour detteles , but if he were wood , Or lyve as scarsly as he can desire ; And able for to helpen al a schire In many caas that mighte falle or happe ...
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... lond is banyscht on his heed , For which he hath i - served to be deed . For this is he that come to thi gate And seyde , that he highte Philostrate . Thus hath he japed the many a yer , And thou hast maad of him thy cheef squyer . And ...
... lond is banyscht on his heed , For which he hath i - served to be deed . For this is he that come to thi gate And seyde , that he highte Philostrate . Thus hath he japed the many a yer , And thou hast maad of him thy cheef squyer . And ...
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... lond ther nas no craftys man , That geometry or arsmetrike can , Ne portreyour , ne kerver of ymages , That Theseus ne gaf hem mete and wages The theatre for to maken and devyse . And for to don his right and sacrifise , He est - ward ...
... lond ther nas no craftys man , That geometry or arsmetrike can , Ne portreyour , ne kerver of ymages , That Theseus ne gaf hem mete and wages The theatre for to maken and devyse . And for to don his right and sacrifise , He est - ward ...
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... , Wel armed for the werre at alle rightes . And sikerly ther trowed many a man , That never , siththen that this world bigan For to speke of knighthod of her hond , 2100 As fer as God hath maked see or lond , THE KNIGHTES TALE . 85.
... , Wel armed for the werre at alle rightes . And sikerly ther trowed many a man , That never , siththen that this world bigan For to speke of knighthod of her hond , 2100 As fer as God hath maked see or lond , THE KNIGHTES TALE . 85.
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Page xlii - 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 17 - PERSOUN of a toun ; But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche ; His parisshens devoutly wolde he teche.
Page 2 - 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 5 - Ful swetely herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun; He was an esy man to yeve penaunce Ther as he wiste...
Page 20 - Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, 550 Or breke it, at a renning, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade. Up-on the cop...
Page 78 - Ligurge him-self, the grete king of Trace; Blak was his berd, and manly was his face. The cercles of his eyen in his heed, They gloweden...
Page 6 - 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 103 - What is this world? what asketh men to have? Now with his love, now in his colde grave Allone, withouten any compaignye.
Page 7 - But he was lyk a maister or a pope. Of double worstede was his semycope, That rounded as a belle out of the presse. Somwhat he lipsed for his wantownesse To make his Englissh sweete upon his tonge.
Page 18 - He sette nat his benefice to hyre, And leet his sheep encombred in the myre, And ran to London, un-to seynt Poules, To seken him a chaunterie for soules...