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" 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... "
The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: A New Text with Illustrative Notes - Page 18
by Geoffrey Chaucer - 1847
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ...

Percy Society - English literature - 1847 - 360 pages
...scheep schulde lyve. He sette not his benefice to huyre, And lefte his scheep encombred in the myre, 61O And ran to Londone, unto seynte Poules, To seeken him a chaunterie for soules, Or with a brethurhede he withholde : But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolf ne made it not myscarye....
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The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1853 - 248 pages
...scheep schulde lyve. He sette not his benefice to huyre, And lefte his scheep eneombred in the myre, 510 And ran to Londone, unto seynte Poules, To seeken him a chaunterie for soules, Or with a brethurbede be withholde; But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolf ne made it...
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Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Volume 1

Geoffrey Chaucer - English poetry - 1854 - 294 pages
...his scheep schulde 1 He sette not his benefice to huyre, And lefte his scheep encombred in the myre, And ran to Londone, unto seynte Poules, To seeken him a chaunterie for soules,3 Or with a brethurhede be withholde;4 But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his folde, 1 Refusal...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1862 - 582 pages
...Chaucer's Parson — — " sette not his benefice to hayre, And lefte his schecp encombred in the myre, And ran to Londone unto seynte Poules, To seeken him a chaunterie for soûles, Or with a brethurhede be witholde." There is some doubt about alfowlin branche ; but this...
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The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Volume 2

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1866 - 388 pages
...scheep schulde lyve. He sette not his benefice to huyre, And lefte his scheep encombred in the myre, And ran to Londone, unto seynte Poules, To seeken...chaunterie for soules, «« Or with a brethurhede bo withholde ; But dwelte at boom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolf ne made it not myscarye....
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The prologue, The knightes tale, The nonne prestes tale, ed. by R. Morris

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1869 - 304 pages
...scheep schulde lyve. He sette not his benefice to hyre, And leet his scheep encombred in the myre, And ran to Londone, unto seynte Poules, To seeken him a chaunterie for soules, 510 Or with a bretherhede to ben withholde ; But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the...
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The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Prestes Tale: From the Canterbury ...

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1869 - 308 pages
...scheep schulde !yve. He sette not his benefice to hyre, And leet his scheep encombred in the myre, And ran to Londone, unto seynte Poules, To seeken him a chaunterie for soules, 510 Or with a bretherhede to ben withholde; But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the...
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Chaucer's England, by Matthew Browne

William Brighty Rands - 1869 - 346 pages
...scheep encombred in the myre, L And ran to Londone, unto seynte Ponies, To seekcn him a channterie for soules, Or with a brethurhede be withholde ; But dwelte at hoom, and kcpte wel his foldej So that the wolf ne made it not myscarye. He was a schepperde and no mercenarie...
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Der Prolog zu den Canterbury Tales versuch einer kritischen Ausgabe

Geoffrey Chaucer, Bernhard ten Brink - 1871 - 48 pages
...London unto seinte Poules. To seeken hym a chaunterie for soules, 510 Or with a breetherheed to been withholde; But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolf ne made it nat myscarie. He was a shepherde and no mercenarie. And though he hooly were, and vertuous, 515 He...
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The prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury tales, ed. by W. McLeod, Issue 229

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1871 - 134 pages
...scheep schulde lyve. He sette not his benefice to hyre, And lefte his scheep encombred in the myre, And ran to Londone, unto seynte Poules, To seeken him a chaunterie for soules, 510 Or with a bretherhede to ben withholde ; But dwelte at boom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the...
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