The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Prestes Tale from the Canterbury TalesClarendon Press, 1880 - 221 pages |
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Page xviii
... gret sacrament ; Her may ye see , and here may ye prove , That wyf is mannes help and his comfort , His paradis terrestre and his desport , So buxom and so vertuous is sche , Thay mosten neede lyve in unité ; O fleisch they ben , and on ...
... gret sacrament ; Her may ye see , and here may ye prove , That wyf is mannes help and his comfort , His paradis terrestre and his desport , So buxom and so vertuous is sche , Thay mosten neede lyve in unité ; O fleisch they ben , and on ...
Page xliii
... gret pyne is . ' ( Knightes Tale , ll . 465–6 . ) So in lines 1 and 2 of the Prologue : - " Whan that | April | lë with | his schow | res swootë The drought of Marche | hath per | ced to the rootë . ' In the second variation , the first ...
... gret pyne is . ' ( Knightes Tale , ll . 465–6 . ) So in lines 1 and 2 of the Prologue : - " Whan that | April | lë with | his schow | res swootë The drought of Marche | hath per | ced to the rootë . ' In the second variation , the first ...
Page xliv
... gret | of strengthe . ' ( Ib . l . 84. ) As any ravens fether | it schon | for blak . ' ( Ib . l . 1286. ) And forth | we riden | a li | tel more ' I wot | whetherf sche | be wom | man or | goddesse . ' ( Ib . 1. 243. ) ( Ib . 1. 785 ...
... gret | of strengthe . ' ( Ib . l . 84. ) As any ravens fether | it schon | for blak . ' ( Ib . l . 1286. ) And forth | we riden | a li | tel more ' I wot | whetherf sche | be wom | man or | goddesse . ' ( Ib . 1. 243. ) ( Ib . 1. 785 ...
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... And wonderly delyvere , and gret of strengthe . And he hadde ben somtyme in chivachie , In Flaundres , in Artoys , and Picardie , 85 And born him wel , as of so litel space B 2 THE PROLOGUE . 3 In Lettowe hadde he reysed and in Ruce, ...
... And wonderly delyvere , and gret of strengthe . And he hadde ben somtyme in chivachie , In Flaundres , in Artoys , and Picardie , 85 And born him wel , as of so litel space B 2 THE PROLOGUE . 3 In Lettowe hadde he reysed and in Ruce, ...
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... gret disport , And ful plesaunt , and amyable of port , And peynede hire to countrefete cheere Of court , and ben estatlich of manere , And to ben holden digne of reverence . But for to speken of hire conscience , Sche was so charitable ...
... gret disport , And ful plesaunt , and amyable of port , And peynede hire to countrefete cheere Of court , and ben estatlich of manere , And to ben holden digne of reverence . But for to speken of hire conscience , Sche was so charitable ...
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