The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Prestes Tale from the Canterbury TalesClarendon Press, 1880 - 221 pages |
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... hadde never pere ; Ye be my lyfe , ye be myn hertys stere . Quene of comfort and goode companye Beth hevy ayeyne , or elles moote I dye . Now Purse , that art to me my lyves lyghte , And saveour , as doun in this worlde here , Oute of ...
... hadde never pere ; Ye be my lyfe , ye be myn hertys stere . Quene of comfort and goode companye Beth hevy ayeyne , or elles moote I dye . Now Purse , that art to me my lyves lyghte , And saveour , as doun in this worlde here , Oute of ...
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... hadde , am not , is not , hath not , had not ; thasse , theffect , tabide = the asse , the effect , to abide , & c . In Troylus and Criseyde we find ny = ne I , not I , nor I ; mathinketh = = me athinketh , it seems to me . But this ...
... hadde , am not , is not , hath not , had not ; thasse , theffect , tabide = the asse , the effect , to abide , & c . In Troylus and Criseyde we find ny = ne I , not I , nor I ; mathinketh = = me athinketh , it seems to me . But this ...
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... hadde , have , how , her , beer : • Wel cowde he dresse his takel yemanly . ' ( Prol . 1. 106. ) • Then wolde he wepe he myghtë nought be stent . ' ( Knightes Tale , 1. 510. ) That in that grove he wolde him hyde al day . ' ( Ib . 1.623 ...
... hadde , have , how , her , beer : • Wel cowde he dresse his takel yemanly . ' ( Prol . 1. 106. ) • Then wolde he wepe he myghtë nought be stent . ' ( Knightes Tale , 1. 510. ) That in that grove he wolde him hyde al day . ' ( Ib . 1.623 ...
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... hadde I spoken with hem everychon , That I was of here felaweschipe anon , And made forward erly for to ryse , To ... hadde he riden , noman ferre , As wel in Cristendom as in hethenesse , And evere honoured for his worthinesse . At ...
... hadde I spoken with hem everychon , That I was of here felaweschipe anon , And made forward erly for to ryse , To ... hadde he riden , noman ferre , As wel in Cristendom as in hethenesse , And evere honoured for his worthinesse . At ...
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... hadde he be Of Algesir , and riden in Belmarie . At Lieys was he , and at Satalie , Whan they were wonne ; and in the Greete see At many a noble arive hadde he be . 60 At mortal batailles hadde he ben fiftene , And foughten for oure ...
... hadde he be Of Algesir , and riden in Belmarie . At Lieys was he , and at Satalie , Whan they were wonne ; and in the Greete see At many a noble arive hadde he be . 60 At mortal batailles hadde he ben fiftene , And foughten for oure ...
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