The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: With Poems Formely Printed Withhis Or Attributed to HimG. Bell and Sons, 1906 |
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Page 76
... anon , And made forward ' erly to aryse , To take oure weye ther as I yow devyse . ' But natheles , whiles have tyme and Or that I ferthere in this tale pace , Me thinketh it acordant to resoun , To telle yow alle the condicioun • space ...
... anon , And made forward ' erly to aryse , To take oure weye ther as I yow devyse . ' But natheles , whiles have tyme and Or that I ferthere in this tale pace , Me thinketh it acordant to resoun , To telle yow alle the condicioun • space ...
Page 95
... Anon he gaf the syke man his boote . Ful redy hadde he his apotecaries , To sende him dragges , and his letuaries , For eche of hem made othur for to wynne ; Here friendschipe was not newe to begynne , Wel knew he the olde Esculapius ...
... Anon he gaf the syke man his boote . Ful redy hadde he his apotecaries , To sende him dragges , and his letuaries , For eche of hem made othur for to wynne ; Here friendschipe was not newe to begynne , Wel knew he the olde Esculapius ...
Page 107
... anon ; And served us with vitaille atte beste . Strong was the wyn , and wel to drynke us leste . 1 That you interpret it not as a proof of my base breeding . [ The word rette , sometimes arette , is from the Icelandic retta , which ...
... anon ; And served us with vitaille atte beste . Strong was the wyn , and wel to drynke us leste . 1 That you interpret it not as a proof of my base breeding . [ The word rette , sometimes arette , is from the Icelandic retta , which ...
Page 110
... Anon to drawen every wight bigan , And schortly for to tellen as it was , Were it by aventure , or sort , or cas , 1 See ante , p . 101 , note 3 . To pace means to walk ; a little more than pace will therefore mean a little faster than ...
... Anon to drawen every wight bigan , And schortly for to tellen as it was , Were it by aventure , or sort , or cas , 1 See ante , p . 101 , note 3 . To pace means to walk ; a little more than pace will therefore mean a little faster than ...
Page 123
... anon up sterte , And seyde , Cosyn myn , what eyleth the , That art so pale and deedly for to see ? Why crydestow ? ' who hath the doon offence ? For Goddes love , tak al in pacience Oure prisoun , for it may non othir be ; Fortune hath ...
... anon up sterte , And seyde , Cosyn myn , what eyleth the , That art so pale and deedly for to see ? Why crydestow ? ' who hath the doon offence ? For Goddes love , tak al in pacience Oure prisoun , for it may non othir be ; Fortune hath ...
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