The Student's Chaucer: Being a Complete Edition of His WorksMacmillan and Company, 1894 - 881 pages |
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... seye thee pleyn , I wol of thee be more certeyn ; For thee so sore I wol now binde , That thou away ne shalt not winde For to denyen the covenaunt , Or doon that is not avenaunt . That thou were fals it were greet reuthe , Sith thou ...
... seye thee pleyn , I wol of thee be more certeyn ; For thee so sore I wol now binde , That thou away ne shalt not winde For to denyen the covenaunt , Or doon that is not avenaunt . That thou were fals it were greet reuthe , Sith thou ...
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... Seye thing that never was doon ne wrought ; 3260 3270 So moche tresoun is in his male , Of falsnesse for to + feyne a tale . Thou delest with angry folk , y - wis ; 3265 Wherfor to thee [ it ] bettir is From these folk awey to fare ...
... Seye thing that never was doon ne wrought ; 3260 3270 So moche tresoun is in his male , Of falsnesse for to + feyne a tale . Thou delest with angry folk , y - wis ; 3265 Wherfor to thee [ it ] bettir is From these folk awey to fare ...
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... seye yit ; I trowe , I lyed not of it ; And with my bemes I wol blowe To alle neighboris a - rowe , 7605 How he hath bothe comen and gon . ' Tho spak Fals - Semblant right anon , ' Al is not gospel , out of doute , And lasse than other ...
... seye yit ; I trowe , I lyed not of it ; And with my bemes I wol blowe To alle neighboris a - rowe , 7605 How he hath bothe comen and gon . ' Tho spak Fals - Semblant right anon , ' Al is not gospel , out of doute , And lasse than other ...
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... seye , That she was lyk to torche bright , That every man may take of light Ynogh , and hit hath never the lesse . 965 Of maner and of comlinesse Right so ferde my lady dere ; For every wight of hir manere Might cacche ynogh , if that ...
... seye , That she was lyk to torche bright , That every man may take of light Ynogh , and hit hath never the lesse . 965 Of maner and of comlinesse Right so ferde my lady dere ; For every wight of hir manere Might cacche ynogh , if that ...
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... seye , if she me finde fals , Unkinde , jangler , or rebel any wyse , Or jalous , do me hongen by the hals ! And but I bere me in hir servyse As wel as that my wit can me suffyse , 460 Fro poynt to poynt , hir honour for to save , Tak ...
... seye , if she me finde fals , Unkinde , jangler , or rebel any wyse , Or jalous , do me hongen by the hals ! And but I bere me in hir servyse As wel as that my wit can me suffyse , 460 Fro poynt to poynt , hir honour for to save , Tak ...
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Page 418 - 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. Therefore, in stede of weping and preyeres, Men moot yeve silver to the povre freres.
Page 415 - To feme halwes, couthe in sondry londes ; And specially, from every shires ende Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende, The holy blisful martir for to seke, That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke.
Page 546 - But ye that holden this tale a folye, As of a fox, or of a cok and hen, Taketh the moralitee, good men.
Page 421 - This noble ensample to his sheep he yaf, That first he wroghte, and afterward he taughte ; Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte ; And this figure he added eek ther-to, That if gold ruste, what shal iren do...
Page 417 - A love-knotte in the gretter ende ther was. His heed was balled, that shoon as any glas, And eek his face, as he had been anoint. He was a lord ful fat and in good point...
Page 416 - Harneised wel, and sharp as point of spere; A Cristofre on his brest of silver shene. An horn he bar, the bawdrik was of grene; A forster was he, soothly, as I gesse. Ther was also a Nonne, a PRIORESSE, That of hir smyling was ful simple and coy; Hir gretteste ooth was but by se•ynt Loy; 120 And she was cleped madame Eglentyne.
Page 416 - In hope to stonden in his lady grace. Embrouded was he, as it were a mede Al ful of fresshe floures, whyte and rede. 90 Singinge he was, or floytinge, al the day ; He was as fresh as is the month of May.
Page 425 - Shal have a soper at our aller cost Here in this place, sitting by this post, Whan that we come agayn fro Caunterbury. And for to make yow the more mery, I wol my-selven gladly with yow ryde, Eight at myn owne cost, and be your gyde.
Page 416 - For Frensh of Paris was to hir unknowe. At mete wel y-taught was she with-alle; She leet no morsel from hir lippes falle, Ne wette hir fingres in hir sauce depe.
Page 419 - For his science, and for his heigh renoun Of fees and robes hadde he many oon. So greet a purchasour was nowher noon. Al was fee simple to him in effect, His purchasing mighte nat been infect. 320 Nowher so bisy a man as he ther nas, And yet he semed bisier than he was.