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... entent , And fayd hem certain , but he might have grace To han Cuftance , within a litel space He n'as but ded , and charged hem in hie To fhapen for his lif fom remedie . Diverfe men diverfe things faiden ; They argumentes caften up ...
... entent , And fayd hem certain , but he might have grace To han Cuftance , within a litel space He n'as but ded , and charged hem in hie To fhapen for his lif fom remedie . Diverfe men diverfe things faiden ; They argumentes caften up ...
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... entent The will of Crift , and kneling on the ftrond She fayde , Lord , ay welcome be thy fond . He that me kepte fro the falfe blame , While I was in the lond amonges you , He can me kepe fro harme and eke fro fhame In the falt fee ...
... entent The will of Crift , and kneling on the ftrond She fayde , Lord , ay welcome be thy fond . He that me kepte fro the falfe blame , While I was in the lond amonges you , He can me kepe fro harme and eke fro fhame In the falt fee ...
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... entent She bleffed hire , and into the ship she went . Vitailled was the fhip , it is no drede , Habundantly for hire a ful long space ; And other neceffaries that fhuld nede She had ynow , heried be Goddes grace : For wind and wether ...
... entent She bleffed hire , and into the ship she went . Vitailled was the fhip , it is no drede , Habundantly for hire a ful long space ; And other neceffaries that fhuld nede She had ynow , heried be Goddes grace : For wind and wether ...
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... entent , And fo befell that ones on a day This Sompnour , waiting ever on his praye , Rode forth to fompne a widewe , an old ribibe , Feining a caufe , for he wold han a bribe ; And happed that he saw beforn him ride A gay yeman under a ...
... entent , And fo befell that ones on a day This Sompnour , waiting ever on his praye , Rode forth to fompne a widewe , an old ribibe , Feining a caufe , for he wold han a bribe ; And happed that he saw beforn him ride A gay yeman under a ...
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... entent , Quod this Sompnour , for to repenten me For any thing that I have had of thee : I wold I had thy fmok and every cloth . Now brother , quod the devil , be not wroth ; Thy body and this panne ben min by right : Thou shalt with me ...
... entent , Quod this Sompnour , for to repenten me For any thing that I have had of thee : I wold I had thy fmok and every cloth . Now brother , quod the devil , be not wroth ; Thy body and this panne ben min by right : Thou shalt with me ...
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Page 147 - And with that word he fley doun fro the beem, For it was day, and eek his...
Page 9 - A-morwe, whan that day bigan to springe, Up roos our host, and was our aller cok, And gadrede us togidre, alle in a flok, And forth we riden, a litel more than pas, Un-to the watering of seint Thomas.
Page 9 - ... .But in his teching discrete and benigne. To drawen folk to heven, with fairenesse, By good ensample, was his besinesse : But it were any persone obstinat, What so he were of highe, or low estat, Him wolde he snibben sharply for the nones. A better preest I trowe that nowher non is.
Page 60 - And if that any of us have more than other, Let him be trewe, and part it with his brother.
Page 57 - But I to you be al so good and trewe As ever was wif sin that the world was newe, And but I be to-morwe as faire to seen As any lady, emperice, or quene, That is betwix the est and eke the west, Doth with my lif and deth right as you lest Cast up the curtein, loke how that it is.
Page 9 - As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But loked holwe, and therto soberly.
Page 65 - And dronkenesse is eek a foul record Of any man, and namely in a lord. Ther is ful many an eye and many an ere Awaiting on a lord, and he noot where. For goddes love, drink more attemprely; Wyn maketh man to lesen wrecchedly His minde, and eek his limes everichon.
Page 147 - He chukketh, whan he hath a corn yfound, And to him rennen than his wives alle. Thus real, as a prince is in his halle, Leve I this Chaunteclere in his pasture; And after wol I tell his aventure.
Page 84 - Wel fairer ben thy brests than ony wine. The gardin is enclosed all aboute; Come forth, my white spouse, for out of doute, Thou hast me wounded in myn herte, o wif: . No spot in thee n'as never in all thy lif. Come forth, and let us taken our disport, I chese thee for my wif and my comfort. Swiche...
Page 24 - Wel may men knowen, but it be a fool, That every part deriveth from his hool. For nature hath not taken his beginning Of no partie ne cantel of a thing, 3010 But of a thing that parfit is and stable, Descending so, til it be corrumpable.