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... fothe is this , the cutte fell on the Knight , Of which ful blith and glad was every wight ; And tell he muft his Tale as was refon , By forword and by composition , As ye han herd ; what nedeth wordes mo ? And whan this good man faw ...
... fothe is this , the cutte fell on the Knight , Of which ful blith and glad was every wight ; And tell he muft his Tale as was refon , By forword and by composition , As ye han herd ; what nedeth wordes mo ? And whan this good man faw ...
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... for the more part they lought and plaide , Ne at this Tale I faw no man greve But it were only Ofewold the Reve ... fothe : And yet have I alway a coltes tothe , As many a yere as it paffed henne Sin that my tappe of lif began to ...
... for the more part they lought and plaide , Ne at this Tale I faw no man greve But it were only Ofewold the Reve ... fothe : And yet have I alway a coltes tothe , As many a yere as it paffed henne Sin that my tappe of lif began to ...
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... fothe that I you telle . A miller was ther dwelling many a day , As any peacock he was proude and gay : Pipen he coude , and fifhe , and nettes bete , And turnen cuppes , and wraftlen wel and shete . Ay by his belt he bare a long pavade ...
... fothe that I you telle . A miller was ther dwelling many a day , As any peacock he was proude and gay : Pipen he coude , and fifhe , and nettes bete , And turnen cuppes , and wraftlen wel and shete . Ay by his belt he bare a long pavade ...
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... fothe wol they ever weive : By this Marchantes Tale it preveth wel . But natheles , as trewe as any stele I have a wif , though that she poure be , But of hire tonge a labbing fhrewe is fhe ; And yet the hath an hepe of vices mo ...
... fothe wol they ever weive : By this Marchantes Tale it preveth wel . But natheles , as trewe as any stele I have a wif , though that she poure be , But of hire tonge a labbing fhrewe is fhe ; And yet the hath an hepe of vices mo ...
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... For the n'is no thing of fwiche patience As was this Melibeus wif Prudence . By Goddes bones whan I bete my knaves ... fothe have I herd fay . This worthy Monke toke all in patience , And faide , I wol don all my diligence , As fer as ...
... For the n'is no thing of fwiche patience As was this Melibeus wif Prudence . By Goddes bones whan I bete my knaves ... fothe have I herd fay . This worthy Monke toke all in patience , And faide , I wol don all my diligence , As fer as ...
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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.