The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Volume 4Clarendon Press, 1894 |
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... soule were in his purs ; For in his purs he sholde y - punisshed be . ' Purs is the erchedeknes helle , ' seyde he . But wel I woot he lyed right in dede ; Of cursing oghte ech gilty man him drede- For curs wol slee , right as ...
... soule were in his purs ; For in his purs he sholde y - punisshed be . ' Purs is the erchedeknes helle , ' seyde he . But wel I woot he lyed right in dede ; Of cursing oghte ech gilty man him drede- For curs wol slee , right as ...
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... soule , that is deed , But ye be merye , I wol yeve yow myn heed . Hold up your hond , withouten more speche . ' Our counseil was nat longe for to seche ; ( 760 ) 760 765 ( 770 ) 770 775 ( 780 ) 780 Us thought it was noght worth to make ...
... soule , that is deed , But ye be merye , I wol yeve yow myn heed . Hold up your hond , withouten more speche . ' Our counseil was nat longe for to seche ; ( 760 ) 760 765 ( 770 ) 770 775 ( 780 ) 780 Us thought it was noght worth to make ...
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... soule rewe , As I shal even Iuge been and trewe . Ye shul non other ende with me maken , That oon of yow ne shal be deed or taken . And if yow thinketh this is wel y - sayd , Seyeth your avys , and holdeth yow apayd . This is your ende ...
... soule rewe , As I shal even Iuge been and trewe . Ye shul non other ende with me maken , That oon of yow ne shal be deed or taken . And if yow thinketh this is wel y - sayd , Seyeth your avys , and holdeth yow apayd . This is your ende ...
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... soule gye , To speken of a servant proprely , With alle circumstaunces trewely , That is to seyn , trouthe , honour , and knighthede , Wisdom , humblesse , estaat , and heigh kinrede , Fredom , and al that longeth to that art , So ...
... soule gye , To speken of a servant proprely , With alle circumstaunces trewely , That is to seyn , trouthe , honour , and knighthede , Wisdom , humblesse , estaat , and heigh kinrede , Fredom , and al that longeth to that art , So ...
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... soule gye ; Now wol I speken forth of Emelye . Shrighte Emelye , and howleth Palamon , And Theseus his suster took anon Swowninge , and bar hir fro the corps away . What helpeth it to tarien forth the day , To tellen how she weep ...
... soule gye ; Now wol I speken forth of Emelye . Shrighte Emelye , and howleth Palamon , And Theseus his suster took anon Swowninge , and bar hir fro the corps away . What helpeth it to tarien forth the day , To tellen how she weep ...
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Page 10 - 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.
Page 17 - Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, 550 Or breke it, at a renning, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade. Up-on the cop...
Page 281 - And with that word he fley doun fro the beem, For it was day, and eek his hennes alle; And with a chuk he gan hem for to calle, For he had founde a corn, lay in the yerd.
Page 3 - Lettow hadde he reysed and in Ruce, No Cristen man so ofte of his degree. In Gernade at the sege eek hadde he be Of Algezir, and riden in Belmarye.
Page 5 - 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 21 - He hadde a croys of latoun, ful of stones, And in a glas he hadde pigges bones. 700 But with thise relikes, whan that he fond A povre person dwelling up-on lond, Up-on a day he gat him more moneye Than that the person gat in monthes tweye.
Page 288 - Lo, swich it is for to be recchelees, And necligent, and truste on flaterye. But ye that holden this tale a folye, As of a fox, or of a cok and hen, Taketh the moralitee, good men.
Page 13 - With us ther was a DOCTOUR OF PHISYK, In al this world ne was ther noon him lyk To speke of phisik and of surgerye; For he was grounded in astronomye.
Page 22 - In Southwerk, at this gentil hostelrye, That highte the Tabard, faste by the Belle. But now is tyme to yow for to telle How that we baren us that ilke night, Whan we were in that hostelrye alight. And after wol I telle of our viage, And al the remenaunt of our pilgrimage.
Page 7 - 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...