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... a yerde smerte : And al was conscience and tendre herte . → Ful semely hire wymple i - pynched was ; Hire nose streight ; hire eyen grey as glas ; 140 145 150 Hire mouth ful smal , and therto softe and reed THE PROLOGUE . 5.
... a yerde smerte : And al was conscience and tendre herte . → Ful semely hire wymple i - pynched was ; Hire nose streight ; hire eyen grey as glas ; 140 145 150 Hire mouth ful smal , and therto softe and reed THE PROLOGUE . 5.
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... reed ; But sikurly sche hadde a fair forheed . It was almost a spanne brood , I trowe , For hardily sche was not undurgrowe . Ful fetys was hire cloke , as I was waar . Of smal coral aboute hire arme sche baar A peire of bedes gaudid al ...
... reed ; But sikurly sche hadde a fair forheed . It was almost a spanne brood , I trowe , For hardily sche was not undurgrowe . Ful fetys was hire cloke , as I was waar . Of smal coral aboute hire arme sche baar A peire of bedes gaudid al ...
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... reed , Of Aristotil , and of his philosophie , Then robus riche , or fithul , or [ gay ] sawtrie . But al - though he were a philosophre , Yet hadde he but litul gold in cofre ; 300 But al that he might [ e ] gete , and his frendes ...
... reed , Of Aristotil , and of his philosophie , Then robus riche , or fithul , or [ gay ] sawtrie . But al - though he were a philosophre , Yet hadde he but litul gold in cofre ; 300 But al that he might [ e ] gete , and his frendes ...
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... reed , Ful streyte y - teyed , and schoos ful moyste and newe . Bold was hir face , and fair , and reed of hewe . Sche was a worthy womman al hire lyfe , Housbondes atte chirche dore hadde sche fyfe , Withouten othur companye in youthe ...
... reed , Ful streyte y - teyed , and schoos ful moyste and newe . Bold was hir face , and fair , and reed of hewe . Sche was a worthy womman al hire lyfe , Housbondes atte chirche dore hadde sche fyfe , Withouten othur companye in youthe ...
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... reed , And therto brood , as though it were a spade . Upon the cop right of his nose he hade A werte , and theron stood a tuft of heres , Reede as the berstles of a souwes eeres . His nose - thurles blake were and wyde . A swerd and a ...
... reed , And therto brood , as though it were a spade . Upon the cop right of his nose he hade A werte , and theron stood a tuft of heres , Reede as the berstles of a souwes eeres . His nose - thurles blake were and wyde . A swerd and a ...
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Page 6 - 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. 230 Therfore, in stede of weping and preyeres, Men moot yeve silver to the povre freres.
Page 4 - The reule of seint Maure or of seint Beneit, By-cause that it was old and som-del streit, This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace, And held after the newe world the space. He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters been nat holy men...
Page 6 - And everich hostiler and tappestere Bet than a lazar or a beggestere; For un-to swich a worthy man as he Acorded nat, as by his facultee, To have with seke lazars aqueyntaunce.
Page 25 - And telle he moste his tale as was resoun, By forward and by co'mposicioun, As ye han herd ; what...
Page 156 - The man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God ; but the woman is the glory of the man.
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Page xlviii - But natheles, whyl I have tyme and space, Er that I ferther in this tale pace, Me thinketh it acordaunt to resoun, To telle yow al the condicioun Of ech of hem, so as it semed...
Page 21 - For this ye knowen al so wel as I, Whoso shal telle a tale after a man, He moot reherce as ny as evere he kan Everich a word, if it be in his charge, Al speke he never so rudeliche and large, Or ellis he moot telle his tale untrewe, Or feyne thyng, or fynde wordes newe.
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Page 11 - ... me, That on his shyne a mormal hadde he! For blankmanger, that made he with the beste. A Shipman was ther, wonynge fer by weste; For aught I woot, he was of Dertemouthe.