The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Prestes Tale, from the Canterbury Tales. Edited by R. Morris |
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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 bocler baar he by his side , His mouth as wyde was as a ...
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 bocler baar he by his side , His mouth as wyde was as a ...
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| Title | The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Prestes Tale, from the Canterbury Tales. Edited by R. Morris Clarendon Press series Clarendon Press series: English classics |
| Author | Geoffrey Chaucer |
| Editor | Richard Morris |
| Publisher | Clarendon Press, 1867 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 201 pages |
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