The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Introduction, glossary, and indexesClarendon Press, 1894 |
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Page xcix - Ther may no tonge expresse in no science ; For som-tyme, lady, er men praye to thee, Thou goost biforn of thy benignitee, And getest us the light, thurgh thy preyere, To gyden us un-to thy soné so dere.
Page xcix - Baar of thy body— and dweltest mayden pure— The Creatour of every creature. Assembled is in thee magnificence With mercy, goodnesse, and with swich...