Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: The Canterbury tales of Geoffrey ChaucerPercy Society, 1847 - English literature |
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Page 58
... Quod he , " to Athenes right now wol I fare ; Ne for the drede of deth schal I not spare To see my lady , that I love and serve ; In hire presence I recche nat to sterve . " And with that word he caught a gret myrour , 1400 infirmitate ...
... Quod he , " to Athenes right now wol I fare ; Ne for the drede of deth schal I not spare To see my lady , that I love and serve ; In hire presence I recche nat to sterve . " And with that word he caught a gret myrour , 1400 infirmitate ...
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... quod he , " that day that I was bore ! How longe , Juno , thurgh thy cruelté Wiltow werreyen Thebes the citee ? Allas ! i - brought is to confusioun The blood royal of Cadme and Amphioun : Of Cadynus , the which was the furst man That ...
... quod he , " that day that I was bore ! How longe , Juno , thurgh thy cruelté Wiltow werreyen Thebes the citee ? Allas ! i - brought is to confusioun The blood royal of Cadme and Amphioun : Of Cadynus , the which was the furst man That ...
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... quod Satourne , ' My cours , that hath so wyde for to tourne , Hath more power than woot eny man . Myn is the drenchyng in the see so wan ; Myn is the prisoun in the derke cote ; 2450 Myn is the stranglyng and hangyng by the throte ...
... quod Satourne , ' My cours , that hath so wyde for to tourne , Hath more power than woot eny man . Myn is the drenchyng in the see so wan ; Myn is the prisoun in the derke cote ; 2450 Myn is the stranglyng and hangyng by the throte ...
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... quod he , " That he ne lyved in erthe in som degree , Yit ther ne lyvede never man , " he seyde , " In al this world , that som tyme he ne deyde . This world nys but a thurghfare ful of woo , And we ben pilgryms , passyng to and froo ...
... quod he , " That he ne lyved in erthe in som degree , Yit ther ne lyvede never man , " he seyde , " In al this world , that som tyme he ne deyde . This world nys but a thurghfare ful of woo , And we ben pilgryms , passyng to and froo ...
Page 120
... quod he , " Hath stabled , in this wrecched world adoun , Certeyn dayes and duracioun To alle that er engendrid in this place , Over the which day they may nat pace , Al mowe they yit wel here dayes abregge ; Ther needeth non auctorité ...
... quod he , " Hath stabled , in this wrecched world adoun , Certeyn dayes and duracioun To alle that er engendrid in this place , Over the which day they may nat pace , Al mowe they yit wel here dayes abregge ; Ther needeth non auctorité ...
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Page ix - Meanwhile in 1374 he was appointed Comptroller of the Customs and Subsidy of Wools, Skins, and Tanned Hides...
Page 4 - Somtyme with the lord of Palatye, Ageyn another hethen in Turkye : And evermore he hadde a sovereyn prys. And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meke as is a mayde. He never yet no vileinye ne sayde 70 In al his lyf, un-to no maner wight. He was a verray parfit gentil knight.
Page 24 - He sette nat his benefice to hyre, And leet his sheep encombred in the myre, And ran to London, un-to seynt Poules, To seken him a chaunterie for soules...
Page 23 - PERSOUN of a toun ; But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche ; His parisshens devoutly wolde he teche.
Page 32 - He seyde, he hadde a gobet of the seyl That se'ynt Peter hadde, whan that he wente Up-on the see, til Jesu Crist him hente. He hadde a croys of latoun, ful of stones, And in a glas he hadde pigges bones.
Page 11 - Ful swetely herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun; He was an esy man to yeve penaunce Ther as he wiste...
Page 33 - 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.
Page 25 - The MILLER was a stout carl for the nones: Ful big he was of braun and eek of bones; That proved wel, for over-al ther he cam, At wrastling he wolde have alwey the ram.
Page 26 - 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 10 - 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...