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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Percy Society. Thurgh girt with many a grevous blody wounde , Two yonge knightes liggyng by and by , Bothe in oon armes clad ful richely : Of whiche two , Arcite hight that oon , And that othur knight hight Palamon . Nat fully quyk , we ...
Percy Society. Thurgh girt with many a grevous blody wounde , Two yonge knightes liggyng by and by , Bothe in oon armes clad ful richely : Of whiche two , Arcite hight that oon , And that othur knight hight Palamon . Nat fully quyk , we ...
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... yonge and mighty for the nones , And therto he was strong and bygge of bones To doon that eny wight can him devyse . A yeer or two he was in this servise , Page of the chambre of Emelye the bright ; And Philostrate he seide that he ...
... yonge and mighty for the nones , And therto he was strong and bygge of bones To doon that eny wight can him devyse . A yeer or two he was in this servise , Page of the chambre of Emelye the bright ; And Philostrate he seide that he ...
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... yonge knightes proude ! " 2600 The heraldz laften here prikyng up and doun ; Now ryngede the tromp and clarioun . Ther is nomore to say , but est and west In goth the speres into the rest ; 2610 Ther seen men who can juste , and who can ...
... yonge knightes proude ! " 2600 The heraldz laften here prikyng up and doun ; Now ryngede the tromp and clarioun . Ther is nomore to say , but est and west In goth the speres into the rest ; 2610 Ther seen men who can juste , and who can ...
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... yonge wyf , and therwithal As eny wesil hir body gent and smal . A seynt sche wered , barred al of silk ; A barm - cloth eek as whit as morne mylk Upon hir lendes , ful of many a gore . Whit was hir smok , and browdid al byfore And eek ...
... yonge wyf , and therwithal As eny wesil hir body gent and smal . A seynt sche wered , barred al of silk ; A barm - cloth eek as whit as morne mylk Upon hir lendes , ful of many a gore . Whit was hir smok , and browdid al byfore And eek ...
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... yonge wyf to rage and pleye , 3260 3270 3255. - schynyng . The MS . Harl . reads smylyng , contrary to the other MSS . that I have examined . 3256. - noble . The gold noble of this period was a very beautiful coin . Specimens are ...
... yonge wyf to rage and pleye , 3260 3270 3255. - schynyng . The MS . Harl . reads smylyng , contrary to the other MSS . that I have examined . 3256. - noble . The gold noble of this period was a very beautiful coin . Specimens are ...
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Absolon Adam adoun agayn Allas anon anoon answerde Arcite brother byforn Canterbury Canterbury Tales Chaucer clerk companye Constaunce counseil couthe cowde Crist dede deth doon dore doth doughter doun edition Emelye fader fair fals felawe fynde gentil Goddes goon goth gret grete Harl hath heed heere heih herte hire hond hous housbond knight kyng leet lenger litel loked lond lord lyve maner moche myller noon nought Palamon Piers Ploughman prisoun quod sche ryde saugh sayde sayn schal schapen schortly schulde sette seyde Gamelyn seye seynt sone sorwe soth spak speke sterte tale tale of Gamelyn Thanne thay Thebes ther therfore therto Theseus thing thou schalt thre thurgh thyn toun trewe tyme Tyrwhitt unto Venus watir whan wher whil wight withouten wolde womman woot wyde yeer yonge
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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...