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" 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... "
Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ... - Page 24
by Percy Society - 1847
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The prologue, The knightes tale, The nonne prestes tale, ed. by R. Morris

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1869 - 304 pages
...Londone, unto seynte Poules, To seeken him a chaunterie for soules, 510 Or with a bretherhede to ben withholde ; But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his...So that the wolf ne made it not myscarye. He was a schepherde and no mercenarie; And though he holy were, and vertuous, 5 '5 He was to sinful man nought...
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The prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury tales, ed. by W. McLeod, Issue 229

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1871 - 134 pages
...with a bretherhede to ben withholde ; But dwelte at boom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolfe ne made it not myscarye. He was a schepperde and no...mercenarie; And though he holy were, and vertuous, 515 He was to senful man nought dispitous, Ne of his speche daungerous ne digne, But in his teching...
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Der Prolog zu den Canterbury Tales versuch einer kritischen Ausgabe

Geoffrey Chaucer, Bernhard ten Brink - 1871 - 48 pages
...London unto seinte Poules. To seeken hym a chaunterie for soules, 510 Or with a breetherheed to been withholde; But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolf ne made it nat myscarie. He was a shepherde and no mercenarie. And though he hooly were, and vertuous, 515 He...
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Prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales with Explanatory Notes, a Glossary ...

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1871 - 168 pages
...Londone, unto seynte Poules, To seeken him a chaunterie for soules, 510 Or with a bretherhede to ben withholde ; But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolfe ne made it not myscaiyo. lie was a scliepperde and no mercenarie ; And though he holy were, and...
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English of the XIVth Century

Geoffrey Chaucer, Stephen Haskins Carpenter - English language - 1872 - 342 pages
...Londone, unto seynte Poules, To seeken him a chaunterie for soules, 510 Or with a bretherhede to ben withholde ; But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his...So that the wolf ne made it not myscarye. He was a schepherde and no mercenarie ; And though he holy were, and vertuous, 515 He was to sinful man nought...
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English of the XIVth Century: Illustrated by Notes, Grammatical and ...

Stephen Haskins Carpenter - 1872 - 344 pages
...encombrcd in the myrc, And ran to Londone. unto seynte Ponies, To seeken him a channterie for soules, 510 But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolf ne made it not myscarye. He was a schepherde and no mercenarie; And though he holy were, and vertuous, S>S He was to sinful man nought...
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Ember Hours

William Edward Heygate - Christian life - 1873 - 182 pages
...ran to Londone, unto seynte Poules, To seeken him a chaunterie for soules, Or with a brethurhede be withholde ; But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolfe ne made it not myscarye. He was a schepperde and no mercenarie ; And though he holy were, and...
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An Introduction to the Study of Chaucer

Alexander Monfries - 1875 - 152 pages
...to Londone, unto seynte Poules, To seeken him a chaunterie for soules, 510 Or with a brethurhede be withholde ; But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his...mercenarie ; And though he holy were, and vertuous, 515 He was to senful man nought dispitous, Ne of his speche daungerous ne digne, But in his teching...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed ..., Volume 4; Volume 80

Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 pages
...seken him a chaunterie for goules, 610 Or with a bretherhede to be withholde ; But dwelte at home, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolf ne made it not myscarye. He was a shepherde and no mercenarie ; And though he holy were, and vertuous, He was to senful man nought dispitous,...
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Chaucer to Burns

Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 840 pages
...dwelt at home, and kepte wel his fold, So that the wolf ne made it not miscarie. He was a shepherd, Who will believe my verse in time to come, If it were HUM with you sinful men not dispitous, Ne of his speche dangerous ne di^ne,* But in his teching discrete and benigne....
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