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" Greet chere made our hoste us everichon, And to the soper sette he us anon ; And served us with vitaille at the beste. Strong was the wyn, and wel to drynke us leste. A semely man our hoste was withalle For to been a marshal in an halle ; A large man... "
The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Preestes Tale, from the ... - Page 27
by Geoffrey Chaucer - 1889 - 262 pages
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The Writings of Henry David Thoreau: Excursions and Poems

Henry David Thoreau - Authors, American - 1906 - 474 pages
...Canterbury Tales, was an honor to his profession : — "A semely man our Hoste was, with alle, For to han been a marshal in an halle. A large man he was, with eyen stepe; A fairer burgeis was ther non in Chepe: Bold of his speche, and wise, and well ytaught, And of manhood him lacked...
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Selections from Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1907 - 352 pages
...Strong was the wyn, and wel to drinke us leste. 750 A semely man our hoste was withalle For to han been a marshal in an halle. A large man he was with...speche, and wys, and wel y-taught, 755 And of manhod him lakkede right naught. 734. E., or; HI., ne; rest and. 741. HI., that can. 747. E., cMsre. 752. E.,...
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The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Preestes Tale

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1907 - 348 pages
...Strong was the wyn, and wel to drinke us leste. 750 A semely man our hoste2 was with-alle For to han 6 been a marshal in an halle ; A large man he was with...noon in Chepe : Bold of his speche, and wys, and wel y-taugl>t, 755 And of manhod him lakkede4 right naught. Eek therto he was right a mery man, And after...
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English Poetry (1170-1892)

John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 654 pages
...Strong was the wyn, and wel to drynke us leste.7 750 A semely man oure Hooste was with-alle For to han been a marshal in an halle. A large man he was, with...eyen stepe,* A fairer burgeys was ther noon in Chepe ; • Boold of his speche, and wys and wel y-taught, And of manhod hym lakkede right naught. 756 Eek...
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A Book of English Literature, Selected and Ed

Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 566 pages
...Strong was the wyn, and wel to drinke us leste. 2 750 A semely man our hoste was with-alle For to han been a marshal in an halle; A large man he was with eyen stepe, 3 A fairer burgeys is ther noon in Chepe: Bold of his speche, and wys, and wel y-taught, 75 S And of...
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English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892)

John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 828 pages
...was the wyn, and wel to drynke us lest;?. 13 -750 A semely man oure Hoos! c was with-alle For to han it heeded not: 40 Like a high-born maiden In a palace tower, Soo 11 A fairer burgeys was ther noon in Chepe; 15 1 best of all s polish, smooth 3 was called 4 journey...
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Chief British Poets of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: Selected Poems

William Allan Neilson, Kenneth Grant Tremayne Webster - English poetry - 1916 - 470 pages
...Strong was the wyn, and wel to driuke ш leste.12 7So A semely man onr hoste was with-alle For to han been a marshal in an halle; A large man he was with eyen etepe,u A fairer burgeys is ther noon in Cnepe:14 Bold of his speobe, and wys, and wel Y-taujrht, And...
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A Book of English Literature, Volume 1

Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 468 pages
...Strong was the wyn, and wel to drinke us leste.2 750 A semely man our hoste was with-alle For to han been a marshal in an halle; A large man he was with eyen stepe,3 A fairer burgeys is ther noon in Chepe: Bold of his speche, and wys, and wel y-taught, 7ss...
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English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892).

English poetry - 1916 - 792 pages
...Strong was the wyn, and wel to drynke us leste.u 750 A semely man oure Hooste was with-alle For to nan came aboa - stepe,14 A fairer burgeys was ther noon in Chepe ; l5 1 best of all 2 polish, smooth 3 was called 4...
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Readings in English Literature

Roy Bennett Pace - English literature - 1917 - 536 pages
...respects fitted to be a marshal of a hall. A large man he was with eyen stepe, A fairer burgeys is ther noon in Chepe : Bold of his speche, and wys, and wel y-taught, And of manhod him lakkede right naught. Eek therto he was right a mery man, 255 And after soper pleyen...
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