 | Sir Sydney Armitage Armitage-Smith - 1905 - 588 pages
...Seinte Maure " or " Seint Beneit " to follow St. Hubert — in his unregenerate days — men who " Yaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters been not holy men." At least, they are to be found among those guilty of forest trespass. One at least was... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley, Clement Calhoun Young - English poetry - 1905 - 726 pages
...streit, This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace, 175 And heeld after the newe world the space. He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith that hunters been nat holy men ; Ne that a monk, whan he is recchelees, Is lykned til a fish that is waterlees ; 180... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1906 - 570 pages
...old and somdel streyt, This ilke monk leet forby hem pace, And helde aftur the newe world the space. He gaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith,...hunters been noon holy men ; Ne that a monk, -whan ho is cloysterles, Is likned to a fissche that is watirles;* This is to seyri, a monk out of his cloystre.... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - English literature - 1906 - 764 pages
...streyt, This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace, 175 And held after the newe world the space. He gaf not of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters been noon holy men ; Ne that a monk, whan he is reccheles Is likned to a fissch that is waterles ; 180 This is to seyn, a monk out of his cloystre.... | |
 | Grace Eleanor Hadow, William Henry Hadow - English literature - 1906 - 376 pages
...streit, This ilke ' monk leet olde thinges pace, And held after the newe world the space 10. He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen ", That seith, that hunters been nat holy men ; Ne that a monk, whan he is cloisterlees, Is lykned til a fish that is waterless ; 180... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1907 - 536 pages
...som-del streit, — This ilke Monk leet olde thynges pace 175 And heeld after the newe world the space. He gaf nat of that text a pulled hen That seith that hunters beth nat hooly men, Ne that a Monk whan he is recchelees Is likned til a fissh that is waterlees ;... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1907 - 338 pages
...streit, This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace, 175 And held 3 after the newe world the space. He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters been* nat holy men; Ne that a monk, whan he is cloisterlees 3, Is likned til a fish that is waterlees; 180... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1907 - 352 pages
...E. semyly,wympul. 160. E., Hn., brooch, rest broche. 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; Ne that a monk whan he is recchelees iso Is likned til a fish that is waterlees; This... | |
 | Edmund Bogg - Richmond (North Yorkshire, England) - 1906 - 452 pages
...adventurers were Thomas and William Cleseby — trained possibly on Chaucer's maxim, then newly current :— "He gaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters been noon holy men." but on the contrary : — " Therefore ha was a pricasous aright ; Greyhoundes he hadde as swifte as... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1910 - 448 pages
...streit, This ilke monk leet olde thynges pace, 175 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; Ne that a monk, whan he is rechelees, Is likned til a fish that is waterlees 180 (This... | |
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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... 
