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Page 138
But schortly for to speken of this thing , Som drope of pitee , thurgh youre
gentilnesse , With Creon , which that was of Thebes kyng , Uppon us wrecchede
wommen lat thou falle . He faught , and slough him manly as a knight For certus ,
lord ...
But schortly for to speken of this thing , Som drope of pitee , thurgh youre
gentilnesse , With Creon , which that was of Thebes kyng , Uppon us wrecchede
wommen lat thou falle . He faught , and slough him manly as a knight For certus ,
lord ...
Page 139
For with the rose colour strof hire hewe , 1040 But I was hurt right now thurgh myn
yhe I not which was the fyner of hem twoInto myn herte , that wol my bane be . Er
it was day , as sche was wont to do , The fairnesse of the lady that I see 1100 ...
For with the rose colour strof hire hewe , 1040 But I was hurt right now thurgh myn
yhe I not which was the fyner of hem twoInto myn herte , that wol my bane be . Er
it was day , as sche was wont to do , The fairnesse of the lady that I see 1100 ...
Page 141
A dronke man wot wel he hath an hous , But I moste be in prisoun thurgh Saturne
, 1330 But he not nat which the righte wey is thider , And eek thorugh Juno ,
jalous and eke wood , And to a dronke man the wey is slider , That hath
destruyed ...
A dronke man wot wel he hath an hous , But I moste be in prisoun thurgh Saturne
, 1330 But he not nat which the righte wey is thider , And eek thorugh Juno ,
jalous and eke wood , And to a dronke man the wey is slider , That hath
destruyed ...
Page 143
Into the grove ful lustily he sterte , And with that word he fel doun in a traunce And
in a pathe he romed up and doun , A longe tyme ; and aftirward upsterte Ther by
aventure this Palamoun This Palamon , that thoughte thurgh his herte Was in a ...
Into the grove ful lustily he sterte , And with that word he fel doun in a traunce And
in a pathe he romed up and doun , A longe tyme ; and aftirward upsterte Ther by
aventure this Palamoun This Palamon , that thoughte thurgh his herte Was in a ...
Page 149
Whan kynled was the fyre , with pitous cheere And if ye wol nat so , my lady
sweete , Unto Dyan sche spak , as ye may heere . Than pray I the , to morwe with
a spere “ O chaste goddes of the woodes greene , That Ārcita me thurgh the herte
...
Whan kynled was the fyre , with pitous cheere And if ye wol nat so , my lady
sweete , Unto Dyan sche spak , as ye may heere . Than pray I the , to morwe with
a spere “ O chaste goddes of the woodes greene , That Ārcita me thurgh the herte
...
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| Title | The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer Issue 25 of Universal library |
| Author | Geoffrey Chaucer |
| Editor | Thomas Wright |
| Illustrated by | Thomas Wright |
| Publisher | N. Cooke, 1853 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 27 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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