The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury tales: textClarendon Press, 1894 |
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... heer was by his eres round y - shorn . His top was dokked lyk a preest biforn . Ful longe were his legges , and ful lene , Y - lyk a staf , ther was no calf y - sene . Wel coude he kepe a gerner and a binne ; Ther was noon auditour ...
... heer was by his eres round y - shorn . His top was dokked lyk a preest biforn . Ful longe were his legges , and ful lene , Y - lyk a staf , ther was no calf y - sene . Wel coude he kepe a gerner and a binne ; Ther was noon auditour ...
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... heer as yelow as wex , But smothe it heng , as dooth a strike of flex ; By ounces henge his lokkes that he hadde , And ther - with he his shuldres overspradde ; But thinne it lay , by colpons oon and oon ; But hood , for Iolitee , ne ...
... heer as yelow as wex , But smothe it heng , as dooth a strike of flex ; By ounces henge his lokkes that he hadde , And ther - with he his shuldres overspradde ; But thinne it lay , by colpons oon and oon ; But hood , for Iolitee , ne ...
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... heer was broyded in a tresse , Bihinde hir bak , a yerde long , I gesse . And in the gardin , at the sonne up - riste , She walketh up and doun , and as hir liste She gadereth floures , party whyte and rede , To make a sotil gerland for ...
... heer was broyded in a tresse , Bihinde hir bak , a yerde long , I gesse . And in the gardin , at the sonne up - riste , She walketh up and doun , and as hir liste She gadereth floures , party whyte and rede , To make a sotil gerland for ...
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... heer - biforn , And hast by - iaped here duk Theseus , And falsly chaunged hast thy name thus ; I wol be deed , or elles thou shalt dye . Thou shalt nat love my lady Emelye , But I wol love hir only , and namo ; For I am Palamoun , thy ...
... heer - biforn , And hast by - iaped here duk Theseus , And falsly chaunged hast thy name thus ; I wol be deed , or elles thou shalt dye . Thou shalt nat love my lady Emelye , But I wol love hir only , and namo ; For I am Palamoun , thy ...
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... heer my trouthe , to - morwe I wol nat fayle , With - outen witing of any other wight , That here I wol be founden as a knight , And bringen harneys right y - nough for thee ; 1610 And chees the beste , and leve the worste for me . And ...
... heer my trouthe , to - morwe I wol nat fayle , With - outen witing of any other wight , That here I wol be founden as a knight , And bringen harneys right y - nough for thee ; 1610 And chees the beste , and leve the worste for me . And ...
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Page 1 - The droghte of Marche hath perced to the rote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour, Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes...
Page 3 - With lokkes crulle, as they were leyd in presse. Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene lengthe, And wonderly deliver, and greet of strengthe. And he had been somtyme in chivachye, In Flaundres, in Artoys, and Picardye, And born him wel, as of so litel space, In hope to stonden in his lady grace.
Page 2 - In felawshipe, and pilgrims were they alle, That toward Caunterbury wolden ryde; The chambres and the stables weren wyde, And wel we weren esed atte beste.
Page 3 - 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 10 - He pleyn by rote. He rood but hoomly in a medlee cote Girt with a ceint of silk, with barres smale; Of his array telle I no lenger tale.
Page 281 - And with that word he fley doun fro the beem, For it was day, and eek his hennes alle; And with a chuk he gan hem for to calle, For he had founde a corn, lay in the yerd.
Page 22 - In Southwerk, at this gentil hostelrye, That highte the Tabard, faste by the Belle. But now is tyme to yow for to telle How that we baren us that ilke night, Whan we were in that hostelrye alight. And after wol I telle of our viage, And al the remenaunt of our pilgrimage.
Page 17 - Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, 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 22 - Or ellis he moot telle his tale untrewe, Or feyne thyng, or fynde wordes newe. He may nat spare, althogh he were his brother; He moot as wel seye o word as another. Crist spak...
Page 9 - For him was lever have at his beddes heed Twenty bokes, clad in blak or reed, Of Aristotle and his philosophye, Than robes riche, or fithele, or gay sautrye.