The Canterbury tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: a new text with illustrative notes, Volume 2Percy Society, 1847 |
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... drede , And tak a wyf , for hihe Goddes sake : For if it so bifel , as God forbede , 8000 That thurgh your deth your lignage schuld aslake , And that a straunge successour schuld take Your heritage , o ! wo were us on lyve : Wherfor we ...
... drede , And tak a wyf , for hihe Goddes sake : For if it so bifel , as God forbede , 8000 That thurgh your deth your lignage schuld aslake , And that a straunge successour schuld take Your heritage , o ! wo were us on lyve : Wherfor we ...
Page 53
... drede , Sche sayde : " Lord , undigne and unworthy I am , to thilk honour that ye me bede ; But as ye wil your self , right so wol I : And here I swere , that never wityngly In werk , ne thought , I nyl yow disobeye 8230 For to the deed ...
... drede , Sche sayde : " Lord , undigne and unworthy I am , to thilk honour that ye me bede ; But as ye wil your self , right so wol I : And here I swere , that never wityngly In werk , ne thought , I nyl yow disobeye 8230 For to the deed ...
Page 58
... drede for to lese , save oonly ye : This wil is in myn hert , and ay schal be , No length of tyme or deth may this deface , Ne chaunge my corrage to other place . " Glad was this marquis for hir answeryng , But yit he feyned as he were ...
... drede for to lese , save oonly ye : This wil is in myn hert , and ay schal be , No length of tyme or deth may this deface , Ne chaunge my corrage to other place . " Glad was this marquis for hir answeryng , But yit he feyned as he were ...
Page 63
... drede . Wel ought I of such murmur taken heede , For certeynly I drede such sentence , Though thay not pleynly speke in my audience . " I wolde lyve in pees , if that I might : Wherfor I am disposid outrely , As I his suster servede by ...
... drede . Wel ought I of such murmur taken heede , For certeynly I drede such sentence , Though thay not pleynly speke in my audience . " I wolde lyve in pees , if that I might : Wherfor I am disposid outrely , As I his suster servede by ...
Page 69
... lyf ther wil I lede , A widow clene in body , hert , and al . For sith I gaf to yow my maydenhede , And am your trewe wyf , it is no drede , 8690 -8700 8710 God schilde such a lordes wyf to take Another man THE CLERKES TALE . 69.
... lyf ther wil I lede , A widow clene in body , hert , and al . For sith I gaf to yow my maydenhede , And am your trewe wyf , it is no drede , 8690 -8700 8710 God schilde such a lordes wyf to take Another man THE CLERKES TALE . 69.
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