The Canterbury tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: a new text with illustrative notes, Volume 2Percy Society, 1847 |
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... sayn : " I schal , frend , for thy sake , Don strike the out of oure lettres blake ; The thar no more as in this cas travayle ; I am thy frend ther I the may avayle . " Certeynly he knew of bribours mo Than possible is to telle in yeres ...
... sayn : " I schal , frend , for thy sake , Don strike the out of oure lettres blake ; The thar no more as in this cas travayle ; I am thy frend ther I the may avayle . " Certeynly he knew of bribours mo Than possible is to telle in yeres ...
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... Sayn that he was a sompnour , for the name . 66 De par dieux ! " quod the yeman , " lieve brother , Thou art a bayly , and I am another . I am unknowen , as in this contré ; Of thin acqueintance I wol praye the , And eek of brotherheed ...
... Sayn that he was a sompnour , for the name . 66 De par dieux ! " quod the yeman , " lieve brother , Thou art a bayly , and I am another . I am unknowen , as in this contré ; Of thin acqueintance I wol praye the , And eek of brotherheed ...
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... sayn . Ther have I taught hem to be charitable , And spend her good ther it is resonable ; And ther I seigh our dame , wher is she ? ” " Yond in the yerd I trowe that sche be , " 66 7360 7370 7380 Sayde this man , and sche wil come ...
... sayn . Ther have I taught hem to be charitable , And spend her good ther it is resonable ; And ther I seigh our dame , wher is she ? ” " Yond in the yerd I trowe that sche be , " 66 7360 7370 7380 Sayde this man , and sche wil come ...
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... sayn , er that half an hour After his deth , I seigh him born to blisse In myn avysioun , so God me wisse . So did our sextein , and our fermerere , That han ben trewe freres fifty yere ; Thay may now , God be thanked of his lone ...
... sayn , er that half an hour After his deth , I seigh him born to blisse In myn avysioun , so God me wisse . So did our sextein , and our fermerere , That han ben trewe freres fifty yere ; Thay may now , God be thanked of his lone ...
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... sayn the Psalm of David , Lo , boef thay say , Cor meum eructavit . Who folwith Cristes gospel and his lore But we , that humble ben , and chast , and pore , Workers of Goddes word , not auditours ? Therfor right as an hauk upon a sours ...
... sayn the Psalm of David , Lo , boef thay say , Cor meum eructavit . Who folwith Cristes gospel and his lore But we , that humble ben , and chast , and pore , Workers of Goddes word , not auditours ? Therfor right as an hauk upon a sours ...
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