 I kan right now no thrifty tale seyn That Chaucer, thogh he kan but lewedly On metres and on rymyng craftily, Hath seyd hem in swich Englissh as he kan Of olde tyme, as knoweth many a man; SO And if he have noght seyd hem, leve brother, In o book, he...  Chaucer: Ackroyd's Brief Lives - Page 156by Peter Ackroyd - 2007 - 208 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1928 - 756 pages
...another wight, He sholde hymselven usen it, by right. 44 Thus wole oure text, but nathelees certeyn I kan right now no thrifty tale seyn That Chaucer,...kan but lewedly On metres and on rymyng craftily, 48 Hath seyd hem in swich Englissh as he kan Of olde tyme, as knoweth many a man. And if he have noght... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1868 - 784 pages
...vsen it by right 44 Thus wole oure text1 but nathelees ccrôeyn I kan right now / no thrifty tale soyn That Chaucer / thogh he kan but lewedly On metres / and on rymyng craftily 48 Hath seyd hem / in swich englissh" / as he kan Of olde tyme / as knoweth many a man And if he haue... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1886 - 288 pages
...our text : but natheles certeyn 45 I can right now no thrifty tale seyn, That Chaucer, though he can but lewedly On metres and on rymyng craftily, Hath seyd hem in such Englisch as he can Of olde tyme, as knoweth many a man. 50 And if he have not sayd hem, leeve... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Authors, Medieval - 1907 - 840 pages
...it by right ; Thus wole oure text ; but natheless certeyn I kan right now no thrifty tale seyn, But Chaucer, thogh he kan but lewedly, On metres and on...craftily, Hath seyd hem, in swich Englissh as he kan, Of olde tyme, as knoweth many a man. 50 " And if he have noght seyd hem, leve brother, In o book, he... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1899 - 848 pages
...it by right ; Thus wole oure text ; but natheless certeyn I kan right now no thrifty tale seyn, But { #L #B Ofolde tyme, as knoweth many a man. 50 And if he have noght seyd hem, leve brother, In o book, he hath... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1904 - 842 pages
...but natheless certeyn I kan right now no thrifty tale seyn, But Chaucer, thogh he kan but leweclly, it so bifalle or happe that a man of gretter myght and strengthe than thou a Of olde tyme, as knoweth many a man. 50 And if he have noght seyd hem, leve brother, In o book, he... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1905 - 344 pages
...by right ; Thus wol oure text, but nathelees certeyn, 45 I kan right now no thrifty tale seyn, But Chaucer, thogh he kan but lewedly, On metres and on...craftily, Hath seyd hem, in swich Englissh as he kan, Of olde tyme, as knoweth many a man. 50 And if he have noght seyd hem, leve brother, In o book, he... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1907 - 536 pages
...by right ; Thus wole oure text, but nathelees certeyn, 45 I kan right now no thrifty tale seyn, But Chaucer, thogh he kan but lewedly, On metres and on...craftily, Hath seyd hem, in swich Englissh as he kan, Of olde tyme, as knoweth many a man. 50 And if he have noght seyd hem, leve brother, In o book, he... | |
 | Eleanor Prescott Hammond - 1908 - 606 pages
...Section III G. 2. From the headiink to the Man of Law's Tale. The Man of Law is speaking. (MS Ellesmere) I kan right now no thrifty tale seyn That Chaucer...craftily Hath seyd hem in swich englissh as he kan Of olde tyme as knoweth many a man And if he haue noght seyd hem leue brother In o book he hath seyd... | |
 | Eleanor Prescott Hammond - 1908 - 608 pages
...Section III G. 2. From the headlink to the Man of Law's Tale. The Man of Law is speaking. (MS Ellesmere) I kan right now no thrifty tale seyn That Chaucer...craftily Hath seyd hem in swich englissh as he kan Of olde tyme as knoweth many a man And if he haue noght seyd hem leue brother In o book he hath seyd... | |
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