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... honour and of worthynesse ' ( i.e. the Court at Windsor ) , a humorous poem which ended with the serious request ' mynde thy frend ther it may fructifye , ' and it was possibly at Scogan's request that Richard II . came to Chaucer's ...
... honour and of worthynesse ' ( i.e. the Court at Windsor ) , a humorous poem which ended with the serious request ' mynde thy frend ther it may fructifye , ' and it was possibly at Scogan's request that Richard II . came to Chaucer's ...
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... honour in this edition partly out of deference to a time - honoured precedent , which might fairly claim some weight even against the chronological arrangement which commends itself to modern scholarship , but partly also because their ...
... honour in this edition partly out of deference to a time - honoured precedent , which might fairly claim some weight even against the chronological arrangement which commends itself to modern scholarship , but partly also because their ...
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... honour , fredom and curteisie . Ful worthy was he in his lordės werre , And therto hadde he riden , no man ferre , As wel in cristendom as in hethenesse , And ever honoured for his worthynesse . 50 23. was for were , H6 . E At ...
... honour , fredom and curteisie . Ful worthy was he in his lordės werre , And therto hadde he riden , no man ferre , As wel in cristendom as in hethenesse , And ever honoured for his worthynesse . 50 23. was for were , H6 . E At ...
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... honour , that thus compleyne and crye ? Or who hath yow mysboden or offended ? And telleth me if it may been amended , And why that ye been clothed thus in blak ? ' 911 The eldeste lady of hem alle spak Whan she hadde swowned with a ...
... honour , that thus compleyne and crye ? Or who hath yow mysboden or offended ? And telleth me if it may been amended , And why that ye been clothed thus in blak ? ' 911 The eldeste lady of hem alle spak Whan she hadde swowned with a ...
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... honour That Theseus , the noble conquerour , Dooth to the ladyes whan they from hym wente ; But shortly for to telle is myn entente . Whan that this worthy duc , this Theseus , 1001 Hath Creon slayn , and wonnė Thebės thus , Stille in ...
... honour That Theseus , the noble conquerour , Dooth to the ladyes whan they from hym wente ; But shortly for to telle is myn entente . Whan that this worthy duc , this Theseus , 1001 Hath Creon slayn , and wonnė Thebės thus , Stille in ...
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agayn Allas alwey anon awey biforn certes certeyn Chaucer comen cometh conseil Criseyde Crist dede deeth degre deth dide doon dooth doun drede dryve entente forto greet gret grete hath heere herd herte hevene hire honde hous joye kepe koude kyng lady leve litel lord lyve maken manere mede moore myghte never noght noon nyght ofte oonly oother Pandarus peple peyne preye quod sche rede resoun ryght saugh seide Seint seith sette seyde seye seyn shal shalt sholde shul sith sone sonne sorwe soth sovereyn speke swich synne tale thanne thee ther therfore Theseus thilke thing thise thoght thou thow thurgh thyn thyng trewe Troilus trouthe tyme unto verray werkes whan whanne wight withouten wolde wole womman woot wordės yeve
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Page 1 - Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote The droghte of Marche hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour. Of which vertu engendred is the flour...
Page 7 - That to the offrynge bifore hire sholde goon; And if ther dide, certeyn so wrooth was she, That she was out of alle charitee. Hir coverchiefs ful fyne weren of ground; I dorste swere they weyeden ten pound That on a Sonday weren upon hir heed.
Page 140 - But ye that holden this tale a folye, As of a fox, or of a cok and hen, Taketh the moralite, goode men.
Page 151 - This olde man gan loke in his visage, And seyde thus, "for I ne can nat finde A man, though that I walked in-to Inde, Neither in citee nor in no village, That wolde chaunge his youthe for myn age; And therfore moot I han myn age stille, As longe time as it is goddes wille.
Page 5 - A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also 285 That unto logyk hadde longe ygo. As leene was his hors as is a rake, And he nas nat right fat, I undertake, But looked holwe, and therto sobrely.
Page 25 - But this is yet the beste game of alle, That she, for whom they han this jolitee, Kan hem ther-fore as muche thank as me. She woot namoore of al this hoote fare, By God, than woot a cokkow or an hare.
Page 119 - Tragedie is to seyn, a certeyn storie, As olde bookes maken us memorie, Of hym that stood in greet prosperitee And is yfallen out of heigh degree Into myserie, and endeth wrecchedly, And they ben versified communely Of six feet, which men clepen exametron.
Page 3 - After the scole of Stratford atte Bowe, For Frensh of Paris was to hir unknowe. At mete wel y-taught was she with-alle ; She leet no morsel from hir lippes falle, Ne wette hir fingres in hir sauce depe.
Page 8 - But it were any persone obstinat, What so he were, of heigh or lough estat, Hym wolde he snybben sharply for the nonys.
Page 15 - Till it fil ones, in a morwe of May, That Emelye, that fairer was to sene Than is the lylie upon his stalke grene, And fressher than the May with floures newe, — For with the rose colour stroof hire hewe, I noot which was the fyner of hem two, — Er it were day, as was hir wone to do, She was arisen and al redy dight...