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... žer of or he sterve And graunt that he may it ful deserve Loo wyth suche conclusion ) As hadd of his vision ) 104 Cresus that was kynge of lyde That he vpon gebot dyede1 [ 1 MS . dye , with curl for d . ] 108 This prayer shall he have ...
... žer of or he sterve And graunt that he may it ful deserve Loo wyth suche conclusion ) As hadd of his vision ) 104 Cresus that was kynge of lyde That he vpon gebot dyede1 [ 1 MS . dye , with curl for d . ] 108 This prayer shall he have ...
Page 84
... žer was Thus wreten on a table of bras 140 I wold synge now and y cań The armes and also pe mań 144 That first come thurgħ hes desteyne Futyf of troye countree In ytalle wyth full muche pyne Vn to the strondes of lauyne 148 And tho be ...
... žer was Thus wreten on a table of bras 140 I wold synge now and y cań The armes and also pe mań 144 That first come thurgħ hes desteyne Futyf of troye countree In ytalle wyth full muche pyne Vn to the strondes of lauyne 148 And tho be ...
Page 97
... žer abowte I dar pe wel put ful out of dowte To make of pe yet a sterre But or I bere the muche ferre 600 I will the tell what I am And whyper thow shalt and why I cam To do this so pat thow take Gode hert and not be for fere quake 604 ...
... žer abowte I dar pe wel put ful out of dowte To make of pe yet a sterre But or I bere the muche ferre 600 I will the tell what I am And whyper thow shalt and why I cam To do this so pat thow take Gode hert and not be for fere quake 604 ...
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... žer fro 892 And I a down to loken tho [ p . 102 , col . 2 ] 896 And beheld feldes and pleynes And now hilles and now mounteynes No valeys now forestes And now vnneth grete bestes 900 No riuers now grete Citees No townes now grete trees ...
... žer fro 892 And I a down to loken tho [ p . 102 , col . 2 ] 896 And beheld feldes and pleynes And now hilles and now mounteynes No valeys now forestes And now vnneth grete bestes 900 No riuers now grete Citees No townes now grete trees ...
Page 108
... žer for I can hem beleve Wyth that the Egle gan to crye lat be quod he thy fantasye 988 992 Wult pou here of sterres ought Nay certegnly quod [ he ] ryght nought And why quod I for I am olde Elles wold I the have told 996 Quoth he ...
... žer for I can hem beleve Wyth that the Egle gan to crye lat be quod he thy fantasye 988 992 Wult pou here of sterres ought Nay certegnly quod [ he ] ryght nought And why quod I for I am olde Elles wold I the have told 996 Quoth he ...
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Allas ANELIDA AND ARCITE beaute BODLEY boke bounte Chaucer's COMPLEYNTE corr dede deeth dere DETHE OF BLAUNCHE Dido drede Eneas erth euery euyr fals ffor flour Forto fynde gode grace grene grete hath haue hede herd hert hire HOUSE OF FAME Iasone koude kynde kyng lady leaf LEGEND loue lyff maner mede mercy myght myħt myn herte mynde neuer neuyr nought PARLAMENT OF FOULES PEPYS peyne pite quene quod quoth rede ryght saugh sche seide seyde seyn shal shuld sith slepe sone sonne sorow sorwe soth speke sustre swete Thanne ther therfore Theseus thou thow thyn thynge toke trewe trouthe tyme vnto vpon wele whan whanne wheche wolde wole WOMEN wote wyff wyse wyst wyth wytte yiff žat
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Page 33 - And somme songen clere Layes of love, that joye it was to here, 140 In worship and in preysinge of hir make; And for the newe blisful somers sake, Upon the braunches ful of blosmes softe, In hire delyt they turned hem ful ofte, And songen, "Blessed be Seynt Valentyn, For on this day I chees yow to be myn, 146 Withouten repentyng, myn herte swete!
Page 35 - Hire swoote breth, and made hem for to sprede, As god and goddesse of the floury mede; In...
Page 108 - I leve as wel, so God me spede, Hem that write of this matere, As though I knew her places here; And eke they shynen here so bryghte, 1015 Hyt shulde shenden al my syghte, To loke on hem.
Page 27 - And evere shal, til that myn herte dye. Al swere I nat, of this I wol nat lye; Ther loved no wight hotter in his lyve.
Page 31 - ... of hewe 104 *Constreyned me / with so gledy desire *That in myn herte / I feele yet the fire *That made me to ryse / er yt wer day 89 § And was now / the firste morwe of May 108 *With...
Page 227 - He farde thus evil! there he sete, I went and stood right at his fete, And grette him, but he spake nought, But argued with his owne thought, And in his wit disputed fast, Why, and how his life might last, Him thought his sorrowes were so smart, And lay so cold upon his herte.
Page 29 - And am ful glad yf I may fynde an ere Of any goodly word that ye han left.
Page 52 - Sin I fro Love escaped am so fat, I never thenk to ben in his prison lene ; Sin I am free, I counte him not a bene.
Page 213 - For this conclusionrc [mlfinuht] 6. (AD 1369) FEOM BODLEY MS. 638. [In Note 1, p. 34, of my Trial- Forewords, I said, — relying on the examination of the two MSS. by a Chaucer-friend— that this Bodley 638 was copied from the Fairfax 16. Further comparison of the two MSS. has led me to doubt this as regards Chaucer's Blaunche. Compare these differences : — F. to fore, 190; swete hert, 206 ; Ful, 324; fille, 374; B.