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... ffor both I had thyng which I nold And eke I ne had that thynge that I wold ( 14 ) ¶ But finally my spirite at the last ffor - wery of my labour aH that day To rest / that made me slepe wondre fast And in my slepe I met as that I lay ...
... ffor both I had thyng which I nold And eke I ne had that thynge that I wold ( 14 ) ¶ But finally my spirite at the last ffor - wery of my labour aH that day To rest / that made me slepe wondre fast And in my slepe I met as that I lay ...
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... ffor with that one / ay encresyd my fere And with that other / be - gan myñ hert bolde That one me hette / that othyr me colde Noo witt had I / for errour for to chese To entre / or fleen / or me to saue / or lese / 144 147 ( 22 ) ¶ ffor ...
... ffor with that one / ay encresyd my fere And with that other / be - gan myñ hert bolde That one me hette / that othyr me colde Noo witt had I / for errour for to chese To entre / or fleen / or me to saue / or lese / 144 147 ( 22 ) ¶ ffor ...
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... ffor thys was on saynt Volantinys day Whan euery byrd cummyth there to chese hys make Of euery kynd that men thynk may And that so huge a noyse gan they make 312 That erthe and see / tree / and euery lake So full was that vnethe was ...
... ffor thys was on saynt Volantinys day Whan euery byrd cummyth there to chese hys make Of euery kynd that men thynk may And that so huge a noyse gan they make 312 That erthe and see / tree / and euery lake So full was that vnethe was ...
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... ffor by asay there may no man it preue But goddis forbode / but men schulde leue 10 Wel more thyng / than men han seyn with eye Men schal nat wenyn / euery thyng alye Sffor that he say it nat of 3ore a - go §God wot a thyng is neuere ...
... ffor by asay there may no man it preue But goddis forbode / but men schulde leue 10 Wel more thyng / than men han seyn with eye Men schal nat wenyn / euery thyng alye Sffor that he say it nat of 3ore a - go §God wot a thyng is neuere ...
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... ffor trustyth wel I ne haue nat vndyr - take * As of the lef a - gayn the flour to make §Ne of the flour to make a - geyn the lef No more than of the corn a - gen the shef ffor as to me is lefere non ne lothere I am witholde zit with ...
... ffor trustyth wel I ne haue nat vndyr - take * As of the lef a - gayn the flour to make §Ne of the flour to make a - geyn the lef No more than of the corn a - gen the shef ffor as to me is lefere non ne lothere I am witholde zit with ...
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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 þat
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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.