Odd texts of Chaucer's minor poemsChaucer Society, 1880 - 296 pages |
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... flour 56 Ful - filled of al vertue / and honour 57 and euere ilyke faire / and fressh of hewe 58§and I love it / and ... flour / how it wol go to reste 53§For fere of nyght / so hateth she derknesse 60 §This dayeseye of alle flouris ...
... flour 56 Ful - filled of al vertue / and honour 57 and euere ilyke faire / and fressh of hewe 58§and I love it / and ... flour / how it wol go to reste 53§For fere of nyght / so hateth she derknesse 60 §This dayeseye of alle flouris ...
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... 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 neuer nothire I not ho seruyth lef ne who the flour That nys nothyng 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 neuer nothire I not ho seruyth lef ne who the flour That nys nothyng the ...
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... flour / to preyse a - ryght Fx . lines . 64 * But helpeth ye / that han konnyng and myght ' 68 * Ye lovers / that kañ make of Sentment * In this case / ogħt ye be diligent * To forthren me / somwhat in my labour * Whethir ye beñ with ...
... flour / to preyse a - ryght Fx . lines . 64 * But helpeth ye / that han konnyng and myght ' 68 * Ye lovers / that kañ make of Sentment * In this case / ogħt ye be diligent * To forthren me / somwhat in my labour * Whethir ye beñ with ...
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... flour & gon to reste 198§ ffor derknese of the nyht of which sche dradde 199 Hom to myn hous ful swiftly I me spadde And in a lytyl erber that I haue I - benchede newe with turwis frorsche 2I - grawe I bad 3 men schulde me myn couche ...
... flour & gon to reste 198§ ffor derknese of the nyht of which sche dradde 199 Hom to myn hous ful swiftly I me spadde And in a lytyl erber that I haue I - benchede newe with turwis frorsche 2I - grawe I bad 3 men schulde me myn couche ...
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... flour / so yong / so fressh 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 * With dredful hert / and glad ...
... flour / so yong / so fressh 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 * With dredful hert / and glad ...
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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 euere 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 neuer neuyr nought PARLAMENT OF FOULES PEPYS peyne pite quene quod quoth rede Riht ryght saugh sche seide seyde seyn shal shuld sith slepe sone sonne sorow sorwe soth speke sustre swete Thanne ther therfore 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 þer
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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.