Odd texts of Chaucer's minor poemsChaucer Society, 1880 - 296 pages |
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Page 100
... Quoth he ne helpe me god as wysse Quod I no why quoth he for it Were impossible to my wytt Though fame hadd alle pe pites In alle a rewame and al aspies How þat yet he shuld here alle this Or they aspyen it O this is yis Quoth he to me ...
... Quoth he ne helpe me god as wysse Quod I no why quoth he for it Were impossible to my wytt Though fame hadd alle pe pites In alle a rewame and al aspies How þat yet he shuld here alle this Or they aspyen it O this is yis Quoth he to me ...
Page 104
... Quoth I and like to be A goode persuacoñ Right so as pou hast proved me Be god quod he and as I leve Thow shalt have yet or it is eve Of euery word of this sentence And prove by experience 872 876 THE HOUSE OF FAME . PEPYS 2006 . 105 ...
... Quoth I and like to be A goode persuacoñ Right so as pou hast proved me Be god quod he and as I leve Thow shalt have yet or it is eve Of euery word of this sentence And prove by experience 872 876 THE HOUSE OF FAME . PEPYS 2006 . 105 ...
Page 105
... pat he speke to me as yerne And seide seyst þou eny token Or ought thow knowest yonder down I seide ney ne wondre nys Quoth he for neuer half so hye as this 912 106 THE HOUSE OF FAME . PEPYS 2006 . Nas PEPYS PAR . - TEXT 205.
... pat he speke to me as yerne And seide seyst þou eny token Or ought thow knowest yonder down I seide ney ne wondre nys Quoth he for neuer half so hye as this 912 106 THE HOUSE OF FAME . PEPYS 2006 . Nas PEPYS PAR . - TEXT 205.
Page 106
... quoth he cast vp thyn ye Se yondre lo the Galaxie The wheche men clep pe mylky wey For it is whyt and some parfay Callen it Watlynge strete That onis was brent wyth hete Whenn þe sonnes son þe rede That hight pheton wald lede Algate his ...
... quoth he cast vp thyn ye Se yondre lo the Galaxie The wheche men clep pe mylky wey For it is whyt and some parfay Callen it Watlynge strete That onis was brent wyth hete Whenn þe sonnes son þe rede That hight pheton wald lede Algate his ...
Page 108
... Quoth he sterres names lo And alle pe hevens signes to And wheche they be no fors quod I. Yis pardee quod he wost pou why 1000 Whenn thow redest poetrie How the goddes can stellifie Brid fissh or hym or here As the Raven and other Or ...
... Quoth he sterres names lo And alle pe hevens signes to And wheche they be no fors quod I. Yis pardee quod he wost pou why 1000 Whenn thow redest poetrie How the goddes can stellifie Brid fissh or hym or here As the Raven and other Or ...
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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.