Odd texts of Chaucer's minor poemsChaucer Society, 1880 - 296 pages |
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... seyde / or founde it writeñ 8 9 for by assay / ther may no mañ it preve 10 But god forbede / but meñ shulde leve 11 Wel more thing / then men han seen with eye 12 Men shal not wenen / euery thing a lye 13§ But yf him - selfe yt seeth ...
... seyde / or founde it writeñ 8 9 for by assay / ther may no mañ it preve 10 But god forbede / but meñ shulde leve 11 Wel more thing / then men han seen with eye 12 Men shal not wenen / euery thing a lye 13§ But yf him - selfe yt seeth ...
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... seyde erst whan comyn is the may That in myn bed there dawith me no day That I ne am vp & walkynge in the mede To sen these flouris a - gen the sunne to sprede §Whan it vp ryseth be the morwe schene * The longe day thus walkynge in the ...
... seyde erst whan comyn is the may That in myn bed there dawith me no day That I ne am vp & walkynge in the mede To sen these flouris a - gen the sunne to sprede §Whan it vp ryseth be the morwe schene * The longe day thus walkynge in the ...
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... seyde erst / whanne comeñ is the May 46 That in my bed / ther daweth me no day 47 That I nam vppe / and walkyng in the mede 48 To seen this floure / ayein the sonne sprede 49§ Whañ it vprysith / erly by the morwe * That blisful sight ...
... seyde erst / whanne comeñ is the May 46 That in my bed / ther daweth me no day 47 That I nam vppe / and walkyng in the mede 48 To seen this floure / ayein the sonne sprede 49§ Whañ it vprysith / erly by the morwe * That blisful sight ...
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... seyde / erst by my lady free * For certeynly al thise mowe nat suffise * To apperen wyth my lady / in no wyse * For as the sonne / wole the fire disteyne * So passeth al / my lady souereyne 179§ That ys so good / so faire / so debonayre ...
... seyde / erst by my lady free * For certeynly al thise mowe nat suffise * To apperen wyth my lady / in no wyse * For as the sonne / wole the fire disteyne * So passeth al / my lady souereyne 179§ That ys so good / so faire / so debonayre ...
Page 42
... loue on me his eye caste 310 236 311 And seyde ho restith there & I answerde Vn to his axsynge whan that I hym herde 312 313 Gg . lines . 181 For nadde comfort / ben 42 PROLOGUE TO THE LEGENDE . CAMBR . MS Gg . 4. 27 .
... loue on me his eye caste 310 236 311 And seyde ho restith there & I answerde Vn to his axsynge whan that I hym herde 312 313 Gg . lines . 181 For nadde comfort / ben 42 PROLOGUE TO THE LEGENDE . CAMBR . MS Gg . 4. 27 .
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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.