Odd texts of Chaucer's minor poemsChaucer Society, 1880 - 296 pages |
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... Thyn errour thowgħ thow tell it not to me But drede the not to cumme into thys place ffor thys writynge is no thynge ment by the Ne by none / but he luffis seruaunt be ffor thow of love hast lost thy tast I gesse As a sikman hath of ...
... Thyn errour thowgħ thow tell it not to me But drede the not to cumme into thys place ffor thys writynge is no thynge ment by the Ne by none / but he luffis seruaunt be ffor thow of love hast lost thy tast I gesse As a sikman hath of ...
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... thyn meknesse al a - doun Hyde Ionathas al thyn frendely manere Penolope & Marcia catoun Mak of 30ure wyfhod no comparisoun Hyde 3e 30ure beuteis Ysoude & Elene §Alceste is here that al that may destene Fx . li . 249 250 Gg . li . 203 ...
... thyn meknesse al a - doun Hyde Ionathas al thyn frendely manere Penolope & Marcia catoun Mak of 30ure wyfhod no comparisoun Hyde 3e 30ure beuteis Ysoude & Elene §Alceste is here that al that may destene Fx . li . 249 250 Gg . li . 203 ...
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... thyn translacyoun 324 And lettist folk to han deuocyoun To seruyn me & haldist it folye 3228 248 325 326 252 3278 328 §To troste on me thow mayst it nat denye ffor in pleyn tixt it nedyth nat to glose Thow hast translatid the romauns of ...
... thyn translacyoun 324 And lettist folk to han deuocyoun To seruyn me & haldist it folye 3228 248 325 326 252 3278 328 §To troste on me thow mayst it nat denye ffor in pleyn tixt it nedyth nat to glose Thow hast translatid the romauns of ...
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... what matere he take 365§ * Therfore he wrot the rose & ek 4 Crisseyde [ * i corr . ] * Of innocence & nyste what he seyde * * 344 Gg . lines . * Of thyn answere / avise 48 PROLOGUE TO THE LEGENDE . CAMBR . MS Gg . 4. 27 .
... what matere he take 365§ * Therfore he wrot the rose & ek 4 Crisseyde [ * i corr . ] * Of innocence & nyste what he seyde * * 344 Gg . lines . * Of thyn answere / avise 48 PROLOGUE TO THE LEGENDE . CAMBR . MS Gg . 4. 27 .
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Geoffrey Chaucer Frederick James Furnivall. Gg . lines . * Of thyn answere / avise the rygħt weel 314§For thogh thou reneyed / hast my lay 315§ As other wrecches hañ doon / many a day 313§By seynt Venus / that my moder ys 316§If that ...
Geoffrey Chaucer Frederick James Furnivall. Gg . lines . * Of thyn answere / avise the rygħt weel 314§For thogh thou reneyed / hast my lay 315§ As other wrecches hañ doon / many a day 313§By seynt Venus / that my moder ys 316§If that ...
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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.