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... wele whedyr I flete or synk ( 2 ) For all be that I know not love in dede 4 7 Ne wote how that he qwytyth folk hyr hyre 3it happyth me full ofte in boke rede Of hys miraclys and hys cruett ire 11 There rede I well that he wyll be lord ...
... wele whedyr I flete or synk ( 2 ) For all be that I know not love in dede 4 7 Ne wote how that he qwytyth folk hyr hyre 3it happyth me full ofte in boke rede Of hys miraclys and hys cruett ire 11 There rede I well that he wyll be lord ...
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... wele nat ben euele a - payed § Sithe it is seyd in fortheryng & honour §Of hem that 3 eythir seruyn lef or flour * 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 ...
... wele nat ben euele a - payed § Sithe it is seyd in fortheryng & honour §Of hem that 3 eythir seruyn lef or flour * 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 ...
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... wele deuyse * And some were brend & some were cut the hals * And some dreynkt for thy woldyn not be fals * ffor alle kepid they here maydynhed * Or ellis wedlek or here wedewehed * 292 * * [ pid corr . ] * 296 * And this thing was nat ...
... wele deuyse * And some were brend & some were cut the hals * And some dreynkt for thy woldyn not be fals * ffor alle kepid they here maydynhed * Or ellis wedlek or here wedewehed * 292 * * [ pid corr . ] * 296 * And this thing was nat ...
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... wele be sene 317§Thoo spake this lady / clothed al in grene 318 And seyde / god rygħt of youre curtesye 319 Ye moten herken / yf he can replye 320 Agayns al this / that ye haue to him meved Fx . lines . 335 337 nota . 340 [ leaf 87 ...
... wele be sene 317§Thoo spake this lady / clothed al in grene 318 And seyde / god rygħt of youre curtesye 319 Ye moten herken / yf he can replye 320 Agayns al this / that ye haue to him meved Fx . lines . 335 337 nota . 340 [ leaf 87 ...
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... wele deuyse Of wemen trewe in louynge al here lyue Wher so ze wele of maydyn or of wyue 435 436 437 438 428 439 [ leaf 450 , 7. 18 ] And fortheryn 30w as meche as he mysseyde [ leaf 450 , bk , 7. 17 ] Or in the rose or ellis in ...
... wele deuyse Of wemen trewe in louynge al here lyue Wher so ze wele of maydyn or of wyue 435 436 437 438 428 439 [ leaf 450 , 7. 18 ] And fortheryn 30w as meche as he mysseyde [ leaf 450 , bk , 7. 17 ] Or in the rose or ellis in ...
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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.