The poetical works of Geoffrey Chaucer. To which are appended poems attr. to Chaucer. Ed. by A. Gilman, Volume 11880 |
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... wolde he have a ferthyng er he wente . His purchas 2 was wel bettre than his rente , And rage he koude as it were right a whelpe ; In love dayes ther koude he muchel helpe , For there he was nat lyk a cloystrer With a thredbare cope ...
... wolde he have a ferthyng er he wente . His purchas 2 was wel bettre than his rente , And rage he koude as it were right a whelpe ; In love dayes ther koude he muchel helpe , For there he was nat lyk a cloystrer With a thredbare cope ...
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... wolde he lerne and gladly teche . 3 A SERGEANT OF THE LAWE , war and wys , That often hadde been at the Parvys , Ther was also ful riche of excellence . 310 Discreet he was and of greet reverence ; He semed swich , hise wordes weren so ...
... wolde he lerne and gladly teche . 3 A SERGEANT OF THE LAWE , war and wys , That often hadde been at the Parvys , Ther was also ful riche of excellence . 310 Discreet he was and of greet reverence ; He semed swich , hise wordes weren so ...
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... wolde it wel assente ; And elles certeyn were they to blame . It is ful fair to been ycleped Madame , And goon to vigilies al bifore , And have a mantel roialliche ybore . 11 A Cook they hadde with hem for the nones To boille the ...
... wolde it wel assente ; And elles certeyn were they to blame . It is ful fair to been ycleped Madame , And goon to vigilies al bifore , And have a mantel roialliche ybore . 11 A Cook they hadde with hem for the nones To boille the ...
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... wolde preche , 1 Besides . 5 Customs . 480 2 Now . 8 Knew . 4 Gap - toothed ( ? ) . Cf. 1. 10,645 . Persona ecclesia , the church's representative . Hise parisshens devoutly wolde he teche . Benygne he was.
... wolde preche , 1 Besides . 5 Customs . 480 2 Now . 8 Knew . 4 Gap - toothed ( ? ) . Cf. 1. 10,645 . Persona ecclesia , the church's representative . Hise parisshens devoutly wolde he teche . Benygne he was.
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... wolde he geven , out of doute , Un - to his povre parisshens aboute , Of his offryng and eek of his substaunce . He koude in litel thyng have suffisaunce . Wyd was his parisshe , and houses fer a - sonder , But he ne lafte nat for reyn ...
... wolde he geven , out of doute , Un - to his povre parisshens aboute , Of his offryng and eek of his substaunce . He koude in litel thyng have suffisaunce . Wyd was his parisshe , and houses fer a - sonder , But he ne lafte nat for reyn ...
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Page 12 - And if ther dide, certeyn so wrooth was she, That she was out of alle charitee. Hir coverchiefs...
Page cxxiii - Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre, And therto hadde he riden, no man ferre, As wel in Cristendom as in Hethenesse, And evere honoured for his worthynesse. At Alisaundre he was, whan it was wonne; Ful ofte tyme he hadde the bord bigonne Aboven alle nacions in Pruce; In Lettow hadde he reysed, and in Ruce, No cristen man so ofte of his degree.
Page cxxi - WHAN that Aprille with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote. And bathed every veyne in swich licour, Of which vertu engendred is the flour...
Page 10 - If that he faught, and hadde the hyer hond, By water he sente hem hoom to every lond.
Page 12 - Averrois, Damascien, and Constantyn, Bernard, and Gatesden, and Gilbertyn. Of his diete mesurable was he, For it was of no superfluitee, But of greet norissyng and digestible.
Page 7 - Sownynge in moral vertu was his speche, And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
Page cxxv - Under his belt he bar ful thriftily, 105 (Wel koude he dresse his takel yemanly: His arwes drouped noght with fetheres lowe) And in his hand he baar a myghty bowe.
Page cxxiv - Somtyme with the lord of Palatye Agayn another hethen in Turkye, And everemoore he hadde a sovereyn prys. And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meeke as is a mayde; He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf unto no maner wight; He was a verray parfit gentil knyght.
Page 25 - That ech of yow, to shorte with oure weye, In this viage shal telle tales tweye To Caunterbury-ward, I mene it so, And homward he shal tellen othere two, Of aventures that whilom han bifalle.
Page 3 - For if he yaf, he dorste make avaunt, He wiste that a man was repentaunt; For many a man so hard is of his herte, He may nat wepe, althogh hym soore smerte.