 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1866 - 340 pages
...EXPLICIT. THE COMPLEYNTE OF CHAUCER TO HIS PURSE. ?0 yow my purse and to noon other wight Complayn I, for ye be my lady dere ! I am so sory now that ye been lyght, For, certes, but-yf ye make me hevy chere, Me were as leef be layde upon my bere, For whiche... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1867 - 282 pages
...following verses ' To his Empty Purse :' — ' To yow, my Purse, and to noon other wight, Complayn I, for ye be my lady dere ; I am so sory now that ye been lyght, For, certes, but yf ye make me hevy chere, Me were as leef be layd upon my here. In 1398 (May... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1869 - 304 pages
...following verses ' To his Empty Purse : ' — • ' To yow, my Purse, and to noon other wight, Complayn I, for ye be my lady dere ; I am so sory now that ye been lyght, For, certes, but-yf ye make me hevy chere, Me were as leef be !ayd upon my bere. In 1398 (May... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - English poetry - 1871 - 378 pages
...complaynt of Chaucer to his Purse (1) To yow my purse / and to noon) other wight ' note 1 Complayn) I / for ye be my lady dere I am so sory now / that ye heen) lyghf ft'or certes but yf ye make me / hevy chere 4 Me were as leef be layde / vpon) my bere... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1879 - 758 pages
...PURSE. 203 THE COMPLEYNTE OF CHAUCER TO HIS PURSE. To you, my purse, and to noon other wight Compleyn I, for ye be my lady dere ! I am so sory now that ye been lyght, For, certes, but-yf ye make me hevy chere, Me were as leef be layde upon my bere, For whiche... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1880 - 472 pages
...The camplaynt of Chaucer to his Purse (1) To yow my purse / and to noou) other wighf nntn 1 Complayn) I / for ye be my lady dere I am so sory now / that ye been) lyghf ffor certes but yf ye make me / hevy chere 4 Me were as leef be layde / vpon) my bere ffor whiche... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - English poetry - 1880 - 340 pages
...compiaynt of Chaucer to his Purse (1) To yow my purse / anil to noon) other wight1 not* 1 Complayn) I / for ye be my lady dere I am so sory now / that ye been) lyghf ffor certes but yf ye make me / hevy chere 4 Me were as leef be layde / vpon) my bere ffor whiche... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - English literature - 1886 - 478 pages
...alludes in the verses "To his Empty Purse:"— " To yow, my Purse, and to noon other wight, Complayn I, for ye be my lady dere ; I am so sory now that ye been lyght, For, certes, but yf ye make me hevy chere, Me were as leef be layd upon my bere." By and by,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - English poetry - 1888 - 558 pages
...XIX. THE COMPLEINT OF CHAUCER TO HIS EMPTY PURSE. To you, my purse, and to non other wight Compleyne I, for ye be my lady dere! I am so sory, now that ye be light; For certes, but ye make me hevy chere, Me were as leef be leyd up-on my bere; 5 For whiche... | |
 | Bernhard ten Brink - Anglo-Saxon literature - 1893 - 364 pages
...his humor. He sang in ballad form To his Purse : * To you, my purse, and to noon other wight Compleyn I, for ye be my lady dere ! I am so sory now that ye been lyght, For, certes, but-yf ye make me hevy chere, Me were as leef be layde upon my bere. * See Appendix.... | |
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Compleyne I, for ye be my lady dere! I am so sory, now that ye be light; For certes, but ye make me hevy chere... 
