 WHILOM, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk that highte Theseus; Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his tyme swich a conquerour, That gretter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a riche contre...  The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer - Page 137by Geoffrey Chaucer - 1853 - 226 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1895 - 404 pages
...ther non under the sonne. • Kul many a riche contri badde be wonne ; ' That with his wisdam and bis chivalrie ' He conquered al the regne of Femynye,...whilom was i-cleped Cithea ; ' And weddede the queen Ipolita, • And brought hire boom with him in his centre, ' With mocbe glorie and gret solempnite,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1872 - 384 pages
...this manere. THE KNIGHTES TALE. WHILOM, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk that highte Theseus; Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his tyme...conquerour, That gretter was ther non under the sonne. 5 Ful many a riche contre" hadde he wonne; That with his wisdam and his chivalrie He conquerede al... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Stephen Haskins Carpenter - English language - 1872 - 342 pages
...lord and governour, And in his tyme swich a conquerour, That grettere was ther non under the sonne. s Ful many a riche contre hadde he wonne ; That with his wisdam and his chivalrie He conquerede al the regne of Femynye, That whilom was i-cleped Cithea ; And weddede he the queen Ipolita,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1874 - 304 pages
...stories tellen us, Ther was a duk that highte Theseus; ^. » Of Athenes he was lord and gpyernour, And in his tyme swich a conquerour, That gretter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a riche contr£ hadde he wonne ; That with his wisdam and his chivalrie He conquerede al the regne of Femenye,... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1875 - 464 pages
...corteuse." 2. The Knight es Tale. WHILOM, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk that highte Theseus ; Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his tyme...gretter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a riche centre hadde he wonne ; That with his wisdam and his chivalrie He conquerede al the regne of Femenye,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Fairy plays - 1877 - 212 pages
...in his tyme swich a conquerour, That gretter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a riche centre" hadde he wonne ; That with his wisdam and his chivalrie...whilom was i-cleped Cithea; And weddede the queen Ipolita, And brought hire hoom with him in his contiv, With moche g]orie and gret solempnite", And... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Fairy plays - 1877 - 202 pages
...very little, opens thus : " Whilom, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk that highte Theseus ; Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his tyme...gretter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a riche centre hadde he wonne ; That with his wisdam and his chivalrie He conquered al the regne of Femynye,*... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1877 - 216 pages
...very little, opens thus : " Whilom, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk that highte Theseus ; Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his tyme...gretter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a riche centre* hadde he wonne ; That with his wisdam and his chivalrie He conquered al the regne of Femynye,*... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Fairy plays - 1877 - 212 pages
...very little, opens thus : " Whilom, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk that highte Theseus ; Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his tyme...conquerour, That gretter was ther non under the sonne. Fill many a riche contre^ hadde he wonne ; That with his wisdam and his chivalrie He conquered al the... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - English poetry - 1879 - 738 pages
...Tale?WHILOM, as olde stones tellen us, (861 T.) Ther was a due that highte Theseus ; 860 Of Atthenes he was lord and governour, And in his tyme swich a conquerour, That gretter was ther noon under the sonne. Ful many a riche contree hadde he wonne ; That with his wysdom and his chivalrie... | |
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