 Up-on his feet, and in his hand a staf. This noble ensample to his sheep he yaf, That first he wroghte, and afterward he taughte; Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte; And this figure he added eek ther-to, That if gold ruste, what shal iren do?  The Prologue from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - Page 11by Geoffrey Chaucer - 1899 - 61 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...In sickness and in mischief to visite The ferrest? in his parish, moche10 and lite,8 Upon his fete, and in his hand a staf. This noble ensample to his sheep he yafl) That first he wrought, and afterward he taught. Out of the gospel he the wordes caught, * lathis... | |
 | William Spalding - English literature - 1854 - 446 pages
...his hond a staf. This noble ensample unto his scheep he gaf,8 That ferst he wroughte, and after that he taughte. Out of the gospel he tho" wordes caughte : And this figure he addid yit thereto ; That, if gold ruste, what schulde yren doo ? For, if a priest be foul, on whom... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - English poetry - 1854 - 294 pages
...a staf. This noble ensample unto his scheep he gaf, That ferst he wroughte, and after that he taugl Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte, And this figure he addid yit therto, That if gold ruste, what schulde yren doo? For if a prest be foul, on whom we truste,... | |
 | Chapeltown - 1857 - 226 pages
...rain, ne thonder, In sickeness and in mischief to visite The ferrest in his parish, moche and lite, Upon his feet, and in his hand a staf. This noble ensample to his sheep he yaf, That first he wrought, and afterward he taught." CHAFCBB. THE night was dark and chill, and their road lay over moorlands.... | |
 | Auctions - 1920 - 502 pages
...We are told of Chaucer's Parson that he would visite The ferreste in his parisshe, muche and lyte, Upon his feet, and in his hand a staf. This noble...taughte — Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte. . . . But Cristes lore, and his apostles twelve, He taughte, and first he folwed it himselve. In the... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1866 - 388 pages
...his hond a staf. This noble ensample unto his scheep he yaf, That ferst he wroughte, and after that he taughte, Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte, And this figure he addide yit therto, That if gold ruste, what schulde yren doo ? soo For if a prest be foul, on whom... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1867 - 282 pages
...his hond a staf. This noble ensample unto his scheep he yaf, That ferst he wroughte, and after that he taughte. Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte, And this figure he addid[e] j'it therto, That if gold ruste, what schulde yren doo ? For if a prest be foul, on whom we... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1867 - 488 pages
...all weathers he wus ready to go to the sick or sorry to the farthest in his parish, great and small, "Upon his feet, and in his hand a staf. This noble ensample unto his scheep he yaf, That ferst he wroughte, and after that he taughte, Out of the gospel he the... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1867 - 492 pages
...weathers he was ready to go to the sick or sorry to the farthest in his parish, great and small, " Upon his feet, and in his hand a staf. This noble ensample unto his scheep he yaf, That ferst he wroughte, and after that he taughte, Out of the gospel he the... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1868 - 784 pages
...thonder 492 In sikncsse nor in meschief / to visite The ferreste in his parisshe mucho and lite Vp on his feet* and in his hand a staf This noble ensample to his sheepe he yaf 496 That firste he wroghte / and afterward that lie tough to Oat of the gospel / he tho... | |
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