Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: The Canterbury tales of Geoffrey ChaucerPercy Society, 1847 - English literature |
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... couthe , Of dytees and of songes glade , The whiche he for my sake made , The lande fulfylled is over alle , Whereof to him in specyalle , Above all other , I am most holde : Forthy nowe in his dayes olde Thou shalle him telle this ...
... couthe , Of dytees and of songes glade , The whiche he for my sake made , The lande fulfylled is over alle , Whereof to him in specyalle , Above all other , I am most holde : Forthy nowe in his dayes olde Thou shalle him telle this ...
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... couthe he synge and pleye on a rote . Of yeddynges he bar utturly the prys . His nekke whit was as the flour - de - lys . Therto he strong was as a champioun , He knew wel the tavernes in every toun , And every ostiller or gay tapstere ...
... couthe he synge and pleye on a rote . Of yeddynges he bar utturly the prys . His nekke whit was as the flour - de - lys . Therto he strong was as a champioun , He knew wel the tavernes in every toun , And every ostiller or gay tapstere ...
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... couthe and pleye as a whelpe , In love - dayes ther couthe he mochil helpe . For ther was he not like a cloysterer , With a thredbare cope , as a pore scoler , But he was like a maister or a pope . Of double worstede was his semy - cope ...
... couthe and pleye as a whelpe , In love - dayes ther couthe he mochil helpe . For ther was he not like a cloysterer , With a thredbare cope , as a pore scoler , But he was like a maister or a pope . Of double worstede was his semy - cope ...
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... couthe he in eschange scheeldes selle . This worthi man ful wel his witte bisette ; Ther wiste no man that he was in dette , So estately was he of governaunce , With his bargayns , and with his chevysaunce . For sothe he was a worthi ...
... couthe he in eschange scheeldes selle . This worthi man ful wel his witte bisette ; Ther wiste no man that he was in dette , So estately was he of governaunce , With his bargayns , and with his chevysaunce . For sothe he was a worthi ...
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... couthe endite , and make a thing , Ther couthe no man pynche at his writyng . And every statute couthe he pleyn by roote . He rood but hoomly in a medled coote , Gird with a seynt of silk , with barres smale ; Of his array telle I no ...
... couthe endite , and make a thing , Ther couthe no man pynche at his writyng . And every statute couthe he pleyn by roote . He rood but hoomly in a medled coote , Gird with a seynt of silk , with barres smale ; Of his array telle I no ...
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Absolon Adam adoun agayn Allas anon anoon answerde Arcite brother byforn Canterbury Canterbury Tales Chaucer clerk companye Constaunce counseil couthe cowde Crist dede deth doon dore doth doughter doun edition Emelye fader fair fals felawe fynde gentil Goddes goon goth gret grete Harl hath heed heere heih herte hire hond hous housbond knight kyng lady leet lenger litel loked lond lord lyve maner meller moche noon nought Palamon Piers Ploughman prisoun quod sche ryde saugh sayde sayn schal schapen schortly schulde sette seyde Gamelyn seye seynt sone sorwe soth spak speke sterte tale tale of Gamelyn Thanne thay Thebes ther therfore therto Theseus thing thou schalt thre thurgh thyn toun trewe tyme Tyrwhitt unto watir whan wher whil wight withouten wolde womman woot wyde yeer yonge
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Page 4 - Somtyme with the lord of Palatye, Ageyn another hethen in Turkye : And evermore he hadde a sovereyn prys. And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meke as is a mayde. He never yet no vileinye ne sayde 70 In al his lyf, un-to no maner wight. He was a verray parfit gentil knight.
Page 23 - PERSOUN of a toun ; But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche ; His parisshens devoutly wolde he teche.
Page 8 - But sore weep she if oon of hem were deed, Or if men smoot it with a yerde Smerte: And al was conscience and tendre herte.
Page 26 - Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, 550 Or breke it, at a renning, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade. Up-on the cop...
Page 25 - In a tabard he rood upon a mere. Ther was also a Reve and a Millere, A Somnour and a Pardoner also, A Maunciple and my-self ; ther were namo. The MILLER was a stout carl for the nones...
Page 11 - Ful swetely herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun; He was an esy man to yeve penaunce Ther as he wiste...
Page 33 - For this ye knowen al so wel as I, Whoso shal telle a tale after a man, He moot reherce as ny as evere he kan Everich a word, if it be in his charge, Al speke he never so rudeliche and large, Or ellis he moot telle his tale untrewe, Or feyne thyng, or fynde wordes newe.
Page 86 - Ligurge him-self, the grete king of Trace; Blak was his berd, and manly was his face. The cercles of his eyen in his heed, They gloweden...
Page 38 - WHYLOM, 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 noon under the sonne. Ful many a riche contree hadde he wonne ; What with his wisdom and his...
Page 27 - That were of lawe expert and curious; Of which ther were a doseyn in that hous Worthy to been stiwardes of rente and lond Of any lord that is in Engelond, To make him live by his propre good...