The Cambridge Ms. Dd. 4. 24. of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Completed by the Egerton Ms. 2726 (the Haistwell Ms.) |
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3onge 3oure a-boute a-geyn a-noon allas alwey Arcite Canterbury Tales certes certeyn Chaucer coude counseil crist Custaunce dede deth doughter doun drede Egerton entent euere euery F. J. Furnivall felawe ffor fful frendes fynde goddes goth gret grete hade hath haue hede heere herd hert hire hise hond hous husbonde in-to Iohn kepe knygħt kyng leaf lengere leue litel lord loue lyue manere MELIBEUS moun mygħt neuere noon nought nyght ouer Palamon peeple peyne preye quod rede saue seide seith seye seyn Seynt shal shalt SHIPMAN'S TALE shulde shuln sire sithe slayn sompnour sone sorwe spak speke swich tale thanne theise therfore Theseus thilke thow thyn thyng toun trewe tyme vn-to vnder vp-on wele weye whan wold womman wygħt wyse wyues žat
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Page 518 - The Friday for to chide, as diden ye? For on a Friday, soothly, slayn was he. Thanne wolde I shewe yow how that I koude pleyne For Chauntecleres drede and for his peyne.
Page 358 - XXIII. Odd Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, Part I, containing 1. two MS fragments of ' The Parlament of Foules ; ' 2. the two differing versions of ' The Prologue to the Legende of Good Women,' arranged so as to show their differences ; 3.
Page 358 - Brock. 3. A Temporary Preface to the Society's Six-Text edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Part I, attempting to show the right Order of the Tales, and the Days and Stages of the Pilgrimage, &c.
Page 55 - That whan a man was set on o degree, He letted nat his felawe for to see.
Page 358 - Of the Second Series, the issue for 1874 is, 9. Essays on Chaucer, his Words and Works, Part II.
Page 358 - XXVI. The Wife's, Friar's, and Summoner's Tales, from the Ellesmere MS, with 9 woodcuts of Tale-Tellers. (Part IV.) XXVII. The Wife's, Friar's, Summoner's, Monk's, and Nun's-Priest's Tales, from the Hengwrt MS, with 23 woodcuts of the Tellers of the Tales.
Page 182 - To hir, and to another worthy wyf, And to my nece, which that I loved weel, I wolde han told his conseil every-deel.
Page 129 - And for that day, as in that latitude, It was ten of the clokke, he gan conclude, And sodeynly he plighte his hors aboute. "Lordinges...
Page 15 - That if gold ruste, what shuld iren do ? For if a preest be foule, on whom we trust, No wonder is a lewed man to rust...
Page 358 - MS. (each with woodcuts of fourteen drawings of Tellers 'of Tales in the Ellesmere MS.) XXI. A Parallel-Text edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, Part I :— 'The Dethe of Blaunche the Duchesse^