 | Percy Society - English literature - 1847 - 358 pages
...certayn he hadde a mery noote. Wel 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...champioun, He knew wel the tavernes in every toun, And every ostiller or gay tapstere, Bet than a lazer, or a beggere, 242 For unto such a worth! man... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1847 - 352 pages
...certayn he hadde a mery noote. Wel 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...champioun, He knew wel the tavernes in every toun, And every ostiller or gay tapstere, Bet than a lazer, or a beggere, 242 For unto such a worthi man... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1847 - 358 pages
...certayn he hadde a mery noote. Wel 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...champioun, He knew wel the tavernes in every toun, And every ostiller or gay tapstere, Bet than a lazer, or a beggere, 242 For unto such a worthi man... | |
 | Thomas Wright - Ludlow (England) - 1852 - 564 pages
...noote. Wei couthe he synge and pleye on a rote. Of yeddynges he bar utturly the prys. His nekke whit 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, Bet than a lazer, or a beggere, For unto such a worthi man as he... | |
 | Thomas Wright - Ludlow (England) - 1852 - 574 pages
...noote. Wei couthe he synge and pleye on a rote. Of yeddynges he bar ntturly the prys. His nekke whit as the flour-de-lys. Therto he strong was as a champioun. He knew wel the tavernes in every tonn, And every ostiller or gay tapstere, Bet than a lazer, or a beggere, For unto such a worthi man... | |
 | Thomas Wright - Ludlow (England) - 1852 - 558 pages
...synge and pleye on a rote. Of yeddynges he bar uttnrly the prys. His nckke whit as the flonr-de-lys. Therto he strong was as a champioun. He knew wel the tavernes in every toun, And every ostiller or gay tapstere, Bet than a lazer, or a beggere, For unto such a worth! man as he... | |
 | Thomas Wright - Ludlow (England) - 1852 - 570 pages
...pleye on a rote. Of yeddynges he bar utturly the prys. His nekke whit as the flour-de-lys. Ther to he strong was as a champioun. He knew wel the tavernes in every toun, And every ostiller or gay tapstere, Bet than a lazer, or a beggere, For unto such a worthi man as he... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1853 - 248 pages
...and pleye on a rote. Of yeddynges he bar utturly the prys. His nekke whit was as the tlour-de-lys. Therto he strong was as a champioun. He knew wel the tavernes in every toun, And every ostiller or gay tapstere, Bet than a lazer, or a beggere, 242 For unto such a worthi man... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - English poetry - 1854 - 294 pages
...certayn he hadde a mery noote. Wei 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...champioun. He knew wel the tavernes in every toun, And every ostiller or gay tapstere, Bet than a lazer, or a beggere, For unto such a worthi man as he... | |
 | Henry Walford Bellairs - 1868 - 318 pages
...esy man to yeve penance Ther as he wiste han a good pitance : He knew wel the tavernes in every toun, And every ostiller or gay tapstere, Bet than a lazer, or a beggere." Wickliffe says, — " The Church, being degenerated from the true Apostolicke institution above all... | |
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And everich hostiler and tappestere Bet than a lazar or a beggestere; For un-to swich a worthy man as he Acorded nat, as by his facultee, To have with seke lazars aqueyntaunce. 
