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... gret sacrament ; Her may ye see , and here may ye prove , That wyf is mannes help and his comfort , His paradis terrestre and his desport , So buxom and so vertuous is sche , Thay mosten neede lyve in unité ; O fleisch they ben , and on ...
... gret sacrament ; Her may ye see , and here may ye prove , That wyf is mannes help and his comfort , His paradis terrestre and his desport , So buxom and so vertuous is sche , Thay mosten neede lyve in unité ; O fleisch they ben , and on ...
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... gret pyne is . ' ( Knightes Tale , 11. 465-6 . ) So in lines 1 and 2 of the Prologue : - ' Whan that | April | lë with | his schow | res swootë The drought of Marche | hath per | ced to | the rootë . ' In the second variation , the ...
... gret pyne is . ' ( Knightes Tale , 11. 465-6 . ) So in lines 1 and 2 of the Prologue : - ' Whan that | April | lë with | his schow | res swootë The drought of Marche | hath per | ced to | the rootë . ' In the second variation , the ...
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... gret | of strengthe . ' ( Ib . 1. 84. ) ' As any ra vens fether | it schon | for blak . ' ( Ib . l . 1286. ) I wot whether sche | be wom | man or | goddesse . ' And thenketh | here cometh | my mor | tel enemy . ' ' Sche gadereth floures ...
... gret | of strengthe . ' ( Ib . 1. 84. ) ' As any ra vens fether | it schon | for blak . ' ( Ib . l . 1286. ) I wot whether sche | be wom | man or | goddesse . ' And thenketh | here cometh | my mor | tel enemy . ' ' Sche gadereth floures ...
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... And wonderly delyvere , and gret of strengthe . And he hadde ben somtyme in chivachie , In Flaundres , in Artoys , and Picardie , 85 And born him : wel , as of so litel B 2 THE PROLOGUE . 3 In Lettowe hadde he reysed and in Ruce, ...
... And wonderly delyvere , and gret of strengthe . And he hadde ben somtyme in chivachie , In Flaundres , in Artoys , and Picardie , 85 And born him : wel , as of so litel B 2 THE PROLOGUE . 3 In Lettowe hadde he reysed and in Ruce, ...
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... gret disport , And ful plesaunt , and amyable of port , And peynede hire to countrefete cheere Of court , and ben estatlich of manere , And to ben holden digne of reverence . But for to speken of hire conscience , Sche was so charitable ...
... gret disport , And ful plesaunt , and amyable of port , And peynede hire to countrefete cheere Of court , and ben estatlich of manere , And to ben holden digne of reverence . But for to speken of hire conscience , Sche was so charitable ...
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