ALAS.............3
BD 87 For him, alas, she loved alderbest.	86
BD 90 " Alas! " quod she, " that I was wrought!	90
BD 103 Ful ofte she swouned, and sayed " Alas! "	102
ALCIONE..........5
BD 145 And doo hit goon to Alcione	144
BD 196 And bar hyt forth to Alcione,	196
BD 220 Of Alcione and Seys the kyng,	220
BD 264 As did the goddesse quene Alcione.	264
BD 1327 Of Alcione and Seys the kyng,	1326
ALCIPYADES.......1
BD 1057 That ever had Alcipyades,	1056
ALCYONE..........2
BD 65 And this quene highte Alcyone.	64
BD 76 Now for to speke of Alcyone, his wif:	76
ALDERBEST........2
BD 87 For him, alas, she loved alderbest.	86
BD 907 And negh hir face was alderbest,	906
ALDERBESTE.......2
BD 246 I wil yive hym the alderbeste	246
BD 1279 Of al happes the alderbeste,	1278
ALDERFAYRESTE....1
BD 1050 And to beholde the alderfayreste,	1048
ALGATE...........2
BD 887 Algate she ne roughte of hem a stree! --	886
BD 1087 Algate she was as trewe as she.	1086
ALGATES..........1
BD 1171 Algates songes thus I made	1170
ALL..............1
BD 413 All was forgeten, and that was sene,	412
ALLAS............15
BD 213 And saw noght. " Allas! " quod she for sorwe,	212
BD 481 " Allas, deth, what ayleth the,	480
BD 598 " Allas! and I wol tel the why:	596
BD 616 Allas, how myghte I fare werre?	614
BD 619 Atte ches with me, allas the while!	618
BD 656 Allas, I kouthe no lenger playe,	654
BD 661 With a poun errant!' Allas,	660
BD 686 My blysse; allas, that I was born!	684
BD 707 Allas, than am I overcome!	706
BD 896 Allas, myn herte ys wonder woo	894
BD 1191 Allas, what shal I thanne do?'	1190
BD 1244 Al outerly. Allas, that day	1242
BD 1301 And seyde, " Allas, that I was bore!	1300
BD 1307 God wot, allas! Ryght that was she! "	1306
BD 1308 " Allas, sir, how? What may that be? "	1306
ALLE.............14
BD 72 And clefte her ship, and dreinte hem alle,	72
BD 141 And byd hym that, on alle thyng,	140
BD 332 And alle the walles with colours fyne	332
BD 382 Fro alle the houndes a privy way.	382
BD 383 The houndes had overshote hym alle	382
BD 579 Yworthe worste of alle wyghtes,	578
BD 826 Surmounted hem alle of beaute,	824
BD 881 In alle thynges more mesure	880
BD 914 And yet moreover, thogh alle thoo	912
BD 923 And so tretable to alle goode	922
BD 991 So hool enclyned to alle goode,	990
BD 1052 " With myn? Nay, alle that hir seyen	1050
BD 1232 `For youres is alle that ever ther ys	1230
BD 1264 Over alle thynges, and drede hir shame,	1262
ALLONE...........2
BD 146 The quene, ther she lyeth allone,	146
BD 696 Of wepynge whan I am allone.	694
ALSO.............4
BD 170 This cave was also as derk	170
BD 683 For, also wys God yive me reste,	682
BD 728 And Phyllis also for Demophoun	726
BD 1064 And therto also hardy be	1062
ALSOO............1
BD 1067 And therfore was he slayn alsoo	1066
ALTHERFERSTE.....1
BD 1173 And, lo, this was [the] altherferste --	1172
ALTHOGH..........1
BD 1160 Althogh I koude not make so wel	1158
ALWAY............6
BD 13 Alway in poynt to falle a-doun;	12
BD 15 Ys alway hooly in my mynde.	14
BD 588 Alway deynge and be not ded,	586
BD 890 The formest was alway behynde.	888
BD 1283 She wolde alway so goodly	1282
BD 1287 Therwyth she was alway so trewe	1286
ALWEY............1
BD 1228 And love hir alwey fresshly newe,	1226
ALYSAUNDER.......1
BD 1060 Of Alysaunder, and al the rychesse	1058
ALYSAUNDRE.......1
BD 1026 To Alysaundre, ne into Turkye,	1024
ALYVE............4
BD 151 The whiles that hit was alyve.	150
BD 740 But ther is no man alyve her	738
BD 915 That ever livede were now alyve,	914
BD 1124 Nay, while I am alyve her,	1122
AM...............8
BD 186 " Hyt am I, " quod this messager.	186
BD 204 For, certes, swete, I am but ded.	204
BD 523 " I am ryght sory yif I have ought	522
BD 597 For y am sorwe, and sorwe ys y.	596
BD 696 Of wepynge whan I am allone.	694
BD 707 Allas, than am I overcome!	706
BD 1124 Nay, while I am alyve her,	1122
BD 1190 I am adred she wol be wroth.	1188
AMENDE...........1
BD 551 Amende hyt, yif I kan or may.	550
AMENDED..........1
BD 1102 So mochel hyt amended me	1100
AMENDES..........1
BD 526 " Yis, th' amendes is lyght to make, "	524
AMONG............3
BD 298 And, as me mette, they sate among	298
BD 817 " Among these ladyes thus echon,	816
BD 972 Had among ten thousand be,	970
AMONGE...........1
BD 60 Amonge al this I fond a tale	60
AMYDDE...........2
BD 165 Amydde the valey, wonder depe.	164
BD 639 But al amydde hys flaterynge	638
AMYS.............1
BD 1141 Or have ye oght doon amys,	1140
AN...............9
BD 4 I have so many an ydel thoght	4
BD 324 Ful clere, and nat an hoole ycrased,	324
BD 345 Me thoght I herde an hunte blowe	344
BD 425 They were nat an ynche asonder --	424
BD 427 And many an hert and many an hynde	426
BD 427 And many an hert and many an hynde	426
BD 447 To an ook, an huge tree.	446
BD 447 To an ook, an huge tree.	446
BD 626 An ydole of fals portrayture	624
AND..............381
BD 16 And wel ye woot, agaynes kynde	16
BD 21 Withoute slep and be in sorwe.	20
BD 22 And I ne may, ne nyght ne morwe,	22
BD 23 Slepe; and [thus] melancolye	22
BD 24 And drede I have for to dye.	24
BD 25 Defaute of slep and hevynesse	24
BD 31 I may not slepe and what me is.	30
BD 38 And yet my boote is never the ner,	38
BD 47 And bad oon reche me a book,	46
BD 48 A romaunce, and he it me tok	48
BD 49 To rede and drive the night away;	48
BD 52 And in this bok were written fables	52
BD 54 And other poetes, put in rime	54
BD 55 To rede and for to be in minde,	54
BD 58 Of quenes lives, and of kinges,	58
BD 59 And many other thinges smale.	58
BD 63 That highte Seys, and had a wif,	62
BD 65 And this quene highte Alcyone.	64
BD 71 That brak her mast and made it falle,	70
BD 72 And clefte her ship, and dreinte hem alle,	72
BD 72 And clefte her ship, and dreinte hem alle,	72
BD 81 And for that her thoughte evermo	80
BD 88 Anon she sent bothe eest and west	88
BD 91 And wher my lord, my love, be deed?	90
BD 97 Had such pittee and such rowthe	96
BD 103 Ful ofte she swouned, and sayed " Alas! "	102
BD 107 And wepte that pittee was to here.	106
BD 111 And yeve me grace my lord to se	110
BD 114 And I shal make yow sacrifise,	114
BD 115 And hooly youres become I shal	114
BD 116 With good wille, body, herte, and al;	116
BD 117 And but thow wolt this, lady swete,	116
BD 118 Send me grace to slepe and mete	118
BD 123 And fel a-swowne as cold as ston.	122
BD 125 And broghten hir in bed al naked,	124
BD 126 And she, forweped and forwaked,	126
BD 126 And she, forweped and forwaked,	126
BD 127 Was wery; and thus the dede slep	126
BD 134 To doo hir erande, and he com ner.	134
BD 138 Now understond wel and tak kep!	138
BD 141 And byd hym that, on alle thyng,	140
BD 143 That lyeth ful pale and nothyng rody.	142
BD 145 And doo hit goon to Alcione	144
BD 147 And shewe hir shortly, hit ys no nay,	146
BD 149 And do the body speke ryght soo,	148
BD 152 Goo now faste, and hye the blyve! "	152
BD 153 This messager tok leve and wente	152
BD 154 Upon hys wey, and never ne stente	154
BD 163 And ronnen doun ryght by a cave	162
BD 166 There these goddes lay and slepe,	166
BD 167 Morpheus and Eclympasteyr,	166
BD 169 That slep and dide noon other werk.	168
BD 175 And slept upryght, hir hed yhed,	174
BD 176 And somme lay naked in her bed	176
BD 177 And slepe whiles the dayes laste.	176
BD 179 And cried, " O, how! Awake anoon! "	178
BD 182 And blew his horn ryght in here eere,	182
BD 183 And cried " Awaketh! " wonder hye.	182
BD 185 Cast up, and axed, " Who clepeth ther? "	184
BD 188 And tolde hym what he shulde doon	188
BD 191 And went hys wey whan he had sayd.	190
BD 193 Out of hys slep, and gan to goon,	192
BD 194 And dyde as he had bede hym doon:	194
BD 196 And bar hyt forth to Alcione,	196
BD 199 And stood ryght at hyr beddes fet,	198
BD 200 And called hir ryght as she het	200
BD 201 By name, and sayde, " My swete wyf,	200
BD 209 And farewel, swete, my worldes blysse!	208
BD 213 And saw noght. " Allas! " quod she for sorwe,	212
BD 214 And deyede within the thridde morwe.	214
BD 220 Of Alcione and Seys the kyng,	220
BD 223 And ded, ryght thurgh defaute of slep,	222
BD 224 Yif I ne had red and take kep	224
BD 226 And I wol telle yow wherfore:	226
BD 230 And of the goddes of slepyng.	230
BD 232 And overloked hyt everydel,	232
BD 238 And in my game I sayde anoon	238
BD 239 (And yet me lyst ryght evel to pleye)	238
BD 245 " To make me slepe and have som reste	244
BD 248 And here on warde, ryght now as blyve,	248
BD 252 Rayed with gold and ryght wel cled	252
BD 254 And many a pilowe, and every ber	254
BD 254 And many a pilowe, and every ber	254
BD 257 And I wol yive hym al that falles	256
BD 258 To a chambre, and al hys halles	258
BD 260 And tapite hem ful many fold	260
BD 265 And thus this ylke god, Morpheus,	264
BD 267 Than ever he wan; and to Juno,	266
BD 275 Y fil aslepe, and therwith even	274
BD 292 And in the dawenynge I lay	292
BD 294 And loked forth, for I was waked	294
BD 297 Thorgh noyse and swetnesse of her song.	296
BD 298 And, as me mette, they sate among	298
BD 301 And songe, everych in hys wyse,	300
BD 305 Som high, and al of oon acord.	304
BD 321 And sooth to seyn, my chambre was	320
BD 322 Ful wel depeynted, and with glas	322
BD 324 Ful clere, and nat an hoole ycrased,	324
BD 328 Of Ector and of kyng Priamus,	328
BD 329 Of Achilles and of kyng Lamedon,	328
BD 330 And eke of Medea and of Jason,	330
BD 330 And eke of Medea and of Jason,	330
BD 331 Of Paris, Eleyne, and of Lavyne.	330
BD 332 And alle the walles with colours fyne	332
BD 333 Were peynted, bothe text and glose,	332
BD 336 And throgh the glas the sonne shon	336
BD 339 And eke the welken was so fair --	338
BD 341 And ful attempre for sothe hyt was;	340
BD 344 And as I lay thus, wonder lowde	344
BD 346 T' assay hys horn and for to knowe	346
BD 348 And I herde goynge bothe up and doun	348
BD 348 And I herde goynge bothe up and doun	348
BD 349 Men, hors, houndes, and other thyng;	348
BD 350 And al men speken of huntyng,	350
BD 352 And how the hert had upon lengthe	352
BD 356 I was ryght glad, and up anoon	356
BD 357 Took my hors, and forth I wente	356
BD 361 Of huntes and eke of foresteres,	360
BD 362 With many relayes and lymeres,	362
BD 363 And hyed hem to the forest faste	362
BD 364 And I with hem. So at the laste	364
BD 367 Quod I, and he answered ageyn,	366
BD 369 Quod he, " and ys here faste by. "	368
BD 371 " Go we faste! " and gan to ryde.	370
BD 379 Yhalowed, and rechased faste	378
BD 380 Longe tyme; and so at the laste	380
BD 381 This hert rused and staal away	380
BD 384 And were on a defaute yfalle.	384
BD 388 And as I wente, ther cam by mee	388
BD 390 That hadde yfolowed and koude no good.	390
BD 391 Hyt com and crepte to me as lowe	390
BD 393 Helde doun hys hed and joyned hys eres,	392
BD 394 And leyde al smothe doun hys heres.	394
BD 395 I wolde have kaught hyt, and anoon	394
BD 396 Hyt fledde and was fro me goon;	396
BD 397 And I hym folwed, and hyt forth wente	396
BD 397 And I hym folwed, and hyt forth wente	396
BD 399 Ful thikke of gras, ful softe and swete.	398
BD 401 And litel used; hyt semed thus,	400
BD 402 For both Flora and Zephirus,	402
BD 412 Had mad hyt suffre, and his sorwes;	412
BD 413 All was forgeten, and that was sene,	412
BD 419 And every tree stood by hymselve	418
BD 424 With croppes brode, and eke as thikke --	424
BD 427 And many an hert and many an hynde	426
BD 427 And many an hert and many an hynde	426
BD 428 Was both before me and behynde.	428
BD 430 Was ful the woode, and many roes,	430
BD 431 And many sqwirelles that sete	430
BD 432 Ful high upon the trees and ete,	432
BD 433 And in hir maner made festes.	432
BD 437 And rekene with his figures ten --	436
BD 439 Yf they be crafty, rekene and noumbre,	438
BD 440 And telle of every thing the noumbre --	440
BD 446 That sat and had yturned his bak	446
BD 454 Of good mochel, and ryght yong therto,	454
BD 455 Of the age of foure and twenty yer,	454
BD 457 And he was clothed al in blak.	456
BD 459 And there I stood as stille as ought,	458
BD 462 And with a dedly sorwful soun	462
BD 469 To have such sorwe and be not ded.	468
BD 470 Ful pitous pale and nothyng red,	470
BD 473 And was thys, for ful wel I kan	472
BD 479 Is fro me ded and ys agoon.	478
BD 489 And his spirites wexen dede;	488
BD 494 By kynde, and for to make hyt glad,	492
BD 496 Of the body; and that made al	494
BD 497 Hys hewe chaunge and wexe grene	496
BD 498 And pale, for ther noo blood ys sene	496
BD 502 I went and stood ryght at his fet,	500
BD 503 And grette hym; but he spak noght,	502
BD 505 And in hys wyt disputed faste	504
BD 506 Why and how hys lyf myght laste;	504
BD 508 And lay so colde upon hys herte.	506
BD 509 So, throgh hys sorwe and hevy thoght,	508
BD 516 Before hym and did of myn hood,	514
BD 517 And had ygret hym as I best koude,	516
BD 518 Debonayrly, and nothyng lowde.	516
BD 532 And I saw that, and gan me aqueynte	530
BD 532 And I saw that, and gan me aqueynte	530
BD 533 With hym, and fond hym so tretable,	532
BD 534 Ryght wonder skylful and resonable,	532
BD 555 And telleth me of your sorwes smerte;	554
BD 564 That maketh my hewe to falle and fade,	562
BD 565 And hath myn understondynge lorn	564
BD 580 That hate my dayes and my nyghtes!	578
BD 582 For al welfare and I be wroothe.	580
BD 588 Alway deynge and be not ded,	586
BD 591 And whoso wiste al, by my trouthe,	590
BD 593 And pitee of my sorwes smerte,	592
BD 597 For y am sorwe, and sorwe ys y.	596
BD 598 " Allas! and I wol tel the why:	596
BD 600 And al my laughtre to wepynge,	598
BD 603 And eke my reste; my wele is woo,	602
BD 604 My good ys harm, and evermoo	602
BD 606 And my delyt into sorwynge.	604
BD 612 My myrthe and meles ys fastynge,	610
BD 614 And al abaved, where so I be;	612
BD 615 My pees in pledynge and in werre.	614
BD 620 The trayteresse fals and ful of gyle,	618
BD 621 That al behoteth and nothyng halt,	620
BD 622 She goth upryght and yet she halt,	620
BD 623 That baggeth foule and loketh faire,	622
BD 630 Hir moste worshippe and hir flour ys	628
BD 633 She ys fals, and ever laughynge	632
BD 634 With oon eye, and that other wepynge.	632
BD 641 And envenyme; and so wol she.	640
BD 641 And envenyme; and so wol she.	640
BD 643 That ys ay fals and semeth wel;	642
BD 649 That semeth oon and ys not soo.	648
BD 654 She staal on me and tok my fers.	652
BD 655 And whan I sawgh my fers awaye,	654
BD 658 And farewel al that ever ther ys!'	656
BD 660 And mat in the myd poynt of the chekker,	658
BD 666 Ykoud and knowe the jeupardyes	664
BD 669 And kept my fers the bet therby.	668
BD 670 And thogh wherto? For trewely	668
BD 675 And eke she ys the lasse to blame;	674
BD 680 Had I be God and myghte have do	678
BD 692 But lyve and deye ryght in this thoght;	690
BD 698 And bethenke me every del	696
BD 701 And how ther leveth no gladnesse	700
BD 703 And how I have lost suffisance,	702
BD 704 And therto I have no plesance,	702
BD 706 And whan al this falleth in my thoght,	704
BD 710 And whan I herde hym tel thys tale	708
BD 724 And ye for sorwe mordred yourselve,	722
BD 728 And Phyllis also for Demophoun	726
BD 735 And Ecquo died for Narcisus	734
BD 736 Nolde nat love hir, and ryght thus	734
BD 738 And for Dalida died Sampson,	736
BD 747 In what wyse, how, why, and wherfore	746
BD 758 " A Goddes half! " quod he, and began:	756
BD 765 Be tributarye and yive rente	764
BD 767 And throgh plesaunce become his thral	766
BD 768 With good wille, body, hert, and al.	766
BD 770 As to my lord, and dide homage;	768
BD 771 And ful devoutly I prayed hym to	770
BD 774 And worship to my lady dere.	772
BD 775 " And this was longe, and many a yer	774
BD 775 " And this was longe, and many a yer	774
BD 777 That I dide thus, and nyste why;	776
BD 781 For hit ys redy to cacche and take	780
BD 785 " And thilke tyme I ferde ryght so,	784
BD 787 And to have kend as wel or better,	786
BD 800 And thoo ful lytel good y couthe,	798
BD 802 That tyme, and al my thoght varyinge.	800
BD 816 And I wol telle sone why soo.	814
BD 822 Ys fairer, clerer, and hath more lyght	820
BD 827 Of maner, and of comlynesse,	826
BD 828 Of stature, and of wel set gladnesse,	826
BD 831 By God and by his halwes twelve,	830
BD 834 So noble port and meyntenaunce,	832
BD 835 And Love, that had wel herd my boone,	834
BD 841 And at myn herte; for-why hir eyen	840
BD 846 And hyt was soth, for everydel	844
BD 849 Carole and synge so swetely,	848
BD 850 Laughe and pleye so womanly,	848
BD 851 And loke so debonairly,	850
BD 852 So goodly speke and so frendly,	850
BD 859 " And whiche eyen my lady hadde!	858
BD 860 Debonaire, goode, glade, and sadde,	858
BD 864 Hyt drew and took up everydel	862
BD 873 And close; for were she never so glad,	872
BD 884 And that sat hyr ful lyte at herte,	882
BD 898 Me lakketh both Englyssh and wit	896
BD 900 And eke my spirites be so dulle	898
BD 905 Was whit, rody, fressh, and lyvely hewed,	904
BD 906 And every day hir beaute newed.	904
BD 907 And negh hir face was alderbest,	906
BD 911 And chef ensample of al hir werk,	910
BD 912 And moustre; for be hyt never so derk,	910
BD 914 And yet moreover, thogh alle thoo	912
BD 918 For hit was sad, symple, and benygne.	916
BD 919 " And which a goodly, softe speche	918
BD 921 So frendly, and so wel ygrounded,	920
BD 923 And so tretable to alle goode	922
BD 942 Hyt was whit, smothe, streght, and pure flat,	940
BD 947 Of good gretnesse, and noght to gret.	946
BD 948 " And goode faire White she het;	946
BD 950 She was bothe fair and bryght;	948
BD 952 Ryght faire shuldres and body long	950
BD 953 She had, and armes, every lyth	952
BD 955 Ryght white handes, and nayles rede;	954
BD 956 Rounde brestes; and of good brede	954
BD 965 Ynogh, and hyt hath never the lesse.	964
BD 966 Of maner and of comlynesse	964
BD 988 And more, yif more were possyble.	986
BD 989 And soth to seyne, therwythal	988
BD 994 And therto I saugh never yet a lesse	992
BD 999 " And trewly for to speke of trouthe,	998
BD 1002 And I dar seyn and swere hyt wel --	1000
BD 1002 And I dar seyn and swere hyt wel --	1000
BD 1003 That Trouthe hymself over al and al	1002
BD 1008 And esy, atempre governaunce	1006
BD 1011 And reson gladly she understood;	1010
BD 1025 To Pruyse, and into Tartarye,	1024
BD 1027 And byd hym faste anoon that he	1026
BD 1029 And come hom by the Carrenar,	1028
BD 1030 And seye, `Sir, be now ryght war	1028
BD 1039 Myn hap, myn hele, and al my blesse,	1038
BD 1040 My worldes welfare, and my goddesse,	1038
BD 1041 And I hooly hires and everydel. "	1040
BD 1041 And I hooly hires and everydel. "	1040
BD 1050 And to beholde the alderfayreste,	1048
BD 1053 Seyde and sworen hyt was soo.	1052
BD 1054 And thogh they ne hadde, I wolde thoo	1052
BD 1058 And al the strengthe of Ercules,	1056
BD 1059 And therto had the worthynesse	1058
BD 1060 Of Alysaunder, and al the rychesse	1058
BD 1064 And therto also hardy be	1062
BD 1067 And therfore was he slayn alsoo	1066
BD 1069 Were slayne, he and Antylegyus	1068
BD 1070 (And so seyth Dares Frygius),	1068
BD 1076 Noght `nede,' and I wol tellen how:	1074
BD 1078 And eke to love hir I was holde	1076
BD 1079 As for the fairest and the beste.	1078
BD 1085 She was as good, and nothyng lyk	1084
BD 1091 And ful gret nede I hadde to lerne;	1090
BD 1098 To do hir worship and the servise	1096
BD 1108 And yet she syt so in myn herte	1106
BD 1123 Of Rowland and of Olyver.	1122
BD 1129 How ye sawe hir first, and where.	1128
BD 1133 And how she knewe first your thoght,	1132
BD 1135 And telleth me eke what ye have lore,	1134
BD 1144 " Before God, " quod he, " and I shal.	1142
BD 1147 And yet she nyste hyt nat, never a del	1146
BD 1154 And who hath that may not asterte.	1152
BD 1158 And ofte tyme I song hem loude;	1156
BD 1159 And made songes thus a gret del,	1158
BD 1165 Upon hys anvelt up and doun,	1164
BD 1173 And, lo, this was [the] altherferste --	1172
BD 1178 And wisshe to God hit myghte so bee	1176
BD 1180 My lady, that is so fair and bryght!'	1178
BD 1184 And sorwe that I suffred thoo	1182
BD 1185 For hir, and yet she wyste hyt noght,	1184
BD 1188 And but I telle hir, I [nam] but ded;	1186
BD 1189 And yif I telle hyr, to seye ryght soth,	1188
BD 1198 And bounte, wythoute mercy.	1196
BD 1201 For nedes, and mawgree my hed,	1200
BD 1205 And eke, as helpe me God withal,	1204
BD 1211 With sorweful herte and woundes dede,	1210
BD 1212 Softe and quakynge for pure drede	1210
BD 1213 And shame, and styntynge in my tale	1212
BD 1213 And shame, and styntynge in my tale	1212
BD 1214 For ferde, and myn hewe al pale --	1212
BD 1215 Ful ofte I wex bothe pale and red --	1214
BD 1218 For wit, maner, and al was goon.	1216
BD 1219 I seyde `Mercy!' and no more.	1218
BD 1226 And swor, and gan hir hertely hete	1224
BD 1226 And swor, and gan hir hertely hete	1224
BD 1227 Ever to be stedfast and trewe,	1226
BD 1228 And love hir alwey fresshly newe,	1226
BD 1229 And never other lady have,	1228
BD 1230 And al hir worship for to save	1228
BD 1234 And never to false yow, but I mete,	1232
BD 1236 " And whan I had my tale y-doo,	1234
BD 1245 The sorowe I suffred and the woo	1244
BD 1248 Of Troye and of Ilyoun,	1246
BD 1252 And thus I lyved ful many a day,	1250
BD 1260 To do hir knowe and understonde	1258
BD 1261 My woo; and she wel understod	1260
BD 1263 And worship, and to kepe hir name	1262
BD 1263 And worship, and to kepe hir name	1262
BD 1264 Over alle thynges, and drede hir shame,	1262
BD 1265 And was so besy hyr to serve,	1264
BD 1266 And pitee were I shulde sterve,	1264
BD 1273 And therwith she yaf me a ryng;	1272
BD 1280 The gladdest, and the moste at reste.	1278
BD 1282 Whan I had wrong and she the ryght,	1280
BD 1293 Oo blysse and eke oo sorwe bothe;	1292
BD 1294 Ylyche they were bothe glad and wrothe;	1292
BD 1296 And thus we lyved ful many a yere	1294
BD 1299 " Now? " quod he, and stynte anoon.	1298
BD 1301 And seyde, " Allas, that I was bore!	1300
BD 1311 And with that word ryght anoon	1310
BD 1325 And fond me lyinge in my bed;	1324
BD 1326 And the book that I hadde red,	1324
BD 1327 Of Alcione and Seys the kyng,	1326
BD 1328 And of the goddes of slepyng,	1326
BD 1333 As I kan best, and that anoon. "	1332