| A................104 | |
| ClT 59 A lusty playn, habundant of vitaille, | 2 |
| ClT 60 Where many a tour and toun thou mayst biholde, | 4 |
| ClT 64 A markys whilom lord was of that lond, | 8 |
| ClT 73 A fair persone, and strong, and yong of age, | 16 |
| ClT 86 That flokmeele on a day they to hym wente, | 30 |
| ClT 103 I dar the bettre aske of yow a space | 46 |
| ClT 111 That for to been a wedded man yow leste; | 54 |
| ClT 130 Chese yow a wyf, in short tyme atte leeste, | 74 |
| ClT 135 And taak a wyf, for hye Goddes sake! | 78 |
| ClT 138 And that a straunge successour sholde take | 82 |
| ClT 153 To chese me a wyf, I yow relesse | 96 |
| ClT 179 That he wolde graunten hem a certein day | 122 |
| ClT 183 He graunted hem a day, swich as hym leste, | 126 |
| ClT 199 There stood a throop, of site delitable, | 142 |
| ClT 204 Amonges thise povre folk ther dwelte a man | 148 |
| ClT 207 His grace into a litel oxes stalle; | 150 |
| ClT 209 A doghter hadde he, fair ynogh to sighte, | 152 |
| ClT 223 A fewe sheep, spynnynge, on feeld she kepte; | 166 |
| ClT 248 For which merveille wondred many a man, | 192 |
| ClT 257 By a mayde lyk to hire stature, | 200 |
| ClT 259 That unto swich a weddyng sholde falle. | 202 |
| ClT 271 With many a soun of sondry melodye, | 214 |
| ClT 276 To fecchen water at a welle is went, | 220 |
| ClT 325 Have a collacioun, and wostow why? | 268 |
| ClT 336 For nevere erst ne saugh she swich a sighte. | 280 |
| ClT 338 To seen so greet a gest come in that place; | 282 |
| ClT 366 And forth he gooth with a ful sobre cheere | 310 |
| ClT 381 A corone on hire heed they han ydressed, | 324 |
| ClT 383 Of hire array what sholde I make a tale? | 326 |
| ClT 386 This markys hath hire spoused with a ryng | 330 |
| ClT 398 As in a cote or in an oxe-stalle, | 342 |
| ClT 416 But eek biside in many a regioun, | 360 |
| ClT 427 A prudent man, and that is seyn ful seelde. | 370 |
| ClT 443 Was wedded, she a doghter hath ybore, | 386 |
| ClT 444 Al had hire levere have born a knave child; | 388 |
| ClT 446 For though a mayde child coome al bifore, | 390 |
| ClT 447 She may unto a knave child atteyne | 390 |
| ClT 450 Whan that this child had souked but a throwe, | 394 |
| ClT 459 Though som men preise it for a subtil wit? | 402 |
| ClT 461 To assaye a wyf whan that it is no nede, | 404 |
| ClT 483 To thee, that born art of a smal village. | 426 |
| ClT 516 Soone after this, a furlong wey or two, | 460 |
| ClT 518 Unto a man, and to his wyf hym sente. | 462 |
| ClT 519 A maner sergeant was this privee man, | 462 |
| ClT 535 Despitously, and gan a cheere make | 478 |
| ClT 538 And as a lamb she sitteth meke and stille, | 482 |
| ClT 549 So as he was a worthy gentil man, | 492 |
| ClT 558 That for us deyde upon a croys of tree, | 502 |
| ClT 561 I trowe that to a norice in this cas | 504 |
| ClT 563 Wel myghte a mooder thanne han cryd " allas! " | 506 |
| ClT 585 And carie it in a cofre or in a lappe; | 528 |
| ClT 585 And carie it in a cofre or in a lappe; | 528 |
| ClT 606 Ne of hir doghter noght a word spak she. | 550 |
| ClT 612 A knave child she bar by this Walter, | 556 |
| ClT 618 Departed of his norice, on a day | 562 |
| ClT 623 Whan that they fynde a pacient creature. | 566 |
| ClT 698 What koude a sturdy housbonde moore devyse | 642 |
| ClT 702 That whan they have a certein purpos take, | 646 |
| ClT 720 A wyf, as of hirself, nothing ne sholde | 664 |
| ClT 723 That of a crueel herte he wikkedly, | 666 |
| ClT 724 For he a povre womman wedded hadde, | 668 |
| ClT 732 To been a mordrere is an hateful name; | 676 |
| ClT 762 A lettre, in which he sheweth his entente, | 706 |
| ClT 790 He on a day in open audience | 734 |
| ClT 834 " Ther I was fostred of a child ful smal, | 778 |
| ClT 836 A wydwe clene in body, herte, and al. | 780 |
| ClT 839 God shilde swich a lordes wyf to take | 782 |
| ClT 876 " Ye koude nat doon so dishonest a thyng, | 820 |
| ClT 880 Lat me nat lyk a worm go by the weye. | 824 |
| ClT 886 But swich a smok as I was wont to were, | 830 |
| ClT 903 Shoop hym to been a lyves creature. | 846 |
| ClT 908 Hym wolde thynke it were a disparage | 852 |
| ClT 918 Thus with hire fader for a certeyn space | 862 |
| ClT 935 Though clerkes preise wommen but a lite, | 878 |
| ClT 942 Was kouth eek that a newe markysesse | 886 |
| ClT 996 Ay undiscreet and chaungynge as a fane! | 940 |
| ClT 999 Ay ful of clappyng, deere ynogh a jane! | 942 |
| ClT 1001 A ful greet fool is he that on yow leeveth. " | 944 |
| ClT 1005 To han a newe lady of hir toun. | 948 |
| ClT 1033 A fairer saugh I nevere noon than she. | 976 |
| ClT 1043 As koude a povre fostred creature. " | 986 |
| ClT 1047 And she ay sad and constant as a wal, | 990 |
| ClT 1060 She ferde as she had stert out of a sleep, | 1004 |
| ClT 1084 Ful lyk a mooder, with hire salte teeres | 1028 |
| ClT 1086 O which a pitous thyng it was to se | 1030 |
| ClT 1104 O many a teere on many a pitous face | 1048 |
| ClT 1104 O many a teere on many a pitous face | 1048 |
| ClT 1117 And in a clooth of gold that brighte shoon, | 1060 |
| ClT 1118 With a coroune of many a riche stoon | 1062 |
| ClT 1118 With a coroune of many a riche stoon | 1062 |
| ClT 1121 Thus hath this pitous day a blisful ende, | 1064 |
| ClT 1128 Ful many a yeer in heigh prosperitee | 1072 |
| ClT 1131 Unto a lord, oon of the worthieste | 1074 |
| ClT 1149 For sith a womman was so pacient | 1092 |
| ClT 1150 Unto a mortal man, wel moore us oghte | 1094 |
| ClT 1165 In al a toun Grisildis thre or two; | 1108 |
| ClT 1174 Seyn yow a song to glade yow, I wene; | 1118 |
| ClT 1186 To write of yow a storie of swich mervaille | 1130 |
| ClT 1196 Syn ye be strong as is a greet camaille; | 1140 |
| ClT 1199 Beth egre as is a tygre yond in Ynde; | 1142 |
| ClT 1200 Ay clappeth as a mille, I yow consaille. | 1144 |
| ClT 1206 And thou shalt make hym couche as doth a quaille. | 1150 |
| ClT 1212c Me were levere than a barel ale | 1158 |
| ClT 1212e This is a gentil tale for the nones, | 1160 |
| A-NYGHT..........1 | |
| ClT 464 He cam allone a-nyght, ther as she lay, | 408 |
| A-TWO............1 | |
| ClT 1169 It wolde rather breste a-two than plye. | 1112 |
| ABAYSED..........1 | |
| ClT 1108 She riseth up, abaysed, from hire traunce, | 1052 |
| ABAYST...........2 | |
| ClT 317 That reed he wax; abayst and al quakynge | 260 |
| ClT 1011 Right noght was she abayst of hire clothyng, | 954 |