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| CYT 929 That is the cause and oother noon, so thee 'ch! " | 27382 |
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| GP 19 Bifil that in that seson on a day, | 18 |
| GP 24 Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye | 24 |
| GP 42 And at a knyght than wol I first bigynne. | 42 |
| GP 43 A KNYGHT ther was, and that a worthy man, | 42 |
| GP 43 A KNYGHT ther was, and that a worthy man, | 42 |
| GP 60 At many a noble armee hadde he be. | 60 |
| GP 67 And everemoore he hadde a sovereyn prys. | 66 |
| GP 69 And of his port as meeke as is a mayde. | 68 |
| GP 72 He was a verray, parfit gentil knyght. | 72 |
| GP 75 Of fustian he wered a gypon | 74 |
| GP 79 With hym ther was his sone, a yong SQUIER, | 78 |
| GP 80 A lovyere and a lusty bacheler, | 80 |
| GP 80 A lovyere and a lusty bacheler, | 80 |
| GP 89 Embrouded was he, as it were a meede | 88 |
| GP 98 He sleep namoore than dooth a nyghtyngale. | 98 |
| GP 101 A YEMAN hadde he and servantz namo | 100 |
| GP 104 A sheef of pecok arwes, bright and kene, | 104 |
| GP 108 And in his hand he baar a myghty bowe. | 108 |
| GP 109 A not heed hadde he, with a broun visage. | 108 |
| GP 109 A not heed hadde he, with a broun visage. | 108 |
| GP 111 Upon his arm he baar a gay bracer, | 110 |
| GP 112 And by his syde a swerd and a bokeler, | 112 |
| GP 112 And by his syde a swerd and a bokeler, | 112 |
| GP 113 And on that oother syde a gay daggere | 112 |
| GP 115 A Cristopher on his brest of silver sheene. | 114 |
| GP 117 A forster was he, soothly, as I gesse. | 116 |
| GP 118 Ther was also a Nonne, a PRIORESSE, | 118 |
| GP 118 Ther was also a Nonne, a PRIORESSE, | 118 |
| GP 130 Wel koude she carie a morsel and wel kepe | 130 |
| GP 144 She wolde wepe, if that she saugh a mous | 144 |
| GP 145 Kaught in a trappe, if it were deed or bledde. | 144 |
| GP 149 Or if men smoot it with a yerde smerte; | 148 |
| GP 154 But sikerly she hadde a fair forheed; | 154 |
| GP 155 It was almoost a spanne brood, I trowe; | 154 |
| GP 159 A peire of bedes, gauded al with grene, | 158 |
| GP 160 And theron heng a brooch of gold ful sheene, | 160 |
| GP 161 On which ther was first write a crowned A, | 160 |
| GP 161 On which ther was first write a crowned A, | 160 |
| GP 165 A MONK ther was, a fair for the maistrie, | 164 |
| GP 165 A MONK ther was, a fair for the maistrie, | 164 |
| GP 167 A manly man, to been an abbot able. | 166 |
| GP 168 Ful many a deyntee hors hadde he in stable, | 168 |
| GP 170 Gynglen in a whistlynge wynd als cleere | 170 |
| GP 177 He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen, | 176 |
| GP 179 Ne that a monk, whan he is recchelees, | 178 |
| GP 180 Is likned til a fissh that is waterlees -- | 180 |
| GP 181 This is to seyn, a monk out of his cloystre. | 180 |
| GP 185 Upon a book in cloystre alwey to poure, | 184 |
| GP 189 Therfore he was a prikasour aright: | 188 |
| GP 194 With grys, and that the fyneste of a lond; | 194 |
| GP 196 He hadde of gold ywroght a ful curious pyn; | 196 |
| GP 197 A love-knotte in the gretter ende ther was. | 196 |
| GP 200 He was a lord ful fat and in good poynt; | 200 |
| GP 202 That stemed as a forneys of a leed; | 202 |
| GP 202 That stemed as a forneys of a leed; | 202 |
| GP 204 Now certeinly he was a fair prelaat; | 204 |
| GP 205 He was nat pale as a forpyned goost. | 204 |
| GP 206 A fat swan loved he best of any roost. | 206 |
| GP 207 His palfrey was as broun as is a berye. | 206 |
| GP 208 A FRERE ther was, a wantowne and a merye, | 208 |
| GP 208 A FRERE ther was, a wantowne and a merye, | 208 |
| GP 208 A FRERE ther was, a wantowne and a merye, | 208 |
| GP 209 A lymytour, a ful solempne man. | 208 |
| GP 209 A lymytour, a ful solempne man. | 208 |
| GP 212 He hadde maad ful many a mariage | 212 |
| GP 214 Unto his ordre he was a noble post. | 214 |
| GP 219 As seyde hymself, moore than a curat, | 218 |
| GP 224 Ther as he wiste to have a good pitaunce. | 224 |
| GP 225 For unto a povre ordre for to yive | 224 |
| GP 226 Is signe that a man is wel yshryve; | 226 |
| GP 228 He wiste that a man was repentaunt; | 228 |
| GP 229 For many a man so hard is of his herte, | 228 |
| GP 235 And certeinly he hadde a murye note: | 234 |
| GP 236 Wel koude he synge and pleyen on a rote; | 236 |
| GP 239 Therto he strong was as a champioun. | 238 |
| GP 242 Bet than a lazar or a beggestere, | 242 |
| GP 242 Bet than a lazar or a beggestere, | 242 |
| GP 243 For unto swich a worthy man as he | 242 |
| GP 252a [And yaf a certeyn ferme for the graunt; | 252 |
| GP 253 For thogh a wydwe hadde noght a sho, | 254 |
| GP 253 For thogh a wydwe hadde noght a sho, | 254 |
| GP 255 Yet wolde he have a ferthyng, er he wente. | 256 |
| GP 257 And rage he koude, as it were right a whelp. | 258 |
| GP 259 For ther he was nat lyk a cloysterer | 260 |
| GP 260 With a thredbare cope, as is a povre scoler, | 262 |
| GP 260 With a thredbare cope, as is a povre scoler, | 262 |
| GP 261 But he was lyk a maister or a pope. | 262 |
| GP 261 But he was lyk a maister or a pope. | 262 |
| GP 263 That rounded as a belle out of the presse. | 264 |
| GP 270 A MARCHANT was ther with a forked berd, | 272 |
| GP 270 A MARCHANT was ther with a forked berd, | 272 |
| GP 272 Upon his heed a Flaundryssh bever hat, | 274 |
| GP 283 For sothe he was a worthy man with alle, | 284 |
| GP 285 A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, | 286 |
| GP 287 As leene was his hors as is a rake, | 288 |
| GP 297 But al be that he was a philosophre, | 298 |
| GP 309 A SERGEANT OF THE LAWE, war and wys, | 310 |
| GP 318 So greet a purchasour was nowher noon: | 320 |
| GP 321 Nowher so bisy a man as he ther nas, | 322 |
| GP 325 Therto he koude endite and make a thyng, | 326 |
| GP 328 He rood but hoomly in a medlee cote, | 330 |
| GP 329 Girt with a ceint of silk, with barres smale; | 330 |
| GP 331 A FRANKELEYN was in his compaignye. | 332 |
| GP 334 Wel loved he by the morwe a sop in wyn; | 336 |
| GP 339 An housholdere, and that a greet, was he; | 340 |
| GP 342 A bettre envyned man was nowher noon. | 344 |
| GP 349 Ful many a fat partrich hadde he in muwe, | 350 |
| GP 350 And many a breem and many a luce in stuwe. | 352 |
| GP 350 And many a breem and many a luce in stuwe. | 352 |
| GP 357 An anlaas and a gipser al of silk | 358 |
| GP 359 A shirreve hadde he been, and a contour. | 360 |
| GP 359 A shirreve hadde he been, and a contour. | 360 |
| GP 360 Was nowher swich a worthy vavasour. | 362 |
| GP 361 AN HABERDASSHERE and a CARPENTER, | 362 |
| GP 362 A WEBBE, a DYERE, and a TAPYCER -- | 364 |
| GP 362 A WEBBE, a DYERE, and a TAPYCER -- | 364 |
| GP 362 A WEBBE, a DYERE, and a TAPYCER -- | 364 |
| GP 364 Of a solempne and a greet fraternitee. | 366 |
| GP 364 Of a solempne and a greet fraternitee. | 366 |
| GP 369 Wel semed ech of hem a fair burgeys | 370 |
| GP 370 To sitten in a yeldehalle on a deys. | 372 |
| GP 370 To sitten in a yeldehalle on a deys. | 372 |
| GP 378 And have a mantel roialliche ybore. | 380 |
| GP 379 A COOK they hadde with hem for the nones | 380 |
| GP 382 Wel koude he knowe a draughte of Londoun ale. | 384 |
| GP 384 Maken mortreux, and wel bake a pye. | 386 |
| GP 386 That on his shyne a mormal hadde he. | 388 |
| GP 388 A SHIPMAN was ther, wonynge fer by weste; | 390 |
| GP 390 He rood upon a rouncy, as he kouthe, | 392 |
| GP 391 In a gowne of faldyng to the knee. | 392 |
| GP 392 A daggere hangynge on a laas hadde he | 394 |
| GP 392 A daggere hangynge on a laas hadde he | 394 |
| GP 395 And certeinly he was a good felawe. | 396 |
| GP 396 Ful many a draughte of wyn had he ydrawe | 398 |
| GP 406 With many a tempest hadde his berd been shake. | 408 |
| GP 411 With us ther was a DOCTOUR OF PHISIK; | 412 |
| GP 415 He kepte his pacient a ful greet deel | 416 |
| GP 422 He was a verray, parfit praktisour: | 424 |
| GP 443 For gold in phisik is a cordial, | 444 |
| GP 445 A good WIF was ther OF biside BATHE, | 446 |
| GP 455 That on a Sonday weren upon hir heed. | 456 |
| GP 459 She was a worthy womman al hir lyve: | 460 |
| GP 464 She hadde passed many a straunge strem; | 466 |
| GP 471 As brood as is a bokeler or a targe; | 472 |
| GP 471 As brood as is a bokeler or a targe; | 472 |
| GP 472 A foot-mantel aboute hir hipes large, | 474 |
| GP 473 And on hir feet a paire of spores sharpe. | 474 |
| GP 477 A good man was ther of religioun, | 478 |
| GP 478 And was a povre PERSOUN OF A TOUN, | 480 |
| GP 478 And was a povre PERSOUN OF A TOUN, | 480 |
| GP 480 He was also a lerned man, a clerk, | 482 |
| GP 480 He was also a lerned man, a clerk, | 482 |
| GP 495 Upon his feet, and in his hand a staf. | 496 |
| GP 501 For if a preest be foul, on whom we truste, | 502 |
| GP 502 No wonder is a lewed man to ruste; | 504 |
| GP 503 And shame it is, if a prest take keep, | 504 |
| GP 504 A shiten shepherde and a clene sheep. | 506 |
| GP 504 A shiten shepherde and a clene sheep. | 506 |
| GP 505 Wel oghte a preest ensample for to yive, | 506 |
| GP 510 To seken hym a chaunterie for soules, | 512 |
| GP 511 Or with a bretherhed to been withholde; | 512 |
| GP 514 He was a shepherde and noght a mercenarie. | 516 |
| GP 514 He was a shepherde and noght a mercenarie. | 516 |
| GP 524 A bettre preest I trowe that nowher noon ys. | 526 |
| GP 526 Ne maked him a spiced conscience, | 528 |
| GP 529 With hym ther was a PLOWMAN, was his brother, | 530 |
| GP 530 That hadde ylad of dong ful many a fother; | 532 |
| GP 531 A trewe swynkere and a good was he, | 532 |
| GP 531 A trewe swynkere and a good was he, | 532 |
| GP 541 In a tabard he rood upon a mere. | 542 |
| GP 541 In a tabard he rood upon a mere. | 542 |
| GP 542 Ther was also a REVE, and a MILLERE, | 544 |
| GP 542 Ther was also a REVE, and a MILLERE, | 544 |
| GP 543 A SOMNOUR, and a PARDONER also, | 544 |
| GP 543 A SOMNOUR, and a PARDONER also, | 544 |
| GP 544 A MAUNCIPLE, and myself -- ther were namo. | 546 |
| GP 545 The MILLERE was a stout carl for the nones; | 546 |
| GP 549 He was short-sholdred, brood, a thikke knarre; | 550 |
| GP 551 Or breke it at a rennyng with his heed. | 552 |
| GP 553 And therto brood, as though it were a spade. | 554 |
| GP 555 A werte, and theron stood a toft of herys, | 556 |
| GP 555 A werte, and theron stood a toft of herys, | 556 |
| GP 556 Reed as the brustles of a sowes erys; | 558 |
| GP 558 A swerd and a bokeler bar he by his syde. | 560 |
| GP 558 A swerd and a bokeler bar he by his syde. | 560 |
| GP 559 His mouth as greet was as a greet forneys. | 560 |
| GP 560 He was a janglere and a goliardeys, | 562 |
| GP 560 He was a janglere and a goliardeys, | 562 |
| GP 563 And yet he hadde a thombe of gold, pardee. | 564 |
| GP 564 A whit cote and a blew hood wered he. | 566 |
| GP 564 A whit cote and a blew hood wered he. | 566 |
| GP 565 A baggepipe wel koude he blowe and sowne, | 566 |
| GP 567 A gentil MAUNCIPLE was ther of a temple, | 568 |
| GP 567 A gentil MAUNCIPLE was ther of a temple, | 568 |
| GP 573 Now is nat that of God a ful fair grace | 574 |
| GP 574 That swich a lewed mannes wit shal pace | 576 |
| GP 578 Of which ther were a duszeyne in that hous | 580 |
| GP 584 And able for to helpen al a shire | 586 |
| GP 587 The REVE was a sclendre colerik man. | 588 |
| GP 590 His top was dokked lyk a preest biforn. | 592 |
| GP 592 Ylyk a staf; ther was no calf ysene. | 594 |
| GP 593 Wel koude he kepe a gerner and a bynne; | 594 |
| GP 593 Wel koude he kepe a gerner and a bynne; | 594 |
| GP 612 And have a thank, and yet a cote and hood. | 614 |
| GP 612 And have a thank, and yet a cote and hood. | 614 |
| GP 613 In youthe he hadde lerned a good myster: | 614 |
| GP 614 He was a wel good wrighte, a carpenter. | 616 |
| GP 614 He was a wel good wrighte, a carpenter. | 616 |
| GP 615 This Reve sat upon a ful good stot | 616 |
| GP 617 A long surcote of pers upon he hade, | 618 |
| GP 618 And by his syde he baar a rusty blade. | 620 |
| GP 620 Biside a toun men clepen Baldeswelle. | 622 |
| GP 621 Tukked he was as is a frere aboute, | 622 |
| GP 623 A SOMONOUR was ther with us in that place, | 624 |
| GP 624 That hadde a fyr-reed cherubynnes face, | 626 |
| GP 626 As hoot he was and lecherous as a sparwe, | 628 |
| GP 639 A fewe termes hadde he, two or thre, | 640 |
| GP 642 And eek ye knowen wel how that a jay | 644 |
| GP 647 He was a gentil harlot and a kynde; | 648 |
| GP 647 He was a gentil harlot and a kynde; | 648 |
| GP 648 A bettre felawe sholde men noght fynde. | 650 |
| GP 649 He wolde suffre for a quart of wyn | 650 |
| GP 650 A good felawe to have his concubyn | 652 |
| GP 651 A twelf month, and excuse hym atte fulle; | 652 |
| GP 652 Ful prively a fynch eek koude he pulle. | 654 |
| GP 653 And if he foond owher a good felawe, | 654 |
| GP 656 But if a mannes soule were in his purs; | 658 |
| GP 662 And also war hym of a Significavit. | 664 |
| GP 666 A gerland hadde he set upon his heed, | 668 |
| GP 668 A bokeleer hadde he maad hym of a cake. | 670 |
| GP 668 A bokeleer hadde he maad hym of a cake. | 670 |
| GP 669 With hym ther rood a gentil PARDONER | 670 |
| GP 673 This Somonour bar to hym a stif burdoun; | 674 |
| GP 674 Was nevere trompe of half so greet a soun. | 676 |
| GP 676 But smothe it heeng as dooth a strike of flex; | 678 |
| GP 685 A vernycle hadde he sowed upon his cappe. | 686 |
| GP 688 A voys he hadde as smal as hath a goot. | 690 |
| GP 688 A voys he hadde as smal as hath a goot. | 690 |
| GP 691 I trowe he were a geldyng or a mare. | 692 |
| GP 691 I trowe he were a geldyng or a mare. | 692 |
| GP 694 For in his male he hadde a pilwe-beer, | 696 |
| GP 696 He seyde he hadde a gobet of the seyl | 698 |
| GP 699 He hadde a croys of latoun ful of stones, | 700 |
| GP 700 And in a glas he hadde pigges bones. | 702 |
| GP 702 A povre person dwellynge upon lond, | 704 |
| GP 703 Upon a day he gat hym moore moneye | 704 |
| GP 708 He was in chirche a noble ecclesiaste. | 710 |
| GP 709 Wel koude he rede a lessoun or a storie, | 710 |
| GP 709 Wel koude he rede a lessoun or a storie, | 710 |
| GP 715 Now have I toold you soothly, in a clause, | 716 |
| GP 731 Whoso shal telle a tale after a man, | 732 |
| GP 731 Whoso shal telle a tale after a man, | 732 |
| GP 733 Everich a word, if it be in his charge, | 734 |
| GP 751 A semely man OURE HOOSTE was withalle | 752 |
| GP 752 For to been a marchal in an halle. | 754 |
| GP 753 A large man he was with eyen stepe -- | 754 |
| GP 754 A fairer burgeys was ther noon in Chepe -- | 756 |
| GP 757 Eek therto he was right a myrie man; | 758 |
| GP 764 I saugh nat this yeer so myrie a compaignye | 766 |
| GP 767 And of a myrthe I am right now bythoght, | 768 |
| GP 774 To ride by the weye doumb as a stoon; | 776 |
| GP 799 Shal have a soper at oure aller cost | 800 |
| GP 815 And sette a soper at a certeyn pris, | 816 |
| GP 815 And sette a soper at a certeyn pris, | 816 |
| GP 824 And gadrede us togidre alle in a flok, | 826 |
| GP 825 And forth we riden a litel moore than paas | 826 |
| GP 854 What, welcome be the cut, a Goddes name! | 856 |
| GP 857 And he bigan with right a myrie cheere | 858 |
| KnT 860 Ther was a duc that highte Theseus; | 862 |
| KnT 862 And in his tyme swich a conquerour | 864 |
| KnT 864 Ful many a riche contree hadde he wonne; | 866 |
| KnT 886 I have, God woot, a large feeld to ere, | 888 |
| KnT 898 A compaignye of ladyes, tweye and tweye, | 900 |
| KnT 900 But swich a cry and swich a wo they make | 902 |
| KnT 900 But swich a cry and swich a wo they make | 902 |
| KnT 913 Whan she hadde swowned with a deedly cheere, | 914 |
| KnT 916 Victorie, and as a conqueror to lyven, | 918 |
| KnT 923 That she ne hath been a duchesse or a queene. | 924 |
| KnT 923 That she ne hath been a duchesse or a queene. | 924 |
| KnT 969 Ne take his ese fully half a day, | 970 |
| KnT 984 Faire in a feeld, ther as he thoughte to fighte. | 986 |
| KnT 987 He faught, and slough hym manly as a knyght | 988 |
| KnT 1010 Thurgh-girt with many a grevous blody wounde, | 1012 |
| KnT 1027 With laurer crowned as a conquerour; | 1028 |
| KnT 1030 And in a tour, in angwissh and in wo, | 1032 |
| KnT 1034 Till it fil ones, in a morwe of May, | 1036 |
| KnT 1049 Hir yelow heer was broyded in a tresse | 1050 |
| KnT 1050 Bihynde hir bak, a yerde long, I gesse. | 1052 |
| KnT 1054 To make a subtil gerland for hire hede; | 1056 |
| KnT 1065 Was risen and romed in a chambre an heigh, | 1066 |
| KnT 1075 That thurgh a wyndow, thikke of many a barre | 1076 |
| KnT 1075 That thurgh a wyndow, thikke of many a barre | 1076 |
| KnT 1078 And therwithal he bleynte and cride, " A! " | 1080 |
| KnT 1094 Thow hast a veyn ymaginacioun. | 1096 |
| KnT 1117 And with a sigh he seyde pitously, | 1118 |
| KnT 1149 For which thou art ybounden as a knyght | 1150 |
| KnT 1157 Wheither she be a womman or goddesse! | 1158 |
| KnT 1159 And myn is love as to a creature; | 1160 |
| KnT 1164 That `who shal yeve a lovere any lawe?' | 1166 |
| KnT 1165 Love is a gretter lawe, by my pan, | 1166 |
| KnT 1169 A man moot nedes love, maugree his heed; | 1170 |
| KnT 1179 Ther cam a kyte, whil that they were so wrothe, | 1180 |
| KnT 1189 But to th' effect. It happed on a day, | 1190 |
| KnT 1191 A worthy duc that highte Perotheus, | 1192 |
| KnT 1208 In swich a gyse as I you tellen shal. | 1210 |
| KnT 1215 That with a swerd he sholde lese his heed. | 1216 |
| KnT 1219 How greet a sorwe suffreth now Arcite! | 1220 |
| KnT 1241 And art a knyght, a worthy and an able, | 1242 |
| KnT 1241 And art a knyght, a worthy and an able, | 1242 |
| KnT 1253 That yeveth hem ful ofte in many a gyse | 1254 |
| KnT 1261 We faren as he that dronke is as a mous. | 1262 |
| KnT 1262 A dronke man woot wel he hath an hous, | 1264 |
| KnT 1264 And to a dronke man the wey is slider. | 1266 |
| KnT 1269 That wende and hadde a greet opinioun | 1270 |
| KnT 1287 And make a werre so sharp on this citee | 1288 |
| KnT 1293 And art a lord, greet is thyn avauntage | 1294 |
| KnT 1294 Moore than is myn, that sterve here in a cage. | 1296 |
| KnT 1318 Ther as a beest may al his lust fulfille. | 1320 |
| KnT 1319 And whan a beest is deed he hath no peyne; | 1320 |
| KnT 1325 Allas, I se a serpent or a theef, | 1326 |
| KnT 1325 Allas, I se a serpent or a theef, | 1326 |
| KnT 1326 That many a trewe man hath doon mescheef, | 1328 |
| KnT 1334 Now wol I stynte of Palamon a lite, | 1336 |
| KnT 1356 Ful ofte a day he swelte and seyde " Allas! " | 1358 |
| KnT 1362 That lene he wex and drye as is a shaft; | 1364 |
| KnT 1381 Whan he endured hadde a yeer or two | 1382 |
| KnT 1384 Upon a nyght in sleep as he hym leyde, | 1386 |
| KnT 1399 And with that word he caughte a greet mirour, | 1400 |
| KnT 1409 And cladde hym as a povre laborer, | 1410 |
| KnT 1410 And al allone, save oonly a squier | 1412 |
| KnT 1414 And to the court he wente upon a day, | 1416 |
| KnT 1418 He fil in office with a chamberleyn | 1420 |
| KnT 1426 A yeer or two he was in this servyse, | 1428 |
| KnT 1429 But half so wel biloved a man as he | 1430 |
| KnT 1433 They seyden that it were a charitee | 1434 |
| KnT 1437 And thus withinne a while his name is spronge, | 1438 |
| KnT 1440 That of his chambre he made hym a squier, | 1442 |
| KnT 1450 And speke I wole of Palamon a lite. | 1452 |
| KnT 1457 And eek therto he is a prisoner | 1458 |
| KnT 1458 Perpetuelly, noght oonly for a yer. | 1460 |
| KnT 1466 As, whan a thyng is shapen, it shal be -- | 1468 |
| KnT 1468 By helpyng of a freend, brak his prisoun | 1470 |
| KnT 1471 Of a clarree maad of a certeyn wyn, | 1472 |
| KnT 1471 Of a clarree maad of a certeyn wyn, | 1472 |
| KnT 1478 And til a grove faste ther bisyde | 1480 |
| KnT 1502 He on a courser, startlynge as the fir, | 1504 |
| KnT 1504 Out of the court, were it a myle or tweye. | 1506 |
| KnT 1507 To maken hym a gerland of the greves, | 1508 |
| KnT 1513 And from his courser, with a lusty herte, | 1514 |
| KnT 1515 And in a path he rometh up and doun, | 1516 |
| KnT 1517 Was in a bussh, that no man myghte hym se, | 1518 |
| KnT 1523 It is ful fair a man to bere hym evene, | 1524 |
| KnT 1530 Into a studie he fil sodeynly, | 1532 |
| KnT 1533 Now up, now doun, as boket in a welle. | 1534 |
| KnT 1558 Now highte I Philostrate, noght worth a myte. | 1560 |
| KnT 1570 Ne sette I nat the montance of a tare, | 1572 |
| KnT 1572 And with that word he fil doun in a traunce | 1574 |
| KnT 1573 A longe tyme, and after he up sterte. | 1574 |
| KnT 1575 He felte a coold swerd sodeynliche glyde, | 1576 |
| KnT 1608 But for as muche thou art a worthy knyght | 1610 |
| KnT 1612 That heere I wol be founden as a knyght, | 1614 |
| KnT 1639 That stondeth at the gappe with a spere, | 1640 |
| KnT 1656 In his fightyng were a wood leon, | 1658 |
| KnT 1657 And as a crueel tigre was Arcite; | 1658 |
| KnT 1667 The contrarie of a thyng by ye or nay, | 1668 |
| KnT 1668 Yet somtyme it shal fallen on a day | 1670 |
| KnT 1669 That falleth nat eft withinne a thousand yeer. | 1670 |
| KnT 1693 And over a brook, and so forth on his weye. | 1694 |
| KnT 1694 This duc wol han a cours at hym or tweye | 1696 |
| KnT 1705 And at a stert he was bitwix hem two, | 1706 |
| KnT 1706 And pulled out a swerd and cride, " Hoo! | 1708 |
| KnT 1713 As it were in a lystes roially. " | 1714 |
| KnT 1719 And as thou art a rightful lord and juge, | 1720 |
| KnT 1729 Thus hath he japed thee ful many a yer, | 1730 |
| KnT 1743 And seyde, " This is a short conclusioun. | 1744 |
| KnT 1752 That evere swich a chaunce sholde falle, | 1754 |
| KnT 1763 He hath considered shortly, in a clause, | 1764 |
| KnT 1774 Upon a lord that wol have no mercy, | 1776 |
| KnT 1775 But been a leon, bothe in word and dede, | 1776 |
| KnT 1777 As wel as to a proud despitous man | 1778 |
| KnT 1785 " The god of love, a benedicite! | 1786 |
| KnT 1786 How myghty and how greet a lord is he! | 1788 |
| KnT 1788 He may be cleped a god for his myracles, | 1790 |
| KnT 1799 Who may been a fool but if he love? | 1800 |
| KnT 1810 By God, than woot a cokkow or an hare! | 1812 |
| KnT 1812 A man moot ben a fool, or yong or oold -- | 1814 |
| KnT 1812 A man moot ben a fool, or yong or oold -- | 1814 |
| KnT 1814 For in my tyme a servant was I oon. | 1816 |
| KnT 1816 And woot hou soore it kan a man distreyne, | 1818 |
| KnT 1830 Though that she were a queene or a princesse, | 1832 |
| KnT 1830 Though that she were a queene or a princesse, | 1832 |
| KnT 1855 Upon my trouthe, and as I am a knyght, | 1856 |
| KnT 1861 To whom that Fortune yeveth so fair a grace. | 1862 |
| KnT 1874 Whan Theseus hath doon so fair a grace? | 1876 |
| KnT 1885 That swich a noble theatre as it was | 1886 |
| KnT 1887 The circuit a myle was aboute, | 1888 |
| KnT 1891 That whan a man was set on o degree, | 1892 |
| KnT 1893 Estward ther stood a gate of marbul whit, | 1894 |
| KnT 1895 And shortly to concluden, swich a place | 1896 |
| KnT 1908 That coste largely of gold a fother. | 1910 |
| KnT 1909 And northward, in a touret on the wal, | 1910 |
| KnT 1929 That wered of yelewe gooldes a gerland, | 1930 |
| KnT 1930 And a cokkow sittynge on hir hand; | 1932 |
| KnT 1954 And though I koude rekene a thousand mo. | 1956 |
| KnT 1959 A citole in hir right hand hadde she, | 1960 |
| KnT 1961 A rose gerland, fressh and wel smellynge; | 1962 |
| KnT 1966 A bowe he bar and arwes brighte and kene. | 1968 |
| KnT 1975 First on the wal was peynted a forest, | 1976 |
| KnT 1979 In which ther ran a rumbel in a swough, | 1980 |
| KnT 1979 In which ther ran a rumbel in a swough, | 1980 |
| KnT 1980 As though a storm sholde bresten every bough. | 1982 |
| KnT 1981 And dounward from an hille, under a bente, | 1982 |
| KnT 1985 And therout came a rage and swich a veze | 1986 |
| KnT 1985 And therout came a rage and swich a veze | 1986 |
| KnT 2014 A thousand slayn, and nat of qualm ystorve; | 2016 |
| KnT 2027 And al above, depeynted in a tour, | 2028 |
| KnT 2030 Hangynge by a soutil twynes threed. | 2032 |
| KnT 2041 The statue of Mars upon a carte stood | 2042 |
| KnT 2047 A wolf ther stood biforn hym at his feet | 2048 |
| KnT 2048 With eyen rede, and of a man he eet; | 2050 |
| KnT 2058 Was turned from a womman til a bere, | 2060 |
| KnT 2058 Was turned from a womman til a bere, | 2060 |
| KnT 2061 Hir sone is eek a sterre, as men may see. | 2062 |
| KnT 2062 Ther saugh I Dane, yturned til a tree -- | 2064 |
| KnT 2069 Yet peynted was a litel forther moor | 2070 |
| KnT 2077 And undernethe hir feet she hadde a moone -- | 2078 |
| KnT 2080 With bowe in honde and arwes in a cas. | 2082 |
| KnT 2083 A womman travaillynge was hire biforn; | 2084 |
| KnT 2088 With many a floryn he the hewes boghte. | 2090 |
| KnT 2093 But stynte I wole of Theseus a lite, | 2094 |
| KnT 2101 And sikerly ther trowed many a man | 2102 |
| KnT 2105 Nas of so fewe so noble a compaignye. | 2106 |
| KnT 2107 And wolde, his thankes, han a passant name, | 2108 |
| KnT 2110 For if ther fille tomorwe swich a cas, | 2112 |
| KnT 2115 To fighte for a lady, benedicitee! | 2116 |
| KnT 2116 It were a lusty sighte for to see. | 2118 |
| KnT 2120 And in a brestplate and a light gypoun; | 2122 |
| KnT 2120 And in a brestplate and a light gypoun; | 2122 |
| KnT 2121 And som wol have a paire plates large; | 2122 |
| KnT 2122 And som wol have a Pruce sheeld or a targe; | 2124 |
| KnT 2122 And som wol have a Pruce sheeld or a targe; | 2124 |
| KnT 2124 And have an ax, and som a mace of steel -- | 2126 |
| KnT 2133 And lik a grifphon looked he aboute, | 2134 |
| KnT 2138 Ful hye upon a chaar of gold stood he, | 2140 |
| KnT 2142 He hadde a beres skyn, col-blak for old. | 2144 |
| KnT 2145 A wrethe of gold, arm-greet, of huge wighte, | 2146 |
| KnT 2157 Upon a steede bay trapped in steel, | 2158 |
| KnT 2163 A mantelet upon his shulder hangynge, | 2164 |
| KnT 2169 A fewe frakenes in his face yspreynd, | 2170 |
| KnT 2171 And as a leon he his lookyng caste. | 2172 |
| KnT 2174 His voys was as a trompe thonderynge. | 2176 |
| KnT 2176 A gerland, fressh and lusty for to sene. | 2178 |
| KnT 2186 Ful many a tame leon and leopart. | 2188 |
| KnT 2217 And in hir houre he walketh forth a pas | 2218 |
| KnT 2255 Thanne preye I thee, tomorwe with a spere | 2256 |
| KnT 2266 And made a signe, wherby that he took | 2268 |
| KnT 2268 For thogh the signe shewed a delay, | 2270 |
| KnT 2283 Hir body wessh with water of a welle. | 2284 |
| KnT 2286 And yet it were a game to heeren al. | 2288 |
| KnT 2288 But it is good a man been at his large. | 2290 |
| KnT 2290 A coroune of a grene ook cerial | 2292 |
| KnT 2290 A coroune of a grene ook cerial | 2292 |
| KnT 2301 Ful many a yeer, and woost what I desire, | 2302 |
| KnT 2305 Desire to ben a mayden al my lyf, | 2306 |
| KnT 2308 A mayde, and love huntynge and venerye, | 2310 |
| KnT 2310 And noght to ben a wyf and be with childe. | 2312 |
| KnT 2330 And whil I lyve, a mayde I wol thee serve. " | 2332 |
| KnT 2333 But sodeynly she saugh a sighte queynte, | 2334 |
| KnT 2337 And as it queynte it made a whistelynge, | 2338 |
| KnT 2360 And forth she wente and made a vanysshynge; | 2362 |
| KnT 2388 Although thee ones on a tyme mysfille, | 2390 |
| KnT 2427 A sweete smel the ground anon up yaf, | 2428 |
| KnT 2432 And with that soun he herde a murmurynge | 2434 |
| KnT 2494 And to the paleys rood ther many a route | 2496 |
| KnT 2520 " He hath a sparth of twenty pound of wighte. " | 2522 |
| KnT 2528 Duc Theseus was at a wyndow set, | 2530 |
| KnT 2529 Arrayed right as he were a god in trone. | 2530 |
| KnT 2533 An heraud on a scaffold made an " Oo! " | 2534 |
| KnT 2549 But o cours with a sharpe ygrounde spere; | 2550 |
| KnT 2563 " God save swich a lord, that is so good | 2564 |
| KnT 2569 Ful lik a lord this noble duc gan ryde, | 2570 |
| KnT 2614 He rolleth under foot as dooth a bal; | 2616 |
| KnT 2623 Ful ofte a day han thise Thebanes two | 2624 |
| KnT 2646 Is born out of his sadel a swerdes lengthe, | 2648 |
| KnT 2660 Anon ther is a noyse of peple bigonne | 2662 |
| KnT 2674 But herkneth me, and stynteth noyse a lite, | 2676 |
| KnT 2675 Which a myracle ther bifel anon. | 2676 |
| KnT 2677 And on a courser, for to shewe his face, | 2678 |
| KnT 2680 And she agayn hym caste a freendlich ye | 2682 |
| KnT 2684 Out of the ground a furie infernal sterte, | 2686 |
| KnT 2697 And in a bed ybrought ful faire and blyve, | 2698 |
| KnT 2710 That with a spere was thirled his brest boon. | 2712 |
| KnT 2720 But as a justes or a tourneiynge; | 2722 |
| KnT 2720 But as a justes or a tourneiynge; | 2722 |
| KnT 2736 And fully heeld a feeste dayes three, | 2738 |
| KnT 2738 Out of his toun a journee largely. | 2740 |
| KnT 2784 Had strif and rancour many a day agon | 2786 |
| KnT 2787 To speken of a servaunt proprely, | 2788 |
| KnT 2796 And if that evere ye shul ben a wyf, | 2798 |
| KnT 2847 This world nys but a thurghfare ful of wo, | 2848 |
| KnT 2863 He wolde make a fyr in which the office | 2864 |
| KnT 2866 The okes olde, and leye hem on a rewe | 2868 |
| KnT 2871 After a beere, and it al overspradde | 2872 |
| KnT 2875 Eek on his heed a coroune of laurer grene, | 2876 |
| KnT 2876 And in his hond a swerd ful bright and kene. | 2878 |
| KnT 2897 And riden forth a paas with sorweful cheere | 2898 |
| KnT 2918 Of stree first ther was leyd ful many a lode. | 2920 |
| KnT 2934 And thanne with drye stikkes cloven a thre, | 2936 |
| KnT 2937 And gerlandes, hangynge with ful many a flour; | 2938 |
| KnT 2953 Upon the left hand, with a loud shoutynge, | 2954 |
| KnT 2970 Thanne semed me ther was a parlement | 2972 |
| KnT 2982 And Theseus abiden hadde a space | 2984 |
| KnT 2985 And with a sad visage he siked stille, | 2986 |
| KnT 3005 Wel may men knowe, but it be a fool, | 3006 |
| KnT 3008 Of no partie or cantel of a thyng, | 3010 |
| KnT 3009 But of a thyng that parfit is and stable, | 3010 |
| KnT 3017 " Loo the ook, that hath so long a norisshynge | 3018 |
| KnT 3019 And hath so long a lif, as we may see, | 3020 |
| KnT 3030 He moot be deed, the kyng as shal a page; | 3032 |
| KnT 3047 And certeinly a man hath moost honour | 3048 |
| KnT 3055 Thanne is it best, as for a worthy fame, | 3056 |
| KnT 3064 Kan he hem thank? Nay, God woot, never a deel, | 3066 |
| KnT 3084 He is a kynges brother sone, pardee; | 3086 |
| KnT 3085 And though he were a povre bacheler, | 3086 |
| KnT 3086 Syn he hath served yow so many a yeer, | 3088 |
| MilT 3111 That he ne seyde it was a noble storie | 3112 |
| MilT 3126 I kan a noble tale for the nones, | 3128 |
| MilT 3134 Oure Hoost answerde, " Tel on, a devel wey! | 3136 |
| MilT 3135 Thou art a fool; thy wit is overcome. " | 3136 |
| MilT 3137 But first I make a protestacioun | 3138 |
| MilT 3141 For I wol telle a legende and a lyf | 3142 |
| MilT 3141 For I wol telle a legende and a lyf | 3142 |
| MilT 3142 Bothe of a carpenter and of his wyf, | 3144 |
| MilT 3143 How that a clerk hath set the wrightes cappe. " | 3144 |
| MilT 3146 It is a synne and eek a greet folye | 3148 |
| MilT 3146 It is a synne and eek a greet folye | 3148 |
| MilT 3155 And evere a thousand goode ayeyns oon badde. | 3156 |
| MilT 3158 I have a wyf, pardee, as wel as thow; | 3160 |
| MilT 3182 The Millere is a cherl; ye knowe wel this. | 3184 |
| MilT 3188 A riche gnof, that gestes heeld to bord, | 3190 |
| MilT 3189 And of his craft he was a carpenter. | 3190 |
| MilT 3190 With hym ther was dwellynge a poure scoler, | 3192 |
| MilT 3193 And koude a certeyn of conclusiouns, | 3194 |
| MilT 3202 And lyk a mayden meke for to see. | 3204 |
| MilT 3203 A chambre hadde he in that hostelrye | 3204 |
| MilT 3212 His presse ycovered with a faldyng reed; | 3214 |
| MilT 3213 And al above ther lay a gay sautrie, | 3214 |
| MilT 3221 This carpenter hadde wedded newe a wyf, | 3222 |
| MilT 3226 And demed hymself been lik a cokewold. | 3228 |
| MilT 3235 A ceynt she werede, barred al of silk, | 3236 |
| MilT 3236 A barmclooth as whit as morne milk | 3238 |
| MilT 3237 Upon hir lendes, ful of many a goore. | 3238 |
| MilT 3244 And sikerly she hadde a likerous ye; | 3246 |
| MilT 3249 And softer than the wolle is of a wether. | 3250 |
| MilT 3250 And by hir girdel heeng a purs of lether, | 3252 |
| MilT 3254 So gay a popelote or swich a wenche. | 3256 |
| MilT 3254 So gay a popelote or swich a wenche. | 3256 |
| MilT 3258 As any swalwe sittynge on a berne. | 3260 |
| MilT 3263 Wynsynge she was, as is a joly colt, | 3264 |
| MilT 3264 Long as a mast, and upright as a bolt. | 3266 |
| MilT 3264 Long as a mast, and upright as a bolt. | 3266 |
| MilT 3265 A brooch she baar upon hir lowe coler, | 3266 |
| MilT 3266 As brood as is the boos of a bokeler. | 3268 |
| MilT 3268 She was a prymerole, a piggesnye, | 3270 |
| MilT 3268 She was a prymerole, a piggesnye, | 3270 |
| MilT 3272 That on a day this hende Nicholas | 3274 |
| MilT 3282 And she sproong as a colt dooth in the trave, | 3284 |
| MilT 3299 " A clerk hadde litherly biset his whyle, | 3300 |
| MilT 3300 But if he koude a carpenter bigyle. " | 3302 |
| MilT 3302 To wayte a tyme, as I have told biforn. | 3304 |
| MilT 3312 Now was ther of that chirche a parissh clerk, | 3314 |
| MilT 3315 And strouted as a fanne large and brode; | 3316 |
| MilT 3321 Al in a kirtel of a lyght waget; | 3322 |
| MilT 3321 Al in a kirtel of a lyght waget; | 3322 |
| MilT 3323 And therupon he hadde a gay surplys | 3324 |
| MilT 3325 A myrie child he was, so God me save. | 3326 |
| MilT 3327 And maken a chartre of lond or acquitaunce. | 3328 |
| MilT 3331 And pleyen songes on a smal rubible; | 3332 |
| MilT 3332 Therto he song som tyme a loud quynyble; | 3334 |
| MilT 3333 And as wel koude he pleye on a giterne. | 3334 |
| MilT 3340 Gooth with a sencer on the haliday, | 3342 |
| MilT 3342 And many a lovely look on hem he caste, | 3344 |
| MilT 3344 To looke on hire hym thoughte a myrie lyf, | 3346 |
| MilT 3346 I dar wel seyn, if she hadde been a mous, | 3348 |
| MilT 3347 And he a cat, he wolde hire hente anon. | 3348 |
| MilT 3349 Hath in his herte swich a love-longynge | 3350 |
| MilT 3357 A litel after cokkes hadde ycrowe, | 3358 |
| MilT 3358 And dressed hym up by a shot-wyndowe | 3360 |
| MilT 3377 He syngeth, brokkynge as a nyghtyngale; | 3378 |
| MilT 3384 He pleyeth Herodes upon a scaffold hye. | 3386 |
| MilT 3388 He ne hadde for his labour but a scorn. | 3390 |
| MilT 3390 And al his ernest turneth til a jape. | 3392 |