ALTHOGH............2
GP 230 He may nat wepe, althogh hym soore smerte.	230
GP 737 He may nat spare, althogh he were his brother;	738
ALWAY..............1
GP 353 His table dormant in his halle alway	354
ALWEY..............3
GP 185 Upon a book in cloystre alwey to poure,	184
GP 275 Sownynge alwey th' encrees of his wynnyng.	276
GP 548 At wrastlynge he wolde have alwey the ram.	550
ALWEYS.............1
GP 341 His breed, his ale, was alweys after oon;	342
ALYGHT.............1
GP 722 Whan we were in that hostelrie alyght;	724
AM.................1
GP 767 And of a myrthe I am right now bythoght,	768
AMBLERE............1
GP 469 Upon an amblere esily she sat,	470
AMONGES............1
GP 759 And spak of myrthe amonges othere thynges,	760
AMOR...............1
GP 162 And after Amor vincit omnia.	162
AMORWE.............1
GP 822 Amorwe, whan that day bigan to sprynge,	824
AMYABLE............1
GP 138 And ful plesaunt, and amyable of port,	138
AN.................18
GP 116 An horn he bar, the bawdryk was of grene;	116
GP 166 An outridere, that lovede venerie,	166
GP 167 A manly man, to been an abbot able.	166
GP 182 But thilke text heeld he nat worth an oystre;	182
GP 223 He was an esy man to yeve penaunce,	222
GP 339 An housholdere, and that a greet, was he;	340
GP 357 An anlaas and a gipser al of silk	358
GP 361 AN HABERDASSHERE and a CARPENTER,	362
GP 372 Was shaply for to been an alderman.	374
GP 447 Of clooth-makyng she hadde swich an haunt	448
GP 469 Upon an amblere esily she sat,	470
GP 470 Ywympled wel, and on hir heed an hat	472
GP 575 The wisdom of an heep of lerned men?	576
GP 606 His wonyng was ful faire upon an heeth;	608
GP 667 As greet as it were for an ale-stake.	668
GP 684 Swiche glarynge eyen hadde he as an hare.	686
GP 710 But alderbest he song an offertorie;	712
GP 752 For to been a marchal in an halle.	754
AND................347
GP 3 And bathed every veyne in swich licour	2
GP 6 Inspired hath in every holt and heeth	6
GP 7 The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne	6
GP 9 And smale foweles maken melodye,	8
GP 13 And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes,	12
GP 15 And specially from every shires ende	14
GP 24 Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye	24
GP 26 In felaweshipe, and pilgrimes were they alle,	26
GP 28 The chambres and the stables weren wyde,	28
GP 29 And wel we weren esed atte beste.	28
GP 30 And shortly, whan the sonne was to reste,	30
GP 33 And made forward erly for to ryse,	32
GP 35 But nathelees, whil I have tyme and space,	34
GP 40 And whiche they weren, and of what degree,	40
GP 40 And whiche they weren, and of what degree,	40
GP 41 And eek in what array that they were inne;	40
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 46 Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisie.	46
GP 46 Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisie.	46
GP 48 And therto hadde he riden, no man ferre,	48
GP 50 And evere honoured for his worthynesse;	50
GP 54 In Lettow hadde he reysed and in Ruce,	54
GP 57 Of Algezir, and riden in Belmarye.	56
GP 58 At Lyeys was he and at Satalye,	58
GP 59 Whan they were wonne, and in the Grete See	58
GP 62 And foughten for oure feith at Tramyssene	62
GP 63 In lystes thries, and ay slayn his foo.	62
GP 67 And everemoore he hadde a sovereyn prys.	66
GP 68 And though that he were worthy, he was wys,	68
GP 69 And of his port as meeke as is a mayde.	68
GP 78 And wente for to doon his pilgrymage.	78
GP 80 A lovyere and a lusty bacheler,	80
GP 84 And wonderly delyvere, and of greet strengthe.	84
GP 84 And wonderly delyvere, and of greet strengthe.	84
GP 85 And he hadde been somtyme in chyvachie	84
GP 86 In Flaundres, in Artoys, and Pycardie,	86
GP 87 And born hym weel, as of so litel space,	86
GP 90 Al ful of fresshe floures, whyte and reede.	90
GP 93 Short was his gowne, with sleves longe and wyde.	92
GP 94 Wel koude he sitte on hors and faire ryde.	94
GP 95 He koude songes make and wel endite,	94
GP 96 Juste and eek daunce, and weel purtreye and write.	96
GP 96 Juste and eek daunce, and weel purtreye and write.	96
GP 96 Juste and eek daunce, and weel purtreye and write.	96
GP 99 Curteis he was, lowely, and servysable,	98
GP 100 And carf biforn his fader at the table.	100
GP 101 A YEMAN hadde he and servantz namo	100
GP 103 And he was clad in cote and hood of grene.	102
GP 103 And he was clad in cote and hood of grene.	102
GP 104 A sheef of pecok arwes, bright and kene,	104
GP 108 And in his hand he baar a myghty bowe.	108
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 114 Harneised wel and sharp as point of spere;	114
GP 119 That of hir smylyng was ful symple and coy;	118
GP 121 And she was cleped madame Eglentyne.	120
GP 124 And Frenssh she spak ful faire and fetisly,	124
GP 124 And Frenssh she spak ful faire and fetisly,	124
GP 130 Wel koude she carie a morsel and wel kepe	130
GP 137 And sikerly she was of greet desport,	136
GP 138 And ful plesaunt, and amyable of port,	138
GP 138 And ful plesaunt, and amyable of port,	138
GP 139 And peyned hire to countrefete cheere	138
GP 140 Of court, and to been estatlich of manere,	140
GP 141 And to ben holden digne of reverence.	140
GP 143 She was so charitable and so pitous	142
GP 147 With rosted flessh, or milk and wastel-breed.	146
GP 150 And al was conscience and tendre herte.	150
GP 150 And al was conscience and tendre herte.	150
GP 153 Hir mouth ful smal, and therto softe and reed.	152
GP 153 Hir mouth ful smal, and therto softe and reed.	152
GP 160 And theron heng a brooch of gold ful sheene,	160
GP 162 And after Amor vincit omnia.	162
GP 164 That was hir chapeleyne, and preestes thre.	164
GP 169 And whan he rood, men myghte his brydel heere	168
GP 171 And eek as loude as dooth the chapel belle	170
GP 174 By cause that it was old and somdel streit	174
GP 176 And heeld after the newe world the space.	176
GP 183 And I seyde his opinion was good.	182
GP 184 What sholde he studie and make hymselven wood,	184
GP 186 Or swynken with his handes, and laboure,	186
GP 191 Of prikyng and of huntyng for the hare	190
GP 194 With grys, and that the fyneste of a lond;	194
GP 195 And for to festne his hood under his chyn,	194
GP 199 And eek his face, as he hadde been enoynt.	198
GP 200 He was a lord ful fat and in good poynt;	200
GP 201 His eyen stepe, and rollynge in his heed,	200
GP 208 A FRERE ther was, a wantowne and a merye,	208
GP 211 So muchel of daliaunce and fair langage.	210
GP 215 Ful wel biloved and famulier was he	214
GP 217 And eek with worthy wommen of the toun;	216
GP 222 And plesaunt was his absolucioun:	222
GP 231 Therfore in stede of wepynge and preyeres	230
GP 234 And pynnes, for to yeven faire wyves.	234
GP 235 And certeinly he hadde a murye note:	234
GP 236 Wel koude he synge and pleyen on a rote;	236
GP 241 And everich hostiler and tappestere	240
GP 241 And everich hostiler and tappestere	240
GP 248 But al with riche and selleres of vitaille.	248
GP 249 And over al, ther as profit sholde arise,	248
GP 250 Curteis he was and lowely of servyse;	250
GP 257 And rage he koude, as it were right a whelp.	258
GP 266 And in his harpyng, whan that he hadde songe,	268
GP 271 In mottelee, and hye on horse he sat;	272
GP 273 His bootes clasped faire and fetisly.	274
GP 277 Bitwixe Middelburgh and Orewelle.	278
GP 282 With his bargaynes and with his chevyssaunce.	284
GP 288 And he nas nat right fat, I undertake,	290
GP 289 But looked holwe, and therto sobrely.	290
GP 295 Of Aristotle and his philosophie	296
GP 300 On bookes and on lernynge he it spente,	302
GP 301 And bisily gan for the soules preye	302
GP 303 Of studie took he moost cure and moost heede.	304
GP 305 And that was seyd in forme and reverence,	306
GP 305 And that was seyd in forme and reverence,	306
GP 306 And short and quyk and ful of hy sentence;	308
GP 306 And short and quyk and ful of hy sentence;	308
GP 306 And short and quyk and ful of hy sentence;	308
GP 308 And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.	310
GP 308 And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.	310
GP 309 A SERGEANT OF THE LAWE, war and wys,	310
GP 312 Discreet he was and of greet reverence --	314
GP 315 By patente and by pleyn commissioun.	316
GP 316 For his science and for his heigh renoun,	318
GP 317 Of fees and robes hadde he many oon.	318
GP 322 And yet he semed bisier than he was.	324
GP 323 In termes hadde he caas and doomes alle	324
GP 325 Therto he koude endite and make a thyng,	326
GP 327 And every statut koude he pleyn by rote.	328
GP 339 An housholdere, and that a greet, was he;	340
GP 344 Of fissh and flessh, and that so plentevous	346
GP 344 Of fissh and flessh, and that so plentevous	346
GP 345 It snewed in his hous of mete and drynke;	346
GP 348 So chaunged he his mete and his soper.	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 352 Poynaunt and sharp, and redy al his geere.	354
GP 352 Poynaunt and sharp, and redy al his geere.	354
GP 355 At sessiouns ther was he lord and sire;	356
GP 357 An anlaas and a gipser al of silk	358
GP 359 A shirreve hadde he been, and a contour.	360
GP 361 AN HABERDASSHERE and a CARPENTER,	362
GP 362 A WEBBE, a DYERE, and a TAPYCER --	364
GP 363 And they were clothed alle in o lyveree	364
GP 364 Of a solempne and a greet fraternitee.	366
GP 365 Ful fressh and newe hir geere apiked was;	366
GP 367 But al with silver, wroght ful clene and weel,	368
GP 368 Hire girdles and hir pouches everydeel.	370
GP 373 For catel hadde they ynogh and rente,	374
GP 374 And eek hir wyves wolde it wel assente;	376
GP 375 And elles certeyn were they to blame.	376
GP 377 And goon to vigilies al bifore,	378
GP 378 And have a mantel roialliche ybore.	380
GP 381 And poudre-marchant tart and galyngale.	382
GP 381 And poudre-marchant tart and galyngale.	382
GP 383 He koude rooste, and sethe, and broille, and frye,	384
GP 383 He koude rooste, and sethe, and broille, and frye,	384
GP 383 He koude rooste, and sethe, and broille, and frye,	384
GP 384 Maken mortreux, and wel bake a pye.	386
GP 395 And certeinly he was a good felawe.	396
GP 399 If that he faught and hadde the hyer hond,	400
GP 402 His stremes, and his daungers hym bisides,	404
GP 403 His herberwe, and his moone, his lodemenage,	404
GP 405 Hardy he was and wys to undertake;	406
GP 409 And every cryke in Britaigne and in Spayne.	410
GP 409 And every cryke in Britaigne and in Spayne.	410
GP 413 To speke of phisik and of surgerye,	414
GP 421 And where they engendred, and of what humour.	422
GP 421 And where they engendred, and of what humour.	422
GP 423 The cause yknowe, and of his harm the roote,	424
GP 426 To sende hym drogges and his letuaries,	428
GP 430 And Deyscorides, and eek Rufus,	432
GP 430 And Deyscorides, and eek Rufus,	432
GP 431 Olde Ypocras, Haly, and Galyen,	432
GP 432 Serapion, Razis, and Avycen,	434
GP 433 Averrois, Damascien, and Constantyn,	434
GP 434 Bernard, and Gatesden, and Gilbertyn.	436
GP 434 Bernard, and Gatesden, and Gilbertyn.	436
GP 437 But of greet norissyng and digestible.	438
GP 439 In sangwyn and in pers he clad was al,	440
GP 440 Lyned with taffata and with sendal.	442
GP 441 And yet he was but esy of dispence;	442
GP 446 But she was somdel deef, and that was scathe.	448
GP 448 She passed hem of Ypres and of Gaunt.	450
GP 451 And if ther dide, certeyn so wrooth was she	452
GP 457 Ful streite yteyd, and shoes ful moyste and newe.	458
GP 457 Ful streite yteyd, and shoes ful moyste and newe.	458
GP 458 Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe.	460
GP 458 Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe.	460
GP 463 And thries hadde she been at Jerusalem;	464
GP 465 At Rome she hadde been, and at Boloigne,	466
GP 466 In Galice at Seint-Jame, and at Coloigne.	468
GP 470 Ywympled wel, and on hir heed an hat	472
GP 473 And on hir feet a paire of spores sharpe.	474
GP 474 In felaweshipe wel koude she laughe and carpe.	476
GP 478 And was a povre PERSOUN OF A TOUN,	480
GP 479 But riche he was of hooly thoght and werk.	480
GP 483 Benygne he was, and wonder diligent,	484
GP 484 And in adversitee ful pacient,	486
GP 485 And swich he was ypreved ofte sithes.	486
GP 489 Of his offryng and eek of his substaunce.	490
GP 491 Wyd was his parisshe, and houses fer asonder,	492
GP 494 The ferreste in his parisshe, muche and lite,	496
GP 495 Upon his feet, and in his hand a staf.	496
GP 497 That first he wroghte, and afterward he taughte.	498
GP 499 And this figure he added eek therto,	500
GP 503 And shame it is, if a prest take keep,	504
GP 504 A shiten shepherde and a clene sheep.	506
GP 508 And leet his sheep encombred in the myre	510
GP 509 And ran to Londoun unto Seinte Poules	510
GP 512 But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his folde,	514
GP 514 He was a shepherde and noght a mercenarie.	516
GP 515 And though he hooly were and vertuous,	516
GP 515 And though he hooly were and vertuous,	516
GP 518 But in his techyng discreet and benygne.	520
GP 525 He waited after no pompe and reverence,	526
GP 527 But Cristes loore and his apostles twelve	528
GP 531 A trewe swynkere and a good was he,	532
GP 532 Lyvynge in pees and parfit charitee.	534
GP 535 And thanne his neighebor right as hymselve.	536
GP 536 He wolde thresshe, and therto dyke and delve,	538
GP 536 He wolde thresshe, and therto dyke and delve,	538
GP 539 His tithes payde he ful faire and wel,	540
GP 540 Bothe of his propre swynk and his catel.	542
GP 542 Ther was also a REVE, and a MILLERE,	544
GP 543 A SOMNOUR, and a PARDONER also,	544
GP 544 A MAUNCIPLE, and myself -- ther were namo.	546
GP 546 Ful byg he was of brawn, and eek of bones.	548
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 557 His nosethirles blake were and wyde.	558
GP 558 A swerd and a bokeler bar he by his syde.	560
GP 560 He was a janglere and a goliardeys,	562
GP 561 And that was moost of synne and harlotries.	562
GP 561 And that was moost of synne and harlotries.	562
GP 562 Wel koude he stelen corn and tollen thries;	564
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 565 A baggepipe wel koude he blowe and sowne,	566
GP 566 And therwithal he broghte us out of towne.	568
GP 572 That he was ay biforn and in good staat.	574
GP 577 That weren of lawe expert and curious,	578
GP 579 Worthy to been stywardes of rente and lond	580
GP 584 And able for to helpen al a shire	586
GP 586 And yet this Manciple sette hir aller cappe.	588
GP 591 Ful longe were his legges and ful lene,	592
GP 593 Wel koude he kepe a gerner and a bynne;	594
GP 595 Wel wiste he by the droghte and by the reyn	596
GP 596 The yeldynge of his seed and of his greyn.	598
GP 598 His swyn, his hors, his stoor, and his pultrye	600
GP 600 And by his covenant yaf the rekenynge,	602
GP 604 That he ne knew his sleighte and his covyne;	606
GP 611 To yeve and lene hym of his owene good,	612
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 612 And have a thank, and yet a cote and hood.	614
GP 616 That was al pomely grey and highte Scot.	618
GP 618 And by his syde he baar a rusty blade.	620
GP 622 And evere he rood the hyndreste of oure route.	624
GP 626 As hoot he was and lecherous as a sparwe,	628
GP 627 With scalled browes blake and piled berd.	628
GP 631 Ne oynement that wolde clense and byte,	632
GP 634 Wel loved he garleek, oynons, and eek lekes,	636
GP 635 And for to drynken strong wyn, reed as blood;	636
GP 636 Thanne wolde he speke and crie as he were wood.	638
GP 637 And whan that he wel dronken hadde the wyn,	638
GP 642 And eek ye knowen wel how that a jay	644
GP 647 He was a gentil harlot and a kynde;	648
GP 651 A twelf month, and excuse hym atte fulle;	652
GP 653 And if he foond owher a good felawe,	654
GP 662 And also war hym of a Significavit.	664
GP 665 And knew hir conseil, and was al hir reed.	666
GP 665 And knew hir conseil, and was al hir reed.	666
GP 670 Of Rouncivale, his freend and his compeer,	672
GP 678 And therwith he his shuldres overspradde;	680
GP 679 But thynne it lay, by colpons oon and oon.	680
GP 700 And in a glas he hadde pigges bones.	702
GP 705 And thus, with feyned flaterye and japes,	706
GP 705 And thus, with feyned flaterye and japes,	706
GP 706 He made the person and the peple his apes.	708
GP 712 He moste preche and wel affile his tonge	714
GP 714 Therefore he song the murierly and loude.	716
GP 716 Th' estaat, th' array, the nombre, and eek the cause	718
GP 723 And after wol I telle of our viage	724
GP 724 And al the remenaunt of oure pilgrimage.	726
GP 728 To telle yow hir wordes and hir cheere,	730
GP 734 Al speke he never so rudeliche and large,	736
GP 740 And wel ye woot no vileynye is it.	742
GP 748 And to the soper sette he us anon.	750
GP 750 Strong was the wyn, and wel to drynke us leste.	752
GP 755 Boold of his speche, and wys, and wel ytaught,	756
GP 755 Boold of his speche, and wys, and wel ytaught,	756
GP 756 And of manhod hym lakkede right naught.	758
GP 758 And after soper pleyen he bigan,	760
GP 759 And spak of myrthe amonges othere thynges,	760
GP 761 And seyde thus: " Now, lordynges, trewely,	762
GP 767 And of a myrthe I am right now bythoght,	768
GP 768 To doon yow ese, and it shal coste noght.	770
GP 771 And wel I woot, as ye goon by the weye,	772
GP 772 Ye shapen yow to talen and to pleye;	774
GP 775 And therfore wol I maken yow disport,	776
GP 776 As I seyde erst, and doon yow som confort.	778
GP 777 And if yow liketh alle by oon assent	778
GP 779 And for to werken as I shal yow seye,	780
GP 786 And graunted hym withouten moore avys,	788
GP 787 And bad him seye his voirdit as hym leste.	788
GP 790 This is the poynt, to speken short and pleyn,	792
GP 794 And homward he shal tellen othere two,	796
GP 796 And which of yow that bereth hym best of alle --	798
GP 798 Tales of best sentence and moost solaas --	800
GP 802 And for to make yow the moore mury,	804
GP 804 Right at myn owene cost, and be youre gyde;	806
GP 805 And whoso wole my juggement withseye	806
GP 807 And if ye vouche sauf that it be so,	808
GP 809 And I wol erly shape me therfore. "	810
GP 810 This thyng was graunted, and oure othes swore	812
GP 811 With ful glad herte, and preyden hym also	812
GP 813 And that he wolde been oure governour,	814
GP 814 And of oure tales juge and reportour,	816
GP 814 And of oure tales juge and reportour,	816
GP 815 And sette a soper at a certeyn pris,	816
GP 816 And we wol reuled been at his devys	818
GP 817 In heigh and lough; and thus by oon assent	818
GP 817 In heigh and lough; and thus by oon assent	818
GP 819 And therupon the wyn was fet anon;	820
GP 820 We dronken, and to reste wente echon,	822
GP 823 Up roos oure Hoost, and was oure aller cok,	824
GP 824 And gadrede us togidre alle in a flok,	826
GP 825 And forth we riden a litel moore than paas	826
GP 827 And there oure Hoost bigan his hors areste	828
GP 828 And seyde, " Lordynges, herkneth, if yow leste.	830
GP 829 Ye woot youre foreward, and I it yow recorde.	830
GP 830 If even-song and morwe-song accorde,	832
GP 837 Sire Knyght, " quod he, " my mayster and my lord,	838
GP 840 And ye, sire Clerk, lat be youre shamefastnesse,	842
GP 843 And shortly for to tellen as it was,	844
GP 846 Of which ful blithe and glad was every wyght,	848
GP 847 And telle he moste his tale, as was resoun,	848
GP 848 By foreward and by composicioun,	850
GP 850 And whan this goode man saugh that it was so,	852
GP 851 As he that wys was and obedient	852
GP 855 Now lat us ryde, and herkneth what I seye. "	856
GP 856 And with that word we ryden forth oure weye,	858
GP 857 And he bigan with right a myrie cheere	858
GP 858 His tale anon, and seyde as ye may heere.	860