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| KnT 860 Ther was a duc that highte Theseus; | 2 |
| KnT 862 And in his tyme swich a conquerour | 4 |
| KnT 864 Ful many a riche contree hadde he wonne; | 6 |
| KnT 886 I have, God woot, a large feeld to ere, | 28 |
| KnT 898 A compaignye of ladyes, tweye and tweye, | 40 |
| KnT 900 But swich a cry and swich a wo they make | 42 |
| KnT 900 But swich a cry and swich a wo they make | 42 |
| KnT 913 Whan she hadde swowned with a deedly cheere, | 54 |
| KnT 916 Victorie, and as a conqueror to lyven, | 58 |
| KnT 923 That she ne hath been a duchesse or a queene. | 64 |
| KnT 923 That she ne hath been a duchesse or a queene. | 64 |
| KnT 969 Ne take his ese fully half a day, | 110 |
| KnT 984 Faire in a feeld, ther as he thoughte to fighte. | 126 |
| KnT 987 He faught, and slough hym manly as a knyght | 128 |
| KnT 1010 Thurgh-girt with many a grevous blody wounde, | 152 |
| KnT 1027 With laurer crowned as a conquerour; | 168 |
| KnT 1030 And in a tour, in angwissh and in wo, | 172 |
| KnT 1034 Till it fil ones, in a morwe of May, | 176 |
| KnT 1049 Hir yelow heer was broyded in a tresse | 190 |
| KnT 1050 Bihynde hir bak, a yerde long, I gesse. | 192 |
| KnT 1054 To make a subtil gerland for hire hede; | 196 |
| KnT 1065 Was risen and romed in a chambre an heigh, | 206 |
| KnT 1075 That thurgh a wyndow, thikke of many a barre | 216 |
| KnT 1075 That thurgh a wyndow, thikke of many a barre | 216 |
| KnT 1078 And therwithal he bleynte and cride, " A! " | 220 |
| KnT 1094 Thow hast a veyn ymaginacioun. | 236 |
| KnT 1117 And with a sigh he seyde pitously, | 258 |
| KnT 1149 For which thou art ybounden as a knyght | 290 |
| KnT 1157 Wheither she be a womman or goddesse! | 298 |
| KnT 1159 And myn is love as to a creature; | 300 |
| KnT 1164 That `who shal yeve a lovere any lawe?' | 306 |
| KnT 1165 Love is a gretter lawe, by my pan, | 306 |
| KnT 1169 A man moot nedes love, maugree his heed; | 310 |
| KnT 1179 Ther cam a kyte, whil that they were so wrothe, | 320 |
| KnT 1189 But to th' effect. It happed on a day, | 330 |
| KnT 1191 A worthy duc that highte Perotheus, | 332 |
| KnT 1208 In swich a gyse as I you tellen shal. | 350 |
| KnT 1215 That with a swerd he sholde lese his heed. | 356 |
| KnT 1219 How greet a sorwe suffreth now Arcite! | 360 |
| KnT 1241 And art a knyght, a worthy and an able, | 382 |
| KnT 1241 And art a knyght, a worthy and an able, | 382 |
| KnT 1253 That yeveth hem ful ofte in many a gyse | 394 |
| KnT 1261 We faren as he that dronke is as a mous. | 402 |
| KnT 1262 A dronke man woot wel he hath an hous, | 404 |
| KnT 1264 And to a dronke man the wey is slider. | 406 |
| KnT 1269 That wende and hadde a greet opinioun | 410 |
| KnT 1287 And make a werre so sharp on this citee | 428 |
| KnT 1293 And art a lord, greet is thyn avauntage | 434 |
| KnT 1294 Moore than is myn, that sterve here in a cage. | 436 |
| KnT 1318 Ther as a beest may al his lust fulfille. | 460 |
| KnT 1319 And whan a beest is deed he hath no peyne; | 460 |
| KnT 1325 Allas, I se a serpent or a theef, | 466 |
| KnT 1325 Allas, I se a serpent or a theef, | 466 |
| KnT 1326 That many a trewe man hath doon mescheef, | 468 |
| KnT 1334 Now wol I stynte of Palamon a lite, | 476 |
| KnT 1356 Ful ofte a day he swelte and seyde " Allas! " | 498 |
| KnT 1362 That lene he wex and drye as is a shaft; | 504 |
| KnT 1381 Whan he endured hadde a yeer or two | 522 |
| KnT 1384 Upon a nyght in sleep as he hym leyde, | 526 |
| KnT 1399 And with that word he caughte a greet mirour, | 540 |
| KnT 1409 And cladde hym as a povre laborer, | 550 |
| KnT 1410 And al allone, save oonly a squier | 552 |
| KnT 1414 And to the court he wente upon a day, | 556 |
| KnT 1418 He fil in office with a chamberleyn | 560 |
| KnT 1426 A yeer or two he was in this servyse, | 568 |
| KnT 1429 But half so wel biloved a man as he | 570 |
| KnT 1433 They seyden that it were a charitee | 574 |
| KnT 1437 And thus withinne a while his name is spronge, | 578 |
| KnT 1440 That of his chambre he made hym a squier, | 582 |
| KnT 1450 And speke I wole of Palamon a lite. | 592 |
| KnT 1457 And eek therto he is a prisoner | 598 |
| KnT 1458 Perpetuelly, noght oonly for a yer. | 600 |
| KnT 1466 As, whan a thyng is shapen, it shal be -- | 608 |
| KnT 1468 By helpyng of a freend, brak his prisoun | 610 |
| KnT 1471 Of a clarree maad of a certeyn wyn, | 612 |
| KnT 1471 Of a clarree maad of a certeyn wyn, | 612 |
| KnT 1478 And til a grove faste ther bisyde | 620 |
| KnT 1502 He on a courser, startlynge as the fir, | 644 |
| KnT 1504 Out of the court, were it a myle or tweye. | 646 |
| KnT 1507 To maken hym a gerland of the greves, | 648 |
| KnT 1513 And from his courser, with a lusty herte, | 654 |
| KnT 1515 And in a path he rometh up and doun, | 656 |
| KnT 1517 Was in a bussh, that no man myghte hym se, | 658 |
| KnT 1523 It is ful fair a man to bere hym evene, | 664 |
| KnT 1530 Into a studie he fil sodeynly, | 672 |
| KnT 1533 Now up, now doun, as boket in a welle. | 674 |
| KnT 1558 Now highte I Philostrate, noght worth a myte. | 700 |
| KnT 1570 Ne sette I nat the montance of a tare, | 712 |
| KnT 1572 And with that word he fil doun in a traunce | 714 |
| KnT 1573 A longe tyme, and after he up sterte. | 714 |
| KnT 1575 He felte a coold swerd sodeynliche glyde, | 716 |
| KnT 1608 But for as muche thou art a worthy knyght | 750 |
| KnT 1612 That heere I wol be founden as a knyght, | 754 |
| KnT 1639 That stondeth at the gappe with a spere, | 780 |
| KnT 1656 In his fightyng were a wood leon, | 798 |
| KnT 1657 And as a crueel tigre was Arcite; | 798 |
| KnT 1667 The contrarie of a thyng by ye or nay, | 808 |
| KnT 1668 Yet somtyme it shal fallen on a day | 810 |
| KnT 1669 That falleth nat eft withinne a thousand yeer. | 810 |
| KnT 1693 And over a brook, and so forth on his weye. | 834 |
| KnT 1694 This duc wol han a cours at hym or tweye | 836 |
| KnT 1705 And at a stert he was bitwix hem two, | 846 |
| KnT 1706 And pulled out a swerd and cride, " Hoo! | 848 |
| KnT 1713 As it were in a lystes roially. " | 854 |
| KnT 1719 And as thou art a rightful lord and juge, | 860 |
| KnT 1729 Thus hath he japed thee ful many a yer, | 870 |
| KnT 1743 And seyde, " This is a short conclusioun. | 884 |
| KnT 1752 That evere swich a chaunce sholde falle, | 894 |
| KnT 1763 He hath considered shortly, in a clause, | 904 |
| KnT 1774 Upon a lord that wol have no mercy, | 916 |
| KnT 1775 But been a leon, bothe in word and dede, | 916 |
| KnT 1777 As wel as to a proud despitous man | 918 |
| KnT 1785 " The god of love, a benedicite! | 926 |
| KnT 1786 How myghty and how greet a lord is he! | 928 |
| KnT 1788 He may be cleped a god for his myracles, | 930 |
| KnT 1799 Who may been a fool but if he love? | 940 |
| KnT 1810 By God, than woot a cokkow or an hare! | 952 |
| KnT 1812 A man moot ben a fool, or yong or oold -- | 954 |
| KnT 1812 A man moot ben a fool, or yong or oold -- | 954 |
| KnT 1814 For in my tyme a servant was I oon. | 956 |
| KnT 1816 And woot hou soore it kan a man distreyne, | 958 |
| KnT 1830 Though that she were a queene or a princesse, | 972 |
| KnT 1830 Though that she were a queene or a princesse, | 972 |
| KnT 1855 Upon my trouthe, and as I am a knyght, | 996 |
| KnT 1861 To whom that Fortune yeveth so fair a grace. | 1002 |
| KnT 1874 Whan Theseus hath doon so fair a grace? | 1016 |
| KnT 1885 That swich a noble theatre as it was | 1026 |
| KnT 1887 The circuit a myle was aboute, | 1028 |
| KnT 1891 That whan a man was set on o degree, | 1032 |
| KnT 1893 Estward ther stood a gate of marbul whit, | 1034 |
| KnT 1895 And shortly to concluden, swich a place | 1036 |
| KnT 1908 That coste largely of gold a fother. | 1050 |
| KnT 1909 And northward, in a touret on the wal, | 1050 |
| KnT 1929 That wered of yelewe gooldes a gerland, | 1070 |
| KnT 1930 And a cokkow sittynge on hir hand; | 1072 |
| KnT 1954 And though I koude rekene a thousand mo. | 1096 |
| KnT 1959 A citole in hir right hand hadde she, | 1100 |
| KnT 1961 A rose gerland, fressh and wel smellynge; | 1102 |
| KnT 1966 A bowe he bar and arwes brighte and kene. | 1108 |
| KnT 1975 First on the wal was peynted a forest, | 1116 |
| KnT 1979 In which ther ran a rumbel in a swough, | 1120 |
| KnT 1979 In which ther ran a rumbel in a swough, | 1120 |
| KnT 1980 As though a storm sholde bresten every bough. | 1122 |
| KnT 1981 And dounward from an hille, under a bente, | 1122 |
| KnT 1985 And therout came a rage and swich a veze | 1126 |
| KnT 1985 And therout came a rage and swich a veze | 1126 |
| KnT 2014 A thousand slayn, and nat of qualm ystorve; | 1156 |
| KnT 2027 And al above, depeynted in a tour, | 1168 |
| KnT 2030 Hangynge by a soutil twynes threed. | 1172 |
| KnT 2041 The statue of Mars upon a carte stood | 1182 |
| KnT 2047 A wolf ther stood biforn hym at his feet | 1188 |
| KnT 2048 With eyen rede, and of a man he eet; | 1190 |
| KnT 2058 Was turned from a womman til a bere, | 1200 |
| KnT 2058 Was turned from a womman til a bere, | 1200 |
| KnT 2061 Hir sone is eek a sterre, as men may see. | 1202 |
| KnT 2062 Ther saugh I Dane, yturned til a tree -- | 1204 |
| KnT 2069 Yet peynted was a litel forther moor | 1210 |
| KnT 2077 And undernethe hir feet she hadde a moone -- | 1218 |
| KnT 2080 With bowe in honde and arwes in a cas. | 1222 |
| KnT 2083 A womman travaillynge was hire biforn; | 1224 |
| KnT 2088 With many a floryn he the hewes boghte. | 1230 |
| KnT 2093 But stynte I wole of Theseus a lite, | 1234 |
| KnT 2101 And sikerly ther trowed many a man | 1242 |
| KnT 2105 Nas of so fewe so noble a compaignye. | 1246 |
| KnT 2107 And wolde, his thankes, han a passant name, | 1248 |
| KnT 2110 For if ther fille tomorwe swich a cas, | 1252 |
| KnT 2115 To fighte for a lady, benedicitee! | 1256 |
| KnT 2116 It were a lusty sighte for to see. | 1258 |
| KnT 2120 And in a brestplate and a light gypoun; | 1262 |
| KnT 2120 And in a brestplate and a light gypoun; | 1262 |
| KnT 2121 And som wol have a paire plates large; | 1262 |
| KnT 2122 And som wol have a Pruce sheeld or a targe; | 1264 |
| KnT 2122 And som wol have a Pruce sheeld or a targe; | 1264 |
| KnT 2124 And have an ax, and som a mace of steel -- | 1266 |
| KnT 2133 And lik a grifphon looked he aboute, | 1274 |
| KnT 2138 Ful hye upon a chaar of gold stood he, | 1280 |
| KnT 2142 He hadde a beres skyn, col-blak for old. | 1284 |
| KnT 2145 A wrethe of gold, arm-greet, of huge wighte, | 1286 |
| KnT 2157 Upon a steede bay trapped in steel, | 1298 |
| KnT 2163 A mantelet upon his shulder hangynge, | 1304 |
| KnT 2169 A fewe frakenes in his face yspreynd, | 1310 |
| KnT 2171 And as a leon he his lookyng caste. | 1312 |
| KnT 2174 His voys was as a trompe thonderynge. | 1316 |
| KnT 2176 A gerland, fressh and lusty for to sene. | 1318 |
| KnT 2186 Ful many a tame leon and leopart. | 1328 |
| KnT 2217 And in hir houre he walketh forth a pas | 1358 |
| KnT 2255 Thanne preye I thee, tomorwe with a spere | 1396 |
| KnT 2266 And made a signe, wherby that he took | 1408 |
| KnT 2268 For thogh the signe shewed a delay, | 1410 |
| KnT 2283 Hir body wessh with water of a welle. | 1424 |
| KnT 2286 And yet it were a game to heeren al. | 1428 |
| KnT 2288 But it is good a man been at his large. | 1430 |
| KnT 2290 A coroune of a grene ook cerial | 1432 |
| KnT 2290 A coroune of a grene ook cerial | 1432 |
| KnT 2301 Ful many a yeer, and woost what I desire, | 1442 |
| KnT 2305 Desire to ben a mayden al my lyf, | 1446 |
| KnT 2308 A mayde, and love huntynge and venerye, | 1450 |
| KnT 2310 And noght to ben a wyf and be with childe. | 1452 |
| KnT 2330 And whil I lyve, a mayde I wol thee serve. " | 1472 |
| KnT 2333 But sodeynly she saugh a sighte queynte, | 1474 |
| KnT 2337 And as it queynte it made a whistelynge, | 1478 |
| KnT 2360 And forth she wente and made a vanysshynge; | 1502 |
| KnT 2388 Although thee ones on a tyme mysfille, | 1530 |
| KnT 2427 A sweete smel the ground anon up yaf, | 1568 |
| KnT 2432 And with that soun he herde a murmurynge | 1574 |
| KnT 2494 And to the paleys rood ther many a route | 1636 |
| KnT 2520 " He hath a sparth of twenty pound of wighte. " | 1662 |
| KnT 2528 Duc Theseus was at a wyndow set, | 1670 |
| KnT 2529 Arrayed right as he were a god in trone. | 1670 |
| KnT 2533 An heraud on a scaffold made an " Oo! " | 1674 |
| KnT 2549 But o cours with a sharpe ygrounde spere; | 1690 |
| KnT 2563 " God save swich a lord, that is so good | 1704 |
| KnT 2569 Ful lik a lord this noble duc gan ryde, | 1710 |
| KnT 2614 He rolleth under foot as dooth a bal; | 1756 |
| KnT 2623 Ful ofte a day han thise Thebanes two | 1764 |
| KnT 2646 Is born out of his sadel a swerdes lengthe, | 1788 |
| KnT 2660 Anon ther is a noyse of peple bigonne | 1802 |
| KnT 2674 But herkneth me, and stynteth noyse a lite, | 1816 |
| KnT 2675 Which a myracle ther bifel anon. | 1816 |
| KnT 2677 And on a courser, for to shewe his face, | 1818 |
| KnT 2680 And she agayn hym caste a freendlich ye | 1822 |
| KnT 2684 Out of the ground a furie infernal sterte, | 1826 |
| KnT 2697 And in a bed ybrought ful faire and blyve, | 1838 |
| KnT 2710 That with a spere was thirled his brest boon. | 1852 |
| KnT 2720 But as a justes or a tourneiynge; | 1862 |
| KnT 2720 But as a justes or a tourneiynge; | 1862 |
| KnT 2736 And fully heeld a feeste dayes three, | 1878 |
| KnT 2738 Out of his toun a journee largely. | 1880 |
| KnT 2784 Had strif and rancour many a day agon | 1926 |
| KnT 2787 To speken of a servaunt proprely, | 1928 |
| KnT 2796 And if that evere ye shul ben a wyf, | 1938 |
| KnT 2847 This world nys but a thurghfare ful of wo, | 1988 |
| KnT 2863 He wolde make a fyr in which the office | 2004 |
| KnT 2866 The okes olde, and leye hem on a rewe | 2008 |
| KnT 2871 After a beere, and it al overspradde | 2012 |
| KnT 2875 Eek on his heed a coroune of laurer grene, | 2016 |
| KnT 2876 And in his hond a swerd ful bright and kene. | 2018 |
| KnT 2897 And riden forth a paas with sorweful cheere | 2038 |
| KnT 2918 Of stree first ther was leyd ful many a lode. | 2060 |
| KnT 2934 And thanne with drye stikkes cloven a thre, | 2076 |
| KnT 2937 And gerlandes, hangynge with ful many a flour; | 2078 |
| KnT 2953 Upon the left hand, with a loud shoutynge, | 2094 |
| KnT 2970 Thanne semed me ther was a parlement | 2112 |
| KnT 2982 And Theseus abiden hadde a space | 2124 |
| KnT 2985 And with a sad visage he siked stille, | 2126 |
| KnT 3005 Wel may men knowe, but it be a fool, | 2146 |
| KnT 3008 Of no partie or cantel of a thyng, | 2150 |
| KnT 3009 But of a thyng that parfit is and stable, | 2150 |
| KnT 3017 " Loo the ook, that hath so long a norisshynge | 2158 |
| KnT 3019 And hath so long a lif, as we may see, | 2160 |
| KnT 3030 He moot be deed, the kyng as shal a page; | 2172 |
| KnT 3047 And certeinly a man hath moost honour | 2188 |
| KnT 3055 Thanne is it best, as for a worthy fame, | 2196 |
| KnT 3064 Kan he hem thank? Nay, God woot, never a deel, | 2206 |
| KnT 3084 He is a kynges brother sone, pardee; | 2226 |
| KnT 3085 And though he were a povre bacheler, | 2226 |
| KnT 3086 Syn he hath served yow so many a yeer, | 2228 |