| ASSAYEN..........1 | |
| MerT 1725 And wolde bothe assayen his corage | 480 |
| ASSAYETH.........1 | |
| MerT 1740 Assayeth it youreself; thanne may ye witen | 496 |
| ASSENT...........1 | |
| MerT 1532 Men moste enquere -- this is myn assent -- | 288 |
| ASSENTE..........1 | |
| MerT 1468 I prey yow to my wyl ye wole assente. " | 224 |
| ASSENTED.........1 | |
| MerT 1575 And been assented fully that he sholde | 330 |
| ASSENTEDEN.......1 | |
| MerT 1570 As thou hast herd, assenteden right now | 326 |
| ASSOILLETH.......1 | |
| MerT 1654 Assoilleth me this question, I preye. " | 410 |
| ASSUER...........1 | |
| MerT 1745 On Assuer, so meke a look hath she. | 500 |
| ASSUERE..........1 | |
| MerT 1374 Of Assuere enhaunced for to be. | 130 |
| ASSURE...........1 | |
| MerT 1983 I rekke noght, for heere I hym assure | 738 |
| ASSURED..........1 | |
| MerT 2191 Which that I have assured in youre hond, | 946 |
| ASWAGE...........1 | |
| MerT 2082 His sorwe gan aswage, sooth to seye; | 838 |
| AT...............12 | |
| MerT 1489 So wysly God my soule brynge at reste, | 244 |
| MerT 1611 His freendes sente he to, at his instaunce, | 366 |
| MerT 1633 For thanne, he seyde, his spirit was at ese. | 388 |
| MerT 1710 And at the feeste sitteth he and she | 466 |
| MerT 1718 At every cours thanne cam loud mynstralcye | 474 |
| MerT 1721 At Thebes whan the citee was in doute. | 476 |
| MerT 1751 At every tyme he looked on hir face; | 506 |
| MerT 1780 Namoore of hym at this tyme speke I, | 536 |
| MerT 1834 This wol be doon at leyser parfitly. | 590 |
| MerT 1884 He hath it put, and leyde it at his herte. | 640 |
| MerT 1885 The moone, that at noon was thilke day | 640 |
| MerT 1921 At after-mete ye with youre wommen alle, | 676 |
| ATTE.............5 | |
| MerT 1472 But atte laste, shortly for to seyn, | 228 |
| MerT 1595 He atte laste apoynted hym on oon, | 350 |
| MerT 1891 Til dayes foure, or thre dayes atte leeste, | 646 |
| MerT 1953 She rente it al to cloutes atte laste, | 708 |
| MerT 2081 But atte laste, after a month or tweye, | 836 |
| ATTEMPRELY.......1 | |
| MerT 1679 The lustes of youre wyf attemprely, | 434 |
| AUCTORITEE.......2 | |
| MerT 1597 And chees hire of his owene auctoritee; | 352 |
| MerT 1658 He wolde noon auctoritee allegge, | 414 |
| AUCTORITEES......1 | |
| MerT 2276 " What rekketh me of youre auctoritees? | 1032 |
| AUGHT............1 | |
| MerT 2330 Now sire, " quod she, " for aught that may bityde, | 1086 |
| AVAILLE..........1 | |
| MerT 2107 O Januarie, what myghte it thee availle, | 862 |
| AVAUNT...........1 | |
| MerT 1457 For -- God be thanked! -- I dar make avaunt | 212 |
| AVENTURE.........2 | |
| MerT 1877 For which he putte his lyf in aventure. | 632 |
| MerT 1967 Were it by destynee or by aventure, | 722 |
| AVOUTRYE.........1 | |
| MerT 1435 Thanne sholde I lede my lyf in avoutrye | 190 |
| AVYSE............3 | |
| MerT 1524 Seith that a man oghte hym right wel avyse | 280 |
| MerT 1526 And syn I oghte avyse me right wel | 282 |
| MerT 1988 In wommen is, whan they hem narwe avyse. | 744 |
| AVYSED...........1 | |
| MerT 1528 Wel muchel moore I oghte avysed be | 284 |
| AVYSEMENT........1 | |
| MerT 1531 To take a wyf withouten avysement. | 286 |
| AVYSETH..........1 | |
| MerT 1555 Avyseth yow -- ye been a man of age -- | 310 |
| AWAKED...........1 | |
| MerT 1957 That sleep til that the coughe hath hym awaked. | 712 |
| AWEY.............1 | |
| MerT 1527 To whom I yeve my good awey fro me, | 282 |
| AXE..............1 | |
| MerT 1480 Conseil to axe of any that is heere, | 236 |
| AXETH............2 | |
| MerT 1543 And al this axeth leyser for t' enquere. | 298 |
| MerT 1564 A wyf axeth ful many an observaunce. | 320 |
| AY...............5 | |
| MerT 1249 And folwed ay his bodily delyt | 4 |
| MerT 1303 Wol kepe thee bet than she that waiteth ay | 58 |
| MerT 1519 Justinus, that ay stille sat and herde, | 274 |
| MerT 1901 Is he ay syk, or how may this bityde? " | 656 |
| MerT 2204 And wommen have repreve of yow ay newe. | 960 |
| AYEN.............1 | |
| MerT 2260 That he shal have ayen his eyen syght, | 1016 |
| BAAR.............1 | |
| MerT 2046 He baar alwey of silver a clyket, | 802 |
| BACHELERIS.......2 | |
| MerT 1274 Where as thise bacheleris synge " allas, " | 30 |
| MerT 1278 That bacheleris have often peyne and wo; | 34 |
| BACUS............1 | |
| MerT 1722 Bacus the wyn hem shynketh al aboute, | 478 |
| BAD..............4 | |
| MerT 1618 And alderfirst he bad hem alle a boone, | 374 |
| MerT 1704 And bad hire be lyk Sarra and Rebekke | 460 |
| MerT 1707 And croucheth hem, and bad God sholde hem blesse, | 462 |
| MerT 2007 And bad hym been al hool, and forth she wente | 762 |
| BADDE............3 | |
| MerT 1542 Mo goode thewes than hire vices badde; | 298 |
| MerT 1593 And somme were riche and hadden badde name. | 348 |
| MerT 1608 Hym thoughte ech oother mannes wit so badde | 364 |
| BAK..............2 | |
| MerT 2345 " So I my foot myghte sette upon youre bak. " | 1100 |
| MerT 2348 He stoupeth doun, and on his bak she stood, | 1104 |
| BAR..............2 | |
| MerT 1778 As that she bar it daunsynge in hire hond; | 534 |
| MerT 2118 That Januarie bar of the smale wyket, | 874 |
| BARE.............2 | |
| MerT 1351 Upon his bare knees oughte al his lyf | 106 |
| MerT 1548 And observances, of alle blisses bare. | 304 |
| BATHE............1 | |
| MerT 1685 The Wyf of Bathe, if ye han understonde, | 440 |
| BE...............62 | |
| MerT 1257 T' espien where he myghte wedded be, | 12 |
| MerT 1277 And trewely it sit wel to be so, | 32 |
| MerT 1287 For who kan be so buxom as a wyf? | 42 |
| MerT 1301 And if thou be syk, so God me save, | 56 |
| MerT 1342 If he be povre, she helpeth hym to swynke; | 98 |
| MerT 1356 He may nat be deceyved, as I gesse, | 112 |
| MerT 1371 Sholde han be slayn; and looke, Ester also | 126 |
| MerT 1374 Of Assuere enhaunced for to be. | 130 |
| MerT 1404 Blessed be God that it shal been amended! | 160 |
| MerT 1405 For I wol be, certeyn, a wedded man, | 160 |
| MerT 1411 To whom I may be wedded hastily. | 166 |
| MerT 1457 For -- God be thanked! -- I dar make avaunt | 212 |
| MerT 1461 Though I be hoor, I fare as dooth a tree | 216 |
| MerT 1493 And God it woot, though I unworthy be, | 248 |
| MerT 1521 " Now, brother myn, be pacient, I preye, | 276 |
| MerT 1528 Wel muchel moore I oghte avysed be | 284 |
| MerT 1533 Wher she be wys, or sobre, or dronkelewe, | 288 |
| MerT 1537 Al be it so that no man fynden shal | 292 |
| MerT 1565 I prey yow that ye be nat yvele apayd. " | 320 |
| MerT 1576 Be wedded whanne hym liste and where he wolde. | 332 |
| MerT 1659 But seyde, " Sire, so ther be noon obstacle | 414 |
| MerT 1670 Paraunter she may be youre purgatorie! | 426 |
| MerT 1671 She may be Goddes meene and Goddes whippe; | 426 |
| MerT 1691 For whan they saughe that it moste nedes be, | 446 |
| MerT 1695 Shal wedded be unto this Januarie. | 450 |
| MerT 1701 That to the chirche bothe be they went | 456 |
| MerT 1704 And bad hire be lyk Sarra and Rebekke | 460 |
| MerT 1739 Ther is swich myrthe that it may nat be writen. | 494 |
| MerT 1814 " For Goddes love, as soone as it may be, | 570 |
| MerT 1832 " Ther nys no werkman, whatsoevere he be, | 588 |
| MerT 1834 This wol be doon at leyser parfitly. | 590 |
| MerT 1836 In trewe wedlok coupled be we tweye, | 592 |
| MerT 1837 And blessed be the yok that we been inne, | 592 |
| MerT 1865 Be it of fyssh, or bryd, or beest, or man. | 620 |
| MerT 1874 God be thyn helpe! I kan no bettre seye. " | 630 |
| MerT 1899 And seyde, " Seynte Marie! how may this be, | 654 |
| MerT 1943 For I am deed if that this thyng be kyd. " | 698 |
| MerT 1961 And she obeyeth, be hire lief or looth. | 716 |
| MerT 1962 But lest that precious folk be with me wrooth, | 718 |
| MerT 1989 Som tyrant is, as ther be many oon | 744 |
| MerT 2000 For it shal be right as he wole devyse. | 756 |
| MerT 2035 Though he be god of gardyns, for to telle | 790 |
| MerT 2083 For whan he wiste it may noon oother be, | 838 |
| MerT 2109 For as good is blynd deceyved be | 864 |
| MerT 2110 As to be deceyved whan a man may se. | 866 |
| MerT 2114 That wenen wisly that it be nat so. | 870 |
| MerT 2126 What sleighte is it, thogh it be long and hoot, | 882 |
| MerT 2168 And though that I be oold and may nat see, | 924 |
| MerT 2174 This shal be doon to-morwe er sonne reste, | 930 |
| MerT 2177 And though that I be jalous, wyte me noght. | 932 |
| MerT 2199 That I be fals; and if I do that lak, | 954 |
| MerT 2268 That, though they be in any gilt ytake, | 1024 |
| MerT 2286 But, sire, ne be nat wrooth, al be it so, | 1042 |
| MerT 2286 But, sire, ne be nat wrooth, al be it so, | 1042 |
| MerT 2311 " Dame, " quod this Pluto, " be no lenger wrooth; | 1066 |
| MerT 2346 " Certes, " quod he, " theron shal be no lak, | 1102 |
| MerT 2350 Ladyes, I prey yow that ye be nat wrooth; | 1106 |
| MerT 2379 And elles be I hanged by the hals! " | 1134 |
| MerT 2385 Thonked be God! With bothe myne eyen two, | 1140 |
| MerT 2400 Til that he be adawed verraily. | 1156 |
| MerT 2405 Til that youre sighte ysatled be a while | 1160 |
| MerT 2416 Now, goode men, I pray yow to be glad. | 1172 |