| A...............22 | |
| MkT 1893 I hadde levere than a barel ale | 4 |
| MkT 1910 To wedden a milksop, or a coward ape, | 22 |
| MkT 1910 To wedden a milksop, or a coward ape, | 22 |
| MkT 1916 Be lik a wilde leoun, fool-hardy. | 28 |
| MkT 1925 For ye shul telle a tale trewely. | 36 |
| MkT 1932 I vowe to God, thou hast a ful fair skyn; | 44 |
| MkT 1933 It is a gentil pasture ther thow goost. | 44 |
| MkT 1934 Thou art nat lyk a penant or a goost: | 46 |
| MkT 1934 Thou art nat lyk a penant or a goost: | 46 |
| MkT 1938 Thou art a maister whan thou art at hoom; | 50 |
| MkT 1940 But a governour, wily and wys, | 52 |
| MkT 1942 A wel farynge persone for the nones. | 54 |
| MkT 1945 Thou woldest han been a tredefowel aright. | 56 |
| MkT 1946 Haddestow as greet a leeve as thou hast myght | 58 |
| MkT 1948 Thou haddest bigeten ful many a creature. | 60 |
| MkT 1949 Allas, why werestow so wyd a cope? | 60 |
| MkT 1950 God yeve me sorwe, but, and I were a pope, | 62 |
| MkT 1953 Sholde have a wyf; for al the world is lorn! | 64 |
| MkT 1964 Ful ofte in game a sooth I have herd seye! " | 76 |
| MkT 1968 To telle yow a tale, or two, or three. | 80 |
| MkT 1973 Tragedie is to seyn a certeyn storie, | 84 |
| MkT 1981 And eek in meetre in many a sondry wyse. | 92 |
| AFTER...........1 | |
| MkT 1987 After hir ages, as men writen fynde, | 98 |
| AGES............1 | |
| MkT 1987 After hir ages, as men writen fynde, | 98 |
| AL..............6 | |
| MkT 1920 Al be it that I dar nat hire withstonde, | 32 |
| MkT 1947 To parfourne al thy lust in engendrure, | 58 |
| MkT 1953 Sholde have a wyf; for al the world is lorn! | 64 |
| MkT 1954 Religioun hath take up al the corn | 66 |
| MkT 1965 This worthy Monk took al in pacience, | 76 |
| MkT 1966 And seyde, " I wol doon al my diligence, | 78 |
| ALBON...........1 | |
| MkT 1930 Or daun Thomas, or elles daun Albon? | 42 |
| ALE.............1 | |
| MkT 1893 I hadde levere than a barel ale | 4 |
| ALLAS...........1 | |
| MkT 1949 Allas, why werestow so wyd a cope? | 60 |
| AM..............3 | |
| MkT 1891 Oure Hooste seyde, " As I am feithful man, | 2 |
| MkT 1915 Or elles I am but lost, but if that I | 26 |
| MkT 1919 For I am perilous with knyf in honde, | 30 |
| AN..............1 | |
| MkT 1972 Of whiche I have an hundred in my celle. | 84 |
| AND.............25 | |
| MkT 1890 And of Prudence and hire benignytee, | 2 |
| MkT 1890 And of Prudence and hire benignytee, | 2 |
| MkT 1892 And by that precious corpus Madrian, | 4 |
| MkT 1899 And crieth, `Slee the dogges everichoon, | 10 |
| MkT 1900 And brek hem, bothe bak and every boon!' | 12 |
| MkT 1900 And brek hem, bothe bak and every boon!' | 12 |
| MkT 1901 " And if that any neighebor of myne | 12 |
| MkT 1905 And crieth, `False coward, wrek thy wyf! | 16 |
| MkT 1907 And thou shalt have my distaf and go spynne!' | 18 |
| MkT 1907 And thou shalt have my distaf and go spynne!' | 18 |
| MkT 1914 And out at dore anon I moot me dighte, | 26 |
| MkT 1918 Som neighebor, and thanne go my way; | 30 |
| MkT 1940 But a governour, wily and wys, | 52 |
| MkT 1941 And therwithal of brawnes and of bones | 52 |
| MkT 1941 And therwithal of brawnes and of bones | 52 |
| MkT 1950 God yeve me sorwe, but, and I were a pope, | 62 |
| MkT 1955 Of tredyng, and we borel men been shrympes. | 66 |
| MkT 1958 And feble that they may nat wel engendre. | 70 |
| MkT 1966 And seyde, " I wol doon al my diligence, | 78 |
| MkT 1969 And if yow list to herkne hyderward, | 80 |
| MkT 1976 And is yfallen out of heigh degree | 88 |
| MkT 1977 Into myserie, and endeth wrecchedly. | 88 |
| MkT 1978 And they ben versified communely | 90 |
| MkT 1981 And eek in meetre in many a sondry wyse. | 92 |
| MkT 1988 But tellen hem som bifore and som bihynde, | 100 |
| ANON............1 | |
| MkT 1914 And out at dore anon I moot me dighte, | 26 |
| ANY.............1 | |
| MkT 1901 " And if that any neighebor of myne | 12 |
| APE.............1 | |
| MkT 1910 To wedden a milksop, or a coward ape, | 22 |
| ARIGHT..........1 | |
| MkT 1945 Thou woldest han been a tredefowel aright. | 56 |
| ARMES...........1 | |
| MkT 1921 For she is byg in armes, by my feith: | 32 |
| ART.............4 | |
| MkT 1934 Thou art nat lyk a penant or a goost: | 46 |
| MkT 1935 Upon my feith, thou art som officer, | 46 |
| MkT 1938 Thou art a maister whan thou art at hoom; | 50 |
| MkT 1938 Thou art a maister whan thou art at hoom; | 50 |
| AS..............10 | |
| MkT 1891 Oure Hooste seyde, " As I am feithful man, | 2 |
| MkT 1896 As was this Melibeus wyf Prudence. | 8 |
| MkT 1937 For by my fader soule, as to my doom, | 48 |
| MkT 1946 Haddestow as greet a leeve as thou hast myght | 58 |
| MkT 1946 Haddestow as greet a leeve as thou hast myght | 58 |
| MkT 1967 As fer as sowneth into honestee, | 78 |
| MkT 1967 As fer as sowneth into honestee, | 78 |
| MkT 1974 As olde bookes maken us memorie, | 86 |
| MkT 1987 After hir ages, as men writen fynde, | 98 |
| MkT 1989 As it now comth unto my remembraunce, | 100 |
| ASSAYE..........1 | |
| MkT 1959 This maketh that oure wyves wole assaye | 70 |
| AT..............2 | |
| MkT 1914 And out at dore anon I moot me dighte, | 26 |
| MkT 1938 Thou art a maister whan thou art at hoom; | 50 |
| AWEY............1 | |
| MkT 1923 But lat us passe awey fro this mateere. | 34 |
| BAK.............1 | |
| MkT 1900 And brek hem, bothe bak and every boon!' | 12 |
| BAREL...........1 | |
| MkT 1893 I hadde levere than a barel ale | 4 |
| BE..............7 | |
| MkT 1903 Or be so hardy to hire to trespace, | 14 |
| MkT 1916 Be lik a wilde leoun, fool-hardy. | 28 |
| MkT 1920 Al be it that I dar nat hire withstonde, | 32 |
| MkT 1924 " My lord, the Monk, " quod he, " be myrie of cheere, | 36 |
| MkT 1931 Of what hous be ye, by youre fader kyn? | 42 |
| MkT 1963 But be nat wrooth, my lord, though that I pleye. | 74 |
| MkT 1986 Be it of popes, emperours, or kynges, | 98 |
| BEEN............5 | |
| MkT 1911 That wol been overlad with every wight! | 22 |
| MkT 1945 Thou woldest han been a tredefowel aright. | 56 |
| MkT 1955 Of tredyng, and we borel men been shrympes. | 66 |
| MkT 1957 This maketh that oure heires been so sklendre | 68 |
| MkT 1980 In prose eek been endited many oon, | 92 |
| BEN.............1 | |
| MkT 1978 And they ben versified communely | 90 |
| BENIGNYTEE......1 | |
| MkT 1890 And of Prudence and hire benignytee, | 2 |
| BETE............1 | |
| MkT 1897 By Goddes bones, whan I bete my knaves, | 8 |
| BETTRE..........1 | |
| MkT 1960 Religious folk, for ye mowe bettre paye | 72 |
| BIFORE..........1 | |
| MkT 1988 But tellen hem som bifore and som bihynde, | 100 |
| BIGETEN.........1 | |
| MkT 1948 Thou haddest bigeten ful many a creature. | 60 |
| BIGYNNE.........1 | |
| MkT 1908 Fro day to nyght right thus she wol bigynne. | 20 |
| BIHYNDE.........1 | |
| MkT 1988 But tellen hem som bifore and som bihynde, | 100 |
| BISEEKE.........1 | |
| MkT 1984 But first I yow biseeke in this mateere, | 96 |
| BONES...........3 | |
| MkT 1897 By Goddes bones, whan I bete my knaves, | 8 |
| MkT 1906 By corpus bones, I wol have thy knyf, | 18 |
| MkT 1941 And therwithal of brawnes and of bones | 52 |