| BOOKES..........1 | |
| MkT 1974 As olde bookes maken us memorie, | 86 |
| BOON............1 | |
| MkT 1900 And brek hem, bothe bak and every boon!' | 12 |
| BOREL...........1 | |
| MkT 1955 Of tredyng, and we borel men been shrympes. | 66 |
| BOTHE...........1 | |
| MkT 1900 And brek hem, bothe bak and every boon!' | 12 |
| BRAWNES.........1 | |
| MkT 1941 And therwithal of brawnes and of bones | 52 |
| BREK............2 | |
| MkT 1900 And brek hem, bothe bak and every boon!' | 12 |
| MkT 1927 Ryde forth, myn owene lord, brek nat oure game. | 38 |
| BROGHTE.........1 | |
| MkT 1944 That first thee broghte unto religioun! | 56 |
| BRYNGETH........1 | |
| MkT 1898 She bryngeth me forth the grete clobbed staves, | 10 |
| BUT.............11 | |
| MkT 1913 " This is my lif, but if that I wol fighte; | 24 |
| MkT 1915 Or elles I am but lost, but if that I | 26 |
| MkT 1915 Or elles I am but lost, but if that I | 26 |
| MkT 1923 But lat us passe awey fro this mateere. | 34 |
| MkT 1928 But, by my trouthe, I knowe nat youre name. | 40 |
| MkT 1940 But a governour, wily and wys, | 52 |
| MkT 1950 God yeve me sorwe, but, and I were a pope, | 62 |
| MkT 1951 Nat oonly thou, but every myghty man, | 62 |
| MkT 1963 But be nat wrooth, my lord, though that I pleye. | 74 |
| MkT 1984 But first I yow biseeke in this mateere, | 96 |
| MkT 1988 But tellen hem som bifore and som bihynde, | 100 |
| BY..............10 | |
| MkT 1892 And by that precious corpus Madrian, | 4 |
| MkT 1897 By Goddes bones, whan I bete my knaves, | 8 |
| MkT 1906 By corpus bones, I wol have thy knyf, | 18 |
| MkT 1912 Thou darst nat stonden by thy wyves right!' | 24 |
| MkT 1921 For she is byg in armes, by my feith: | 32 |
| MkT 1926 Loo, Rouchestre stant heer faste by! | 38 |
| MkT 1928 But, by my trouthe, I knowe nat youre name. | 40 |
| MkT 1931 Of what hous be ye, by youre fader kyn? | 42 |
| MkT 1937 For by my fader soule, as to my doom, | 48 |
| MkT 1985 Though I by ordre telle nat thise thynges, | 96 |
| BYG.............1 | |
| MkT 1921 For she is byg in armes, by my feith: | 32 |
| CALLE...........1 | |
| MkT 1929 Wher shal I calle yow my lord daun John, | 40 |
| CELERER.........1 | |
| MkT 1936 Som worthy sexteyn, or som celerer, | 48 |
| CELLE...........1 | |
| MkT 1972 Of whiche I have an hundred in my celle. | 84 |
| CERTEYN.........1 | |
| MkT 1973 Tragedie is to seyn a certeyn storie, | 84 |
| CHEERE..........1 | |
| MkT 1924 " My lord, the Monk, " quod he, " be myrie of cheere, | 36 |
| CHIRCHE.........1 | |
| MkT 1902 Wol nat in chirche to my wyf enclyne, | 14 |
| CLEPEN..........1 | |
| MkT 1979 Of six feet, which men clepen exametron. | 90 |
| CLOBBED.........1 | |
| MkT 1898 She bryngeth me forth the grete clobbed staves, | 10 |
| CLOYSTERER......1 | |
| MkT 1939 No povre cloysterer, ne no novys, | 50 |
| COMEN...........1 | |
| MkT 1956 Of fieble trees ther comen wrecched ympes. | 68 |
| COMMUNELY.......1 | |
| MkT 1978 And they ben versified communely | 90 |
| COMTH...........2 | |
| MkT 1904 Whan she comth hoom she rampeth in my face, | 16 |
| MkT 1989 As it now comth unto my remembraunce, | 100 |
| CONFUSIOUN......1 | |
| MkT 1943 I pray to God, yeve hym confusioun | 54 |
| COPE............1 | |
| MkT 1949 Allas, why werestow so wyd a cope? | 60 |
| CORN............1 | |
| MkT 1954 Religioun hath take up al the corn | 66 |
| CORPUS..........2 | |
| MkT 1892 And by that precious corpus Madrian, | 4 |
| MkT 1906 By corpus bones, I wol have thy knyf, | 18 |
| COWARD..........2 | |
| MkT 1905 And crieth, `False coward, wrek thy wyf! | 16 |
| MkT 1910 To wedden a milksop, or a coward ape, | 22 |
| CREATURE........1 | |
| MkT 1948 Thou haddest bigeten ful many a creature. | 60 |
| CRIETH..........2 | |
| MkT 1899 And crieth, `Slee the dogges everichoon, | 10 |
| MkT 1905 And crieth, `False coward, wrek thy wyf! | 16 |
| DAR.............1 | |
| MkT 1920 Al be it that I dar nat hire withstonde, | 32 |
| DARST...........1 | |
| MkT 1912 Thou darst nat stonden by thy wyves right!' | 24 |
| DAUN............3 | |
| MkT 1929 Wher shal I calle yow my lord daun John, | 40 |
| MkT 1930 Or daun Thomas, or elles daun Albon? | 42 |
| MkT 1930 Or daun Thomas, or elles daun Albon? | 42 |
| DAY.............2 | |
| MkT 1908 Fro day to nyght right thus she wol bigynne. | 20 |
| MkT 1917 I woot wel she wol do me slee som day | 28 |
| DECLARYNG.......1 | |
| MkT 1982 Lo, this declaryng oghte ynogh suffise. | 94 |
| DEGREE..........1 | |
| MkT 1976 And is yfallen out of heigh degree | 88 |
| DIGHTE..........1 | |
| MkT 1914 And out at dore anon I moot me dighte, | 26 |
| DILIGENCE.......1 | |
| MkT 1966 And seyde, " I wol doon al my diligence, | 78 |
| DISTAF..........1 | |
| MkT 1907 And thou shalt have my distaf and go spynne!' | 18 |
| DO..............1 | |
| MkT 1917 I woot wel she wol do me slee som day | 28 |
| DOGGES..........1 | |
| MkT 1899 And crieth, `Slee the dogges everichoon, | 10 |
| DOOM............1 | |
| MkT 1937 For by my fader soule, as to my doom, | 48 |
| DOON............1 | |
| MkT 1966 And seyde, " I wol doon al my diligence, | 78 |
| DORE............1 | |
| MkT 1914 And out at dore anon I moot me dighte, | 26 |
| EDWARD..........1 | |
| MkT 1970 I wol yow seyn the lyf of Seint Edward; | 82 |
| EEK.............2 | |
| MkT 1980 In prose eek been endited many oon, | 92 |
| MkT 1981 And eek in meetre in many a sondry wyse. | 92 |
| ELLES...........2 | |
| MkT 1915 Or elles I am but lost, but if that I | 26 |
| MkT 1930 Or daun Thomas, or elles daun Albon? | 42 |
| ELLIS...........1 | |
| MkT 1971 Or ellis, first, tragedies wol I telle, | 82 |
| EMPEROURS.......1 | |
| MkT 1986 Be it of popes, emperours, or kynges, | 98 |
| ENCLYNE.........1 | |
| MkT 1902 Wol nat in chirche to my wyf enclyne, | 14 |
| ENDED...........1 | |
| MkT 1889 Whan ended was my tale of Melibee, | 0 |
| ENDETH..........1 | |
| MkT 1977 Into myserie, and endeth wrecchedly. | 88 |
| ENDITED.........1 | |
| MkT 1980 In prose eek been endited many oon, | 92 |
| ENGENDRE........1 | |
| MkT 1958 And feble that they may nat wel engendre. | 70 |
| ENGENDRURE......1 | |
| MkT 1947 To parfourne al thy lust in engendrure, | 58 |
| EVERE...........1 | |
| MkT 1909 `Allas,' she seith, `that evere I was shape | 20 |
| EVERICHOON......1 | |
| MkT 1899 And crieth, `Slee the dogges everichoon, | 10 |
| EVERY...........3 | |
| MkT 1900 And brek hem, bothe bak and every boon!' | 12 |
| MkT 1911 That wol been overlad with every wight! | 22 |
| MkT 1951 Nat oonly thou, but every myghty man, | 62 |
| EXAMETRON.......1 | |
| MkT 1979 Of six feet, which men clepen exametron. | 90 |
| EXCUSED.........1 | |
| MkT 1990 Have me excused of myn ignoraunce. " | 102 |
| FACE............1 | |
| MkT 1904 Whan she comth hoom she rampeth in my face, | 16 |
| FADER...........2 | |
| MkT 1931 Of what hous be ye, by youre fader kyn? | 42 |
| MkT 1937 For by my fader soule, as to my doom, | 48 |
| FAIR............1 | |
| MkT 1932 I vowe to God, thou hast a ful fair skyn; | 44 |
| FARYNGE.........1 | |
| MkT 1942 A wel farynge persone for the nones. | 54 |
| FASTE...........1 | |
| MkT 1926 Loo, Rouchestre stant heer faste by! | 38 |
| FEBLE...........1 | |
| MkT 1958 And feble that they may nat wel engendre. | 70 |
| FEET............1 | |
| MkT 1979 Of six feet, which men clepen exametron. | 90 |
| FEITH...........2 | |
| MkT 1921 For she is byg in armes, by my feith: | 32 |
| MkT 1935 Upon my feith, thou art som officer, | 46 |
| FEITHFUL........1 | |
| MkT 1891 Oure Hooste seyde, " As I am feithful man, | 2 |
| FER.............1 | |
| MkT 1967 As fer as sowneth into honestee, | 78 |
| FIEBLE..........1 | |
| MkT 1956 Of fieble trees ther comen wrecched ympes. | 68 |
| FIGHTE..........1 | |
| MkT 1913 " This is my lif, but if that I wol fighte; | 24 |
| FIRST...........3 | |
| MkT 1944 That first thee broghte unto religioun! | 56 |
| MkT 1971 Or ellis, first, tragedies wol I telle, | 82 |
| MkT 1984 But first I yow biseeke in this mateere, | 96 |
| FOLK............1 | |
| MkT 1960 Religious folk, for ye mowe bettre paye | 72 |
| FOOL-HARDY......1 | |
| MkT 1916 Be lik a wilde leoun, fool-hardy. | 28 |