| ALLAS.............12 | |
| MLT 121 And alle thy freendes fleen from thee, allas! | 120 |
| MLT 193 That he for love sholde han his deeth, allas! | 192 |
| MLT 267 Allas, what wonder is it thogh she wepte, | 266 |
| MLT 281 " Allas, unto the Barbre nacioun | 280 |
| MLT 303 Of which the lord is helplees falle, allas, | 302 |
| MLT 309 Imprudent Emperour of Rome, allas! | 308 |
| MLT 315 Allas, we been to lewed or to slowe! | 314 |
| MLT 608 By Dame Custance. Allas, what myghte she seye? | 608 |
| MLT 631 Allas! Custance, thou hast no champioun, | 630 |
| MLT 810 Ful ofte he seyde, " Allas and weylaway! " | 810 |
| MLT 817 O goode Custance, allas, so wo is me | 816 |
| MLT 855 " O litel child, allas! What is thy gilt, | 854 |
| ALLE..............22 | |
| MLT 118 " Alle the dayes of povre men been wikke. " | 118 |
| MLT 121 And alle thy freendes fleen from thee, allas! | 120 |
| MLT 164 To alle hire werkes vertu is hir gyde; | 164 |
| MLT 166 She is mirour of alle curteisye; | 166 |
| MLT 240 And alle his liges sholde ycristned be, | 240 |
| MLT 263 But forthward they hem dressen, alle and some. | 262 |
| MLT 272 Housbondes been alle goode, and han ben yoore; | 272 |
| MLT 277 Over alle thyng, out-taken Crist on-lofte, | 276 |
| MLT 318 " Now Jhesu Crist be with yow alle! " she sayde; | 318 |
| MLT 347 To strengthen hire shal alle his frendes fonde; | 346 |
| MLT 350 And to hem alle she spak right in this wyse: | 350 |
| MLT 409 And welcometh hire with alle joye and blis. | 408 |
| MLT 532 That alle hir loven that looken in hir face. | 532 |
| MLT 541 Alle Cristen folk been fled fro that contree | 540 |
| MLT 650 Amonges alle the faces in that route? | 650 |
| MLT 725 And wroot unto his kyng, that cleped was Alle, | 724 |
| MLT 773 And thou biwreyest alle secreenesse. | 772 |
| MLT 850 Now, lady bright, to whom alle woful cryen, | 850 |
| MLT 1069 I pray yow alle my labour to relesse; | 1068 |
| MLT 1157 They lyven alle, and nevere asonder wende; | 1156 |
| MLT 1162 And kepe us alle that been in this place! Amen | 1162 |
| MLT 1181 We leven alle in the grete God, " quod he; | 1180 |
| ALLONE............5 | |
| MLT 431 But it were oonly dame Custance allone. | 430 |
| MLT 655 An Emperoures doghter stant allone; | 654 |
| MLT 679 For drede of wreche, save Custance allone. | 678 |
| MLT 916 Cam into ship allone, and seyde he sholde | 916 |
| MLT 1110 Was put allone and dampned for to dye. | 1110 |
| ALMESSE...........1 | |
| MLT 168 Hir hand, ministre of fredam for almesse. " | 168 |
| ALMUS-DEDE........1 | |
| MLT 1156 In vertu and in hooly almus-dede | 1156 |
| ALMYGHTY..........3 | |
| MLT 245 Now, faire Custance, almyghty God thee gyde! | 244 |
| MLT 873 For wynd and weder almyghty God purchace, | 872 |
| MLT 907 Almyghty God, that saveth al mankynde, | 906 |
| ALSO..............9 | |
| MLT 396 Receyveth hire with also glad a cheere | 396 |
| MLT 493 Bothe north and south, and also west and est, | 492 |
| MLT 515 He foond also the tresor that she broghte. | 514 |
| MLT 555 For which the constable and his wyf also | 554 |
| MLT 597 Slepeth Custance, and Hermengyld also. | 596 |
| MLT 898 Maketh for his wyf, and for his child also, | 898 |
| MLT 975 He yaf hire, and hir yonge sone also; | 974 |
| MLT 1003 To kyng Alla, and he to hym also; | 1002 |
| MLT 1023 " But God woot, " quod this senatour also, | 1022 |
| ALTHOGH...........2 | |
| MLT 830 In salte see, althogh I se noght how. | 830 |
| MLT 973 Of hire estaat, althogh she sholde deye. | 972 |
| AM................6 | |
| MLT 739 I am youre servant, bothe nyght and day. " | 738 |
| MLT 761 To me that am now lerned in his loore! | 760 |
| MLT 1062 That of youre harm as giltelees am I | 1062 |
| MLT 1071 I am so wery for to speke of sorwe. | 1070 |
| MLT 1107 " I am youre doghter Custance, " quod she, | 1106 |
| MLT 1109 It am I, fader, that in the salte see | 1108 |
| AMBES.............1 | |
| MLT 124 Youre bagges been nat fild with ambes as, | 124 |
| AMEN..............1 | |
| MLT 1162 And kepe us alle that been in this place! Amen | 1162 |
| AMENDEN...........1 | |
| MLT 462 Me kepe, and yif me myght my lyf t' amenden. " | 462 |
| AMONG.............2 | |
| MLT 622 Among the peple, and seyn they kan nat gesse | 622 |
| MLT 646 Among a prees, of hym that hath be lad | 646 |
| AMONGES...........3 | |
| MLT 183 Amonges othere thynges, specially, | 182 |
| MLT 650 Amonges alle the faces in that route? | 650 |
| MLT 828 While I was on the lond amonges yow, | 828 |
| AMOUNTETH.........1 | |
| MLT 569 And seyde, " What amounteth al this fare? " | 568 |
| AN................15 | |
| MLT 3 The ferthe part, and half an houre and moore, | 2 |
| MLT 507 Under an hoold that nempnen I ne kan, | 506 |
| MLT 655 An Emperoures doghter stant allone; | 654 |
| MLT 669 An hand hym smoot upon the nekke-boon, | 668 |
| MLT 705 Who bloweth in a trumpe or in an horn? | 704 |
| MLT 733 And thanketh God an hundred thousand sithe! | 732 |
| MLT 754 The mooder was an elf, by aventure | 754 |
| MLT 766 Crist, whan hym list, may sende me an heir | 766 |
| MLT 867 And taketh hir leve, and with an hooly entente | 866 |
| MLT 904 Under an hethen castel, atte laste, | 904 |
| MLT 952 To make an ende of al hir hevynesse. | 952 |
| MLT 1074 I trowe an hundred tymes been they kist, | 1074 |
| MLT 1116 But of my tale make an ende I shal; | 1116 |
| MLT 1155 She heryeth God an hundred thousand sithe. | 1154 |
| MLT 1159 And fareth now weel! my tale is at an ende. | 1158 |
| AND...............369 | |
| MLT 3 The ferthe part, and half an houre and moore, | 2 |
| MLT 3 The ferthe part, and half an houre and moore, | 2 |
| MLT 4 And though he were not depe ystert in loore, | 4 |
| MLT 7 And saugh wel that the shadwe of every tree | 6 |
| MLT 10 And therefore by the shadwe he took his wit | 10 |
| MLT 11 That Phebus, which that shoon so clere and brighte, | 10 |
| MLT 12 Degrees was fyve and fourty clombe on highte, | 12 |
| MLT 13 And for that day, as in that latitude, | 12 |
| MLT 15 And sodeynly he plighte his horse aboute. | 14 |
| MLT 18 Now for the love of God and of Seint John, | 18 |
| MLT 20 Lordynges, the tyme wasteth nyght and day, | 20 |
| MLT 21 And steleth from us, what pryvely slepynge, | 20 |
| MLT 22 And what thurgh necligence in oure wakynge, | 22 |
| MLT 25 Wel kan Senec and many a philosophre | 24 |
| MLT 41 Biheste is dette, and I wole holde fayn | 40 |
| MLT 48 On metres and on rymyng craftily, | 48 |
| MLT 51 And if he have noght seyd hem, leve brother, | 50 |
| MLT 53 For he hath toold of loveris up and doun | 52 |
| MLT 57 " In youthe he made of Ceys and Alcione, | 56 |
| MLT 58 And sitthen hath he spoken of everichone, | 58 |
| MLT 59 Thise noble wyves and thise loveris eke. | 58 |
| MLT 63 Of Lucresse, and of Babilan Tesbee; | 62 |
| MLT 66 The pleinte of Dianire and of Hermyon, | 66 |
| MLT 67 Of Adriane, and of Isiphilee -- | 66 |
| MLT 70 The teeris of Eleyne, and eek the wo | 70 |
| MLT 71 Of Brixseyde, and of the, Ladomya; | 70 |
| MLT 86 And therfore he, of ful avysement, | 86 |
| MLT 96 I speke in prose, and lat him rymes make. " | 96 |
| MLT 97 And with that word he, with a sobre cheere, | 96 |
| MLT 106 Thow blamest Crist and seist ful bitterly | 106 |
| MLT 109 And seist thou hast to lite and he hath al. | 108 |
| MLT 109 And seist thou hast to lite and he hath al. | 108 |
| MLT 121 And alle thy freendes fleen from thee, allas! | 120 |
| MLT 127 Ye seken lond and see for yowre wynnynges; | 126 |
| MLT 130 And tales, bothe of pees and of debaat. | 130 |
| MLT 130 And tales, bothe of pees and of debaat. | 130 |
| MLT 135 Of chapmen riche, and therto sadde and trewe, | 134 |
| MLT 135 Of chapmen riche, and therto sadde and trewe, | 134 |
| MLT 137 Clothes of gold, and satyns riche of hewe. | 136 |
| MLT 138 Hir chaffare was so thrifty and so newe | 138 |
| MLT 140 With hem, and eek to sellen hem hire ware. | 140 |
| MLT 146 And in swich place as thoughte hem avantage | 146 |
| MLT 150 And so bifel that th' excellent renoun | 150 |
| MLT 161 And wolde she were of al Europe the queene. | 160 |
| MLT 169 And al this voys was sooth, as God is trewe. | 168 |
| MLT 172 And whan they han this blisful mayden sayn, | 172 |
| MLT 174 And doon hir nedes as they han doon yoore, | 174 |
| MLT 175 And lyven in wele; I kan sey yow namoore. | 174 |
| MLT 180 Make hem good chiere, and bisily espye | 180 |
| MLT 188 That al his lust and al his bisy cure | 188 |
| MLT 200 The strif of Thebes; and of Ercules, | 200 |
| MLT 201 Of Sampson, Turnus, and of Socrates | 200 |
| MLT 205 And, shortly of this matiere for to pace, | 204 |
| MLT 207 And seyde hem, certein, but he myghte have grace | 206 |
| MLT 209 He nas but deed; and charged hem in hye | 208 |
| MLT 212 They argumenten, casten up and doun; | 212 |
| MLT 214 They speken of magyk and abusioun. | 214 |
| MLT 225 And he answerde, " Rather than I lese | 224 |
| MLT 229 Saveth my lyf, and beth noght recchelees | 228 |
| MLT 233 I seye, by tretys and embassadrie, | 232 |
| MLT 234 And by the popes mediacioun, | 234 |
| MLT 235 And al the chirche, and al the chivalrie, | 234 |
| MLT 235 And al the chirche, and al the chivalrie, | 234 |
| MLT 237 And in encrees of Cristes lawe deere, | 236 |
| MLT 239 How that the Sowdan and his baronage | 238 |
| MLT 240 And alle his liges sholde ycristned be, | 240 |
| MLT 241 And he shal han Custance in mariage, | 240 |
| MLT 242 And certein gold, I noot what quantitee; | 242 |
| MLT 243 And heer-to founden sufficient suretee. | 242 |
| MLT 255 And oother folk ynowe; this is th' ende; | 254 |
| MLT 256 And notified is thurghout the toun | 256 |
| MLT 259 Receyve in gree and spede this viage. | 258 |
| MLT 263 But forthward they hem dressen, alle and some. | 262 |
| MLT 265 Ful pale arist, and dresseth hire to wende; | 264 |
| MLT 270 And to be bounden under subjeccioun | 270 |
| MLT 272 Housbondes been alle goode, and han ben yoore; | 272 |
| MLT 276 And ye, my mooder, my soverayn plesance | 276 |
| MLT 286 Wommen are born to thraldom and penance, | 286 |
| MLT 287 And to been under mannes governance. " | 286 |
| MLT 297 And hurlest al from est til occident | 296 |
| MLT 321 And forth I lete hire saille in this manere, | 320 |
| MLT 322 And turne I wole agayn to my matere. | 322 |
| MLT 326 And right anon she for hir conseil sente, | 326 |
| MLT 327 And they been come to knowe what she mente. | 326 |
| MLT 328 And whan assembled was this folk in-feere, | 328 |
| MLT 329 She sette hire doun, and seyde as ye shal heere. | 328 |
| MLT 338 But thraldom to oure bodies and penance, | 338 |
| MLT 339 And afterward in helle to be drawe, | 338 |
| MLT 343 And I shal make us sauf for everemoore? " | 342 |
| MLT 344 They sworen and assenten, every man, | 344 |
| MLT 345 To lyve with hire and dye, and by hire stonde, | 344 |
| MLT 345 To lyve with hire and dye, and by hire stonde, | 344 |
| MLT 346 And everich, in the beste wise he kan, | 346 |
| MLT 348 And she hath this emprise ytake on honde, | 348 |
| MLT 350 And to hem alle she spak right in this wyse: | 350 |
| MLT 353 And I shal swich a feeste and revel make | 352 |
| MLT 353 And I shal swich a feeste and revel make | 352 |
| MLT 363 Vertu and innocence, thurgh thy malice, | 362 |
| MLT 372 This Sowdanesse, whom I thus blame and warye, | 372 |
| MLT 376 And seyde hym that she wolde reneye hir lay, | 376 |
| MLT 377 And cristendom of preestes handes fonge, | 376 |
| MLT 383 And knelynge thanketh hire of that requeste. | 382 |
| MLT 385 She kiste hir sone, and hoom she gooth hir weye. | 384 |
| MLT 388 And hastifliche this Sowdan sente his sonde | 388 |
| MLT 389 First to his mooder, and al the regne aboute, | 388 |
| MLT 390 And seyde his wyf was comen, out of doute, | 390 |
| MLT 391 And preyde hire for to ryde agayn the queene, | 390 |
| MLT 393 Greet was the prees, and riche was th' array | 392 |
| MLT 394 Of Surryens and Romayns met yfeere; | 394 |
| MLT 395 The mooder of the Sowdan, riche and gay, | 394 |
| MLT 398 And to the nexte citee ther bisyde | 398 |
| MLT 409 And welcometh hire with alle joye and blis. | 408 |
| MLT 409 And welcometh hire with alle joye and blis. | 408 |
| MLT 410 And thus in murthe and joye I lete hem dwelle; | 410 |
| MLT 410 And thus in murthe and joye I lete hem dwelle; | 410 |
| MLT 413 That revel stynte, and men goon to hir reste. | 412 |
| MLT 416 And to the feeste Cristen folk hem dresse | 416 |
| MLT 417 In general, ye, bothe yonge and olde. | 416 |
| MLT 418 Heere may men feeste and roialtee biholde, | 418 |
| MLT 419 And deyntees mo than I kan yow devyse; | 418 |
| MLT 429 The Sowdan and the Cristen everichone | 428 |
| MLT 430 Been al tohewe and stiked at the bord, | 430 |
| MLT 438 And Custance han they take anon, foot-hoot, | 438 |
| MLT 439 And in a ship al steerelees, God woot, | 438 |
| MLT 440 They han hir set, and bidde hire lerne saille | 440 |
| MLT 443 And, sooth to seyn, vitaille greet plentee | 442 |
| MLT 444 They han hire yeven, and clothes eek she hadde, | 444 |
| MLT 445 And forth she sailleth in the salte see. | 444 |
| MLT 449 She blesseth hire, and with ful pitous voys | 448 |
| MLT 454 Me fro the feend and fro his clawes kepe, | 454 |
| MLT 460 Flemere of feendes out of hym and here | 460 |
| MLT 462 Me kepe, and yif me myght my lyf t' amenden. " | 462 |
| MLT 463 Yeres and dayes fleet this creature | 462 |
| MLT 472 And I answere to that demande agayn, | 472 |
| MLT 474 Ther every wight save he, maister and knave, | 474 |
| MLT 492 That power han t' anoyen lond and see, | 492 |
| MLT 493 Bothe north and south, and also west and est, | 492 |
| MLT 493 Bothe north and south, and also west and est, | 492 |
| MLT 493 Bothe north and south, and also west and est, | 492 |
| MLT 498 Where myghte this womman mete and drynke have | 498 |
| MLT 499 Thre yeer and moore? How lasteth hire vitaille? | 498 |
| MLT 503 With loves fyve and fisshes two to feede. | 502 |
| MLT 509 And in the sond hir ship stiked so faste | 508 |
| MLT 513 To seen this wrak, and al the ship he soghte, | 512 |
| MLT 514 And foond this wery womman ful of care; | 514 |
| MLT 523 She kneleth doun and thanketh Goddes sonde; | 522 |
| MLT 529 And eek his wyf, that they wepen for routhe. | 528 |
| MLT 531 To serve and plesen everich in that place | 530 |
| MLT 533 This constable and dame Hermengyld, his wyf, | 532 |
| MLT 534 Were payens, and that contree everywhere; | 534 |
| MLT 536 And Custance hath so longe sojourned there, | 536 |
| MLT 543 The plages of the north, by land and see. | 542 |
| MLT 549 Honoured Crist and hethen folk bigiled, | 548 |
| MLT 550 And ny the castel swiche ther dwelten three. | 550 |
| MLT 551 That oon of hem was blynd and myghte nat see, | 550 |
| MLT 555 For which the constable and his wyf also | 554 |
| MLT 556 And Custance han ytake the righte way | 556 |
| MLT 558 To pleyen and to romen to and fro, | 558 |
| MLT 558 To pleyen and to romen to and fro, | 558 |
| MLT 559 And in hir walk this blynde man they mette, | 558 |
| MLT 560 Croked and oold, with eyen faste yshette. | 560 |
| MLT 566 Til Custance made hire boold, and bad hire wirche | 566 |
| MLT 569 And seyde, " What amounteth al this fare? " | 568 |
| MLT 572 And so ferforth she gan oure lay declare | 572 |
| MLT 574 Converteth, and on Crist made hym bileve. | 574 |
| MLT 579 That was ful wys, and worthy of his hond | 578 |
| MLT 584 And caste anon how he myghte quite hir while, | 584 |
| MLT 585 And made a yong knyght that dwelte in that toun | 584 |
| MLT 591 And for despit he compassed in his thoght | 590 |
| MLT 594 And pryvely upon a nyght he crepte | 594 |
| MLT 597 Slepeth Custance, and Hermengyld also. | 596 |
| MLT 600 And kitte the throte of Hermengyld atwo, | 600 |
| MLT 601 And leyde the blody knyf by dame Custance, | 600 |
| MLT 602 And wente his wey, ther God yeve hym meschance! | 602 |
| MLT 604 And eek Alla, that kyng was of that lond, | 604 |
| MLT 605 And saugh his wyf despitously yslayn, | 604 |
| MLT 606 For which ful ofte he weep and wroong his hond, | 606 |
| MLT 607 And in the bed the blody knyf he fond | 606 |
| MLT 611 And eek the tyme, and where, and in what wise | 610 |
| MLT 611 And eek the tyme, and where, and in what wise | 610 |
| MLT 611 And eek the tyme, and where, and in what wise | 610 |
| MLT 616 Falle in disese and in mysaventure. | 616 |
| MLT 622 Among the peple, and seyn they kan nat gesse | 622 |
| MLT 625 And lovynge Hermengyld right as hir lyf. | 624 |
| MLT 629 Of this witnesse, and thoghte he wolde enquere | 628 |
| MLT 634 And boond Sathan (and yet lith ther he lay), | 634 |
| MLT 634 And boond Sathan (and yet lith ther he lay), | 634 |
| MLT 638 She sette hire doun on knees, and thus she sayde: | 638 |
| MLT 640 Fro false blame, and thou, merciful mayde, | 640 |
| MLT 648 And swich a colour in his face hath had | 648 |
| MLT 651 So stant Custance, and looketh hire aboute. | 650 |
| MLT 653 Duchesses, and ye ladyes everichone, | 652 |
| MLT 663 " And if this knyght wol sweren how that she | 662 |
| MLT 667 Was fet, and on this book he swoor anoon | 666 |
| MLT 668 She gilty was, and in the meene whiles | 668 |
| MLT 671 And bothe his eyen broste out of his face | 670 |
| MLT 674 And seyde, " Thou hast desclaundred, giltelees, | 674 |
| MLT 676 Thus hastou doon, and yet holde I my pees! " | 676 |
| MLT 680 Greet was the drede and eek the repentance | 680 |
| MLT 683 And for this miracle, in conclusioun, | 682 |
| MLT 684 And by Custances mediacioun, | 684 |
| MLT 685 The kyng -- and many another in that place -- | 684 |
| MLT 689 And yet Custance hadde of his deeth greet routhe. | 688 |
| MLT 690 And after this Jhesus, of his mercy, | 690 |
| MLT 692 This hooly mayden, that is so bright and sheene; | 692 |
| MLT 693 And thus hath Crist ymaad Custance a queene. | 692 |
| MLT 695 Of this weddyng but Donegild, and namo, | 694 |
| MLT 707 They ete, and drynke, and daunce, and synge, and pleye. | 706 |
| MLT 707 They ete, and drynke, and daunce, and synge, and pleye. | 706 |
| MLT 707 They ete, and drynke, and daunce, and synge, and pleye. | 706 |
| MLT 707 They ete, and drynke, and daunce, and synge, and pleye. | 706 |
| MLT 708 They goon to bedde, as it was skile and right; | 708 |
| MLT 713 And leye a lite hir hoolynesse aside, | 712 |
| MLT 716 And to a bisshop, and his constable eke, | 716 |
| MLT 716 And to a bisshop, and his constable eke, | 716 |
| MLT 719 Now faire Custance, that is so humble and meke, | 718 |
| MLT 725 And wroot unto his kyng, that cleped was Alle, | 724 |
| MLT 727 And othere tidynges spedeful for to seye. | 726 |
| MLT 728 He taketh the lettre, and forth he gooth his weye. | 728 |
| MLT 731 And salueth hire ful faire in his langage: | 730 |
| MLT 732 " Madame, " quod he, " ye may be glad and blithe, | 732 |
| MLT 733 And thanketh God an hundred thousand sithe! | 732 |
| MLT 735 To joye and blisse to al this regne aboute. | 734 |
| MLT 739 I am youre servant, bothe nyght and day. " | 738 |
| MLT 743 This messager drank sadly ale and wyn, | 742 |
| MLT 744 And stolen were his lettres pryvely | 744 |
| MLT 746 And countrefeted was ful subtilly | 746 |
| MLT 756 And every wight hateth hir compaignye. | 756 |
| MLT 762 Lord, welcome be thy lust and thy plesaunce; | 762 |
| MLT 765 And eek my wyf, unto myn hoom-comynge. | 764 |
| MLT 770 And forth he gooth; ther is na moore to doone. | 770 |
| MLT 773 And thou biwreyest alle secreenesse. | 772 |
| MLT 779 Unto thy malice and thy tirannye! | 778 |
| MLT 780 And therfore to the feend I thee resigne; | 780 |
| MLT 786 And at the kynges moodres court he lighte, | 786 |
| MLT 787 And she was of this messager ful fayn, | 786 |
| MLT 788 And plesed hym in al that ever she myghte. | 788 |
| MLT 789 He drank, and wel his girdel underpighte; | 788 |
| MLT 790 He slepeth, and he fnorteth in his gyse | 790 |
| MLT 793 And countrefeted lettres in this wyse: | 792 |
| MLT 795 Up peyne of hangyng, and on heigh juyse, | 794 |
| MLT 798 Thre dayes and o quarter of a tyde; | 798 |
| MLT 800 Hire, and hir yonge sone, and al hir geere, | 800 |
| MLT 800 Hire, and hir yonge sone, and al hir geere, | 800 |
| MLT 801 He sholde putte, and croude hire fro the lond, | 800 |
| MLT 802 And charge hire that she never eft coome theere. " | 802 |
| MLT 804 And, slepynge, in thy dreem been in penance, | 804 |
| MLT 808 And to the constable he the lettre took; | 808 |
| MLT 809 And whan that he this pitous lettre say, | 808 |
| MLT 810 Ful ofte he seyde, " Allas and weylaway! " | 810 |
| MLT 816 And wikked folk regne in prosperitee? | 816 |
| MLT 820 Wepen bothe yonge and olde in al that place | 820 |
| MLT 822 And Custance, with a deedly pale face, | 822 |
| MLT 825 The wyl of Crist, and knelynge on the stronde, | 824 |
| MLT 829 He kan me kepe from harm and eek fro shame | 828 |
| MLT 832 In hym triste I, and in his mooder deere, | 832 |
| MLT 833 That is to me my seyl and eek my steere. " | 832 |
| MLT 835 And knelynge, pitously to hym she seyde, | 834 |
| MLT 838 And over his litel eyen she it leyde, | 838 |
| MLT 839 And in hir arm she lulleth it ful faste, | 838 |
| MLT 840 And into hevene hire eyen up she caste. | 840 |
| MLT 841 " Mooder, " quod she, " and mayde bright, Marie, | 840 |
| MLT 843 Mankynde was lorn, and damned ay to dye, | 842 |
| MLT 847 Thy wo and any wo man may sustene. | 846 |
| MLT 849 And yet now lyveth my litel child, parfay! | 848 |
| MLT 860 And if thou darst nat saven hym, for blame, | 860 |
| MLT 863 And seyde, " Farewel, housbonde routhelees! " | 862 |
| MLT 864 And up she rist, and walketh doun the stronde | 864 |
| MLT 864 And up she rist, and walketh doun the stronde | 864 |
| MLT 866 And evere she preyeth hire child to holde his pees; | 866 |
| MLT 867 And taketh hir leve, and with an hooly entente | 866 |
| MLT 867 And taketh hir leve, and with an hooly entente | 866 |
| MLT 868 She blisseth hire, and into ship she wente. | 868 |
| MLT 871 And othere necessaries that sholde nede | 870 |
| MLT 873 For wynd and weder almyghty God purchace, | 872 |
| MLT 874 And brynge hire hoom! I kan no bettre seye, | 874 |
| MLT 878 And asketh where his wyf and his child is. | 878 |
| MLT 878 And asketh where his wyf and his child is. | 878 |
| MLT 880 And pleynly al the manere he hym tolde | 880 |
| MLT 882 And sheweth the kyng his seel and eek his lettre, | 882 |
| MLT 882 And sheweth the kyng his seel and eek his lettre, | 882 |
| MLT 883 And seyde, " Lord, as ye comanded me | 882 |
| MLT 886 Moste biknowe and tellen, plat and pleyn, | 886 |
| MLT 886 Moste biknowe and tellen, plat and pleyn, | 886 |
| MLT 888 And thus, by wit and sotil enquerynge, | 888 |
| MLT 888 And thus, by wit and sotil enquerynge, | 888 |
| MLT 891 And al the venym of this cursed dede, | 890 |
| MLT 897 The sorwe that this Alla nyght and day | 896 |
| MLT 898 Maketh for his wyf, and for his child also, | 898 |
| MLT 901 That fleteth in the see, in peyne and wo, | 900 |
| MLT 902 Fyve yeer and moore, as liked Cristes sonde, | 902 |
| MLT 906 Custance, and eek hir child, the see up caste. | 906 |
| MLT 908 Have on Custance and on hir child som mynde, | 908 |
| MLT 912 To gauren on this ship and on Custance. | 912 |
| MLT 916 Cam into ship allone, and seyde he sholde | 916 |
| MLT 919 Hir child cride, and she cride pitously. | 918 |
| MLT 921 For with hir struglyng wel and myghtily | 920 |
| MLT 923 And in the see he dreynte for vengeance; | 922 |
| MLT 924 And thus hath Crist unwemmed kept Custance. | 924 |
| MLT 936 So yong and of armure so desolaat? | 936 |
| MLT 941 And to deliveren out of wrecchednesse | 940 |
| MLT 944 To hem and saved hem out of meschance, | 944 |
| MLT 945 So sente he myght and vigour to Custance. | 944 |
| MLT 947 Of Jubaltare and Septe, dryvynge ay | 946 |
| MLT 948 Somtyme west, and somtyme north and south, | 948 |
| MLT 948 Somtyme west, and somtyme north and south, | 948 |
| MLT 949 And somtyme est, ful many a wery day, | 948 |
| MLT 954 And speke we of the Romayn Emperour, | 954 |
| MLT 956 The slaughtre of cristen folk, and dishonour | 956 |
| MLT 959 That at the feeste leet sleen bothe moore and lesse. | 958 |
| MLT 962 And othere lordes, God woot, many oon, | 962 |
| MLT 964 They brennen, sleen, and brynge hem to meschance | 964 |
| MLT 969 And mette the ship dryvynge, as seith the storie, | 968 |
| MLT 974 He bryngeth hire to Rome, and to his wyf | 974 |
| MLT 975 He yaf hire, and hir yonge sone also; | 974 |
| MLT 976 And with the senatour she ladde hir lyf. | 976 |
| MLT 978 Woful Custance, and many another mo. | 978 |
| MLT 979 And longe tyme dwelled she in that place, | 978 |
| MLT 985 That for his wyf wepeth and siketh soore, | 984 |
| MLT 986 I wol retourne, and lete I wol Custance | 986 |
| MLT 990 That, if I shortly tellen shal and playn, | 990 |
| MLT 992 And putte hym in the Popes ordinance | 992 |
| MLT 993 In heigh and logh, and Jhesu Crist bisoghte | 992 |
| MLT 993 In heigh and logh, and Jhesu Crist bisoghte | 992 |
| MLT 999 Rood hym agayns, and many of his lynage, | 998 |
| MLT 1003 To kyng Alla, and he to hym also; | 1002 |
| MLT 1005 And so bifel that in a day or two | 1004 |
| MLT 1007 To feste, and shortly, if I shal nat lye, | 1006 |
| MLT 1017 And to the senatour he seyde anon, | 1016 |
| MLT 1019 " I noot, " quod he, " by God, and by Seint John! | 1018 |
| MLT 1021 That I of woot " -- and shortly, in a stounde, | 1020 |
| MLT 1033 Of dame Custance, and ther on mused he | 1032 |
| MLT 1035 That is his wyf, and pryvely he sighte, | 1034 |
| MLT 1036 And spedde hym fro the table that he myghte. | 1036 |
| MLT 1040 And afterward he made his argument: | 1040 |
| MLT 1044 And after noon, hoom with the senatour | 1044 |
| MLT 1047 And hastifly he sente after Custaunce. | 1046 |
| MLT 1052 And weep that it was routhe for to see; | 1052 |
| MLT 1055 And she, for sorwe, as doumb stant as a tree, | 1054 |
| MLT 1059 He weep, and hym excuseth pitously. | 1058 |
| MLT 1060 " Now God, " quod he, " and his halwes brighte | 1060 |
| MLT 1065 Long was the sobbyng and the bitter peyne, | 1064 |
| MLT 1075 And swich a blisse is ther bitwix hem two | 1074 |
| MLT 1092 He wente hymself, and so it may wel seeme. | 1092 |
| MLT 1095 And wel rede I he looked bisily | 1094 |
| MLT 1096 Upon this child, and on his doghter thoghte. | 1096 |
| MLT 1097 Alla goth to his in, and as hym oghte, | 1096 |
| MLT 1100 The morwe cam, and Alla gan hym dresse, | 1100 |
| MLT 1101 And eek his wyf, this Emperour to meete; | 1100 |
| MLT 1102 And forth they ryde in joye and in gladnesse. | 1102 |
| MLT 1102 And forth they ryde in joye and in gladnesse. | 1102 |
| MLT 1103 And whan she saugh hir fader in the strete, | 1102 |
| MLT 1104 She lighte doun, and falleth hym to feete. | 1104 |
| MLT 1110 Was put allone and dampned for to dye. | 1110 |
| MLT 1119 In joye and blisse at mete I lete hem dwelle | 1118 |
| MLT 1122 Maad by the Pope, and lyved cristenly; | 1122 |
| MLT 1131 Wher as they lyve in joye and in quiete. | 1130 |
| MLT 1142 For Deeth, that taketh of heigh and logh his rente, | 1142 |
| MLT 1147 And dame Custance, finally to seye, | 1146 |
| MLT 1150 And fyndeth hire freendes hoole and sounde; | 1150 |
| MLT 1150 And fyndeth hire freendes hoole and sounde; | 1150 |
| MLT 1152 And whan that she hir fader hath yfounde, | 1152 |
| MLT 1156 In vertu and in hooly almus-dede | 1156 |
| MLT 1157 They lyven alle, and nevere asonder wende; | 1156 |
| MLT 1159 And fareth now weel! my tale is at an ende. | 1158 |
| MLT 1162 And kepe us alle that been in this place! Amen | 1162 |
| MLT 1164 And seyde, " Goode men, herkeneth everych on! | 1164 |
| MLT 1184 And therfore, Hoost, I warne thee biforn, | 1184 |
| MLT 1186 And I schal clynken you so mery a belle, | 1186 |