| A...............88 | |
| RvT 3922 Ther gooth a brook, and over that a brigge, | 2 |
| RvT 3922 Ther gooth a brook, and over that a brigge, | 2 |
| RvT 3923 Upon the whiche brook ther stant a melle; | 2 |
| RvT 3925 A millere was ther dwellynge many a day. | 4 |
| RvT 3925 A millere was ther dwellynge many a day. | 4 |
| RvT 3929 Ay by his belt he baar a long panade, | 8 |
| RvT 3930 And of a swerd ful trenchant was the blade. | 10 |
| RvT 3931 A joly poppere baar he in his pouche; | 10 |
| RvT 3933 A Sheffeld thwitel baar he in his hose. | 12 |
| RvT 3936 He was a market-betere atte fulle. | 16 |
| RvT 3939 A theef he was for sothe of corn and mele, | 18 |
| RvT 3940 And that a sly, and usaunt for to stele. | 20 |
| RvT 3942 A wyf he hadde, ycomen of noble kyn; | 22 |
| RvT 3944 With hire he yaf ful many a panne of bras, | 24 |
| RvT 3946 She was yfostred in a nonnerye; | 26 |
| RvT 3948 But she were wel ynorissed and a mayde, | 28 |
| RvT 3950 And she was proud, and peert as is a pye. | 30 |
| RvT 3951 A ful fair sighte was it upon hem two; | 30 |
| RvT 3954 And she cam after in a gyte of reed; | 34 |
| RvT 3964 She was as digne as water in a dich, | 44 |
| RvT 3966 Hir thoughte that a lady sholde hire spare, | 46 |
| RvT 3969 A doghter hadde they bitwixe hem two | 48 |
| RvT 3971 Savynge a child that was of half yeer age; | 50 |
| RvT 3972 In cradel it lay and was a propre page. | 52 |
| RvT 3989 And nameliche ther was a greet collegge | 68 |
| RvT 3992 And on a day it happed, in a stounde, | 72 |
| RvT 3992 And on a day it happed, in a stounde, | 72 |
| RvT 3993 Sik lay the maunciple on a maladye; | 72 |
| RvT 3998 But now he was a theef outrageously, | 78 |
| RvT 4000 But therof sette the millere nat a tare; | 80 |
| RvT 4007 To yeve hem leve, but a litel stounde, | 86 |
| RvT 4010 The millere sholde not stele hem half a pekke | 90 |
| RvT 4028 Or elles he is a fool, as clerkes sayn. | 108 |
| RvT 4045 I is as ille a millere as ar ye. " | 124 |
| RvT 4047 And thoghte, " Al this nys doon but for a wyle. | 126 |
| RvT 4056 Of al hir art counte I noght a tare. " | 136 |
| RvT 4061 Bihynde the mille, under a levesel; | 140 |
| RvT 4079 The wyf cam lepynge inward with a ren. | 158 |
| RvT 4086 I is ful wight, God waat, as is a raa; | 166 |
| RvT 4089 Ilhayl! By God, Alayn, thou is a fonne! " | 168 |
| RvT 4093 He half a busshel of hir flour hath take, | 172 |
| RvT 4094 And bad his wyf go knede it in a cake. | 174 |
| RvT 4096 Yet kan a millere make a clerkes berd, | 176 |
| RvT 4096 Yet kan a millere make a clerkes berd, | 176 |
| RvT 4106 Til in a dych they caughte hym atte laste. | 186 |
| RvT 4123 Ye konne by argumentes make a place | 202 |
| RvT 4124 A myle brood of twenty foot of space. | 204 |
| RvT 4137 For ale and breed, and rosted hem a goos, | 216 |
| RvT 4139 And in his owene chambre hem made a bed, | 218 |
| RvT 4142 His doghter hadde a bed, al by hirselve, | 222 |
| RvT 4165 His wyf bar hym a burdon, a ful strong; | 244 |
| RvT 4165 His wyf bar hym a burdon, a ful strong; | 244 |
| RvT 4170 Herdestow evere slyk a sang er now? | 250 |
| RvT 4171 Lo, swilk a complyn is ymel hem alle; | 250 |
| RvT 4172 A wilde fyr upon thair bodyes falle! | 252 |
| RvT 4173 Wha herkned evere slyk a ferly thyng? | 252 |
| RvT 4180 For, John, ther is a lawe that says thus: | 260 |
| RvT 4181 That gif a man in a point be agreved, | 260 |
| RvT 4181 That gif a man in a point be agreved, | 260 |
| RvT 4189 The millere is a perilous man, " he seyde, | 268 |
| RvT 4191 He myghte doon us bathe a vileynye. " | 270 |
| RvT 4192 Aleyn answerde, " I counte hym nat a flye. " | 272 |
| RvT 4199 This John lith stille a furlong wey or two, | 278 |
| RvT 4201 " Allas! " quod he, " this is a wikked jape; | 280 |
| RvT 4206 And I lye as a draf-sak in my bed; | 286 |
| RvT 4208 I sal been halde a daf, a cokenay! | 288 |
| RvT 4208 I sal been halde a daf, a cokenay! | 288 |
| RvT 4227 And lith ful stille, and wolde han caught a sleep. | 306 |
| RvT 4228 Withinne a while this John the clerk up leep, | 308 |
| RvT 4230 So myrie a fit ne hadde she nat ful yoore; | 310 |
| RvT 4244 Thou shalt a cake of half a busshel fynde | 324 |
| RvT 4244 Thou shalt a cake of half a busshel fynde | 324 |
| RvT 4257 And forth he goth, a twenty devel way, | 336 |
| RvT 4263 For Cristes saule, and heer a noble game. | 342 |
| RvT 4267 Whil thow hast, as a coward, been agast. " | 346 |
| RvT 4269 A, false traitour! False clerk! " quod he, | 348 |
| RvT 4278 They walwe as doon two pigges in a poke; | 358 |
| RvT 4280 Til that the millere sporned at a stoon, | 360 |
| RvT 4283 For she was falle aslepe a lite wight | 362 |
| RvT 4294 To fynde a staf; and she stirte up also, | 374 |
| RvT 4296 And by the wal a staf she foond anon, | 376 |
| RvT 4297 And saugh a litel shymeryng of a light, | 376 |
| RvT 4297 And saugh a litel shymeryng of a light, | 376 |
| RvT 4301 But as she saugh a whit thyng in hir ye. | 380 |
| RvT 4303 She wende the clerk hadde wered a volupeer, | 382 |
| RvT 4312 Of half a busshel flour, ful wel ybake. | 392 |
| RvT 4318 Lo, swich it is a millere to be fals! | 398 |
| RvT 4321 A gylour shal hymself bigyled be. | 400 |
| ABEGGE..........1 | |
| RvT 3938 That he ne swoor he sholde anon abegge. | 18 |
| ABOUTE..........3 | |
| RvT 3953 With his typet wounde aboute his heed, | 32 |
| RvT 3988 With whete and malt of al the land aboute; | 68 |
| RvT 4148 Aboute mydnyght wente they to reste. | 228 |
| ABREYDE.........1 | |
| RvT 4190 " And gif that he out of his sleep abreyde, | 270 |
| ADOUN...........1 | |
| RvT 4021 And at the mille the sak adoun he layth. | 100 |
| AFERD...........1 | |
| RvT 4095 He seyde, " I trowe the clerkes were aferd. | 174 |
| AFTER...........2 | |
| RvT 3954 And she cam after in a gyte of reed; | 34 |
| RvT 4214 Soone after this the wyf hir rowtyng leet, | 294 |
| AGAST...........1 | |
| RvT 4267 Whil thow hast, as a coward, been agast. " | 346 |
| AGAYN...........7 | |
| RvT 4032 To grynde oure corn and carie it ham agayn; | 112 |
| RvT 4067 This millere gooth agayn, no word he seyde, | 146 |
| RvT 4120 The millere seyde agayn, " If ther be eny, | 200 |
| RvT 4186 Agayn my los, I will have esement. | 266 |
| RvT 4216 And cam agayn, and gan hir cradel mysse, | 296 |
| RvT 4274 And he hente hym despitously agayn, | 354 |
| RvT 4279 And up they goon, and doun agayn anon, | 358 |
| AGE.............1 | |
| RvT 3971 Savynge a child that was of half yeer age; | 50 |
| AGREVED.........1 | |
| RvT 4181 That gif a man in a point be agreved, | 260 |
| AL..............19 | |
| RvT 3988 With whete and malt of al the land aboute; | 68 |
| RvT 4016 This Aleyn maketh redy al his gere, | 96 |
| RvT 4022 Aleyn spak first: " Al hayl, Symond, y-fayth! | 102 |
| RvT 4047 And thoghte, " Al this nys doon but for a wyle. | 126 |
| RvT 4050 For al the sleighte in hir philosophye. | 130 |
| RvT 4056 Of al hir art counte I noght a tare. " | 136 |
| RvT 4074 Step on thy feet! Com of, man, al atanes! | 154 |
| RvT 4076 This Aleyn al forgat, bothe mele and corn; | 156 |
| RvT 4077 Al was out of his mynde his housbondrie. | 156 |
| RvT 4097 For al his art; now lat hem goon hir weye! | 176 |
| RvT 4104 They koude nat, though they dide al hir myght, | 184 |
| RvT 4142 His doghter hadde a bed, al by hirselve, | 222 |
| RvT 4158 And whan that dronken al was in the crowke, | 238 |
| RvT 4176 But yet, na fors, al sal be for the beste. | 256 |
| RvT 4184 And we han had an il fit al this day; | 264 |
| RvT 4235 For he had swonken al the longe nyght, | 314 |
| RvT 4252 " By God, " thoughte he, " al wrang I have mysgon. | 332 |
| RvT 4284 With John the clerk, that waked hadde al nyght, | 364 |
| RvT 4323 Save al this compaignye, grete and smale! | 402 |