| BED.............7 | |
| RvT 4139 And in his owene chambre hem made a bed, | 218 |
| RvT 4141 Noght from his owene bed ten foot or twelve. | 220 |
| RvT 4142 His doghter hadde a bed, al by hirselve, | 222 |
| RvT 4206 And I lye as a draf-sak in my bed; | 286 |
| RvT 4219 I hadde almoost goon to the clerkes bed. | 298 |
| RvT 4223 And foond the bed, and thoghte noght but good, | 302 |
| RvT 4258 Unto the bed ther as the millere lay. | 338 |
| BEDDE...........3 | |
| RvT 4153 To bedde he goth, and with hym goth his wyf. | 232 |
| RvT 4159 To bedde wente the doghter right anon; | 238 |
| RvT 4160 To bedde goth Aleyn and also John; | 240 |
| BEDDES..........2 | |
| RvT 4156 The cradel at hir beddes feet is set, | 236 |
| RvT 4213 And baar it softe unto his beddes feet. | 292 |
| BEE.............1 | |
| RvT 4187 By Goddes sale, it sal neen other bee! " | 266 |
| BEEN............6 | |
| RvT 3983 For hooly chirches good moot been despended | 62 |
| RvT 4044 For John, y-faith, I may been of youre sort; | 124 |
| RvT 4054 `The gretteste clerkes been noght wisest men,' | 134 |
| RvT 4196 That it had been to late for to crie, | 276 |
| RvT 4208 I sal been halde a daf, a cokenay! | 288 |
| RvT 4267 Whil thow hast, as a coward, been agast. " | 346 |
| BEEST...........1 | |
| RvT 4107 Wery and weet, as beest is in the reyn, | 186 |
| BEETE...........2 | |
| RvT 3927 Pipen he koude and fisshe, and nettes beete, | 6 |
| RvT 4308 Thise clerkes beete hym weel and lete hym lye, | 388 |
| BELT............1 | |
| RvT 3929 Ay by his belt he baar a long panade, | 8 |
| BEN.............1 | |
| RvT 3961 For jalous folk ben perilous everemo -- | 40 |
| BENEDICITE......1 | |
| RvT 4220 Ey, benedicite! Thanne hadde I foule ysped! " | 300 |
| BERD............1 | |
| RvT 4096 Yet kan a millere make a clerkes berd, | 176 |
| BESTE...........2 | |
| RvT 4147 And drynken evere strong ale atte beste. | 226 |
| RvT 4176 But yet, na fors, al sal be for the beste. | 256 |
| BET.............2 | |
| RvT 4144 It myghte be no bet, and cause why? | 224 |
| RvT 4295 And knew the estres bet than dide this John, | 374 |
| BETTE...........1 | |
| RvT 4316 Of Aleyn and of John, that bette hym weel. | 396 |
| BETTRE..........1 | |
| RvT 4083 And he that bettre sholde han knyt the reyne! " | 162 |
| BIBBED..........1 | |
| RvT 4162 This millere hath so wisely bibbed ale | 242 |
| BIFORN..........2 | |
| RvT 3952 On halydayes biforn hire wolde he go | 32 |
| RvT 3996 An hundred tyme moore than biforn; | 76 |
| BIGAN...........1 | |
| RvT 4233 Til that the thridde cok bigan to synge. | 312 |
| BIGYLE..........1 | |
| RvT 4048 They wene that no man may hem bigyle, | 128 |
| BIGYLED.........1 | |
| RvT 4321 A gylour shal hymself bigyled be. | 400 |
| BIHYNDE.........3 | |
| RvT 4061 Bihynde the mille, under a levesel; | 140 |
| RvT 4164 Ne of his tayl bihynde he took no keep. | 244 |
| RvT 4243 Right at the entree of the dore bihynde | 322 |
| BISEMARE........1 | |
| RvT 3965 And ful of hoker and of bisemare. | 44 |
| BISILY..........1 | |
| RvT 4006 Upon the wardeyn bisily they crye | 86 |
| BISOGHT.........1 | |
| RvT 4118 But for the love of God they hym bisoght | 198 |
| BISTOWE.........1 | |
| RvT 3981 His purpos was for to bistowe hire hye | 60 |
| BITWIXE.........1 | |
| RvT 3969 A doghter hadde they bitwixe hem two | 48 |
| BLADE...........1 | |
| RvT 3930 And of a swerd ful trenchant was the blade. | 10 |
| BLERE...........1 | |
| RvT 4049 But by my thrift, yet shal I blere hir ye, | 128 |
| BLODY...........1 | |
| RvT 4276 Doun ran the blody streem upon his brest; | 356 |
| BLOOD...........4 | |
| RvT 3945 For that Symkyn sholde in his blood allye. | 24 |
| RvT 3982 Into som worthy blood of auncetrye; | 62 |
| RvT 3984 On hooly chirches blood, that is descended. | 64 |
| RvT 3985 Therfore he wolde his hooly blood honoure, | 64 |
| BODYES..........1 | |
| RvT 4172 A wilde fyr upon thair bodyes falle! | 252 |
| BOES............1 | |
| RvT 4027 Hym boes serve hymself that has na swayn, | 106 |
| BOIDEKYN........1 | |
| RvT 3960 With panade, or with knyf, or boidekyn. | 40 |
| BOKELER.........1 | |
| RvT 4019 With good swerd and with bokeler by hir syde. | 98 |
| BOLT............1 | |
| RvT 4266 Swyved the milleres doghter bolt upright, | 346 |
| BOOLD...........1 | |
| RvT 4271 Who dorste be so boold to disparage | 350 |
| BOOND...........2 | |
| RvT 4082 Unthank come on his hand that boond hym so, | 162 |
| RvT 4138 And boond hire hors, it sholde namoore go loos, | 218 |
| BOOST...........1 | |
| RvT 4001 He craketh boost, and swoor it was nat so. | 80 |
| BORN............2 | |
| RvT 4014 Of o toun were they born, that highte Strother, | 94 |
| RvT 4109 " Allas, " quod John, " the day that I was born! | 188 |
| BOTHE...........5 | |
| RvT 3979 Bothe of his catel and his mesuage, | 58 |
| RvT 3995 For which this millere stal bothe mele and corn | 74 |
| RvT 4076 This Aleyn al forgat, bothe mele and corn; | 156 |
| RvT 4091 Toward the fen, bothe Aleyn and eek John. | 170 |
| RvT 4299 And by that light she saugh hem bothe two, | 378 |
| BRAS............1 | |
| RvT 3944 With hire he yaf ful many a panne of bras, | 24 |
| BREED...........1 | |
| RvT 4137 For ale and breed, and rosted hem a goos, | 216 |
| BREN............1 | |
| RvT 4053 In stide of flour yet wol I yeve hem bren. | 132 |
| BREST...........1 | |
| RvT 4276 Doun ran the blody streem upon his brest; | 356 |
| BRESTES.........1 | |
| RvT 3975 With buttokes brode and brestes rounde and hye. | 54 |
| BREYDE..........1 | |
| RvT 4285 And with the fal out of hir sleep she breyde. | 364 |
| BRIGGE..........1 | |
| RvT 3922 Ther gooth a brook, and over that a brigge, | 2 |
| BRIGHT..........1 | |
| RvT 4298 For at an hole in shoon the moone bright, | 378 |
| BRODE...........1 | |
| RvT 3975 With buttokes brode and brestes rounde and hye. | 54 |
| BROKEN..........1 | |
| RvT 4289 Myn herte is broken; help! I nam but deed! | 368 |
| BROMEHOLM.......1 | |
| RvT 4286 " Help! hooly croys of Bromeholm, " she seyde, | 366 |
| BROOD...........1 | |
| RvT 4124 A myle brood of twenty foot of space. | 204 |
| BROOK...........2 | |
| RvT 3922 Ther gooth a brook, and over that a brigge, | 2 |
| RvT 3923 Upon the whiche brook ther stant a melle; | 2 |
| BRYDEL..........1 | |
| RvT 4063 He strepeth of the brydel right anon. | 142 |
| BRYNGES.........1 | |
| RvT 4130 Slyk as he fyndes, or taa slyk as he brynges.' | 210 |
| BURDON..........1 | |
| RvT 4165 His wyf bar hym a burdon, a ful strong; | 244 |
| BUSSHEL.........3 | |
| RvT 4093 He half a busshel of hir flour hath take, | 172 |
| RvT 4244 Thou shalt a cake of half a busshel fynde | 324 |
| RvT 4312 Of half a busshel flour, ful wel ybake. | 392 |
| BUT.............25 | |
| RvT 3948 But she were wel ynorissed and a mayde, | 28 |
| RvT 3956 Ther dorste no wight clepen hire but " dame " ; | 36 |
| RvT 3959 But if he wolde be slayn of Symkyn | 38 |
| RvT 3976 But right fair was hire heer; I wol nat lye. | 56 |
| RvT 3997 For therbiforn he stal but curteisly, | 76 |
| 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 4047 And thoghte, " Al this nys doon but for a wyle. | 126 |
| RvT 4049 But by my thrift, yet shal I blere hir ye, | 128 |
| RvT 4068 But dooth his note, and with the clerkes pleyde | 148 |
| RvT 4103 But shortly, til that it was verray nyght, | 182 |
| RvT 4118 But for the love of God they hym bisoght | 198 |
| RvT 4122 Myn hous is streit, but ye han lerned art; | 202 |
| RvT 4131 But specially I pray thee, hooste deere, | 210 |
| RvT 4176 But yet, na fors, al sal be for the beste. | 256 |
| RvT 4202 Now may I seyn that I is but an ape. | 282 |
| RvT 4217 And groped heer and ther, but she foond noon. | 296 |
| RvT 4223 And foond the bed, and thoghte noght but good, | 302 |
| RvT 4226 But faire and wel she creep in to the clerk, | 306 |
| RvT 4238 But everemo, wher so I go or ryde, | 318 |
| RvT 4241 But er thow go, o thyng I wol thee telle: | 320 |
| RvT 4289 Myn herte is broken; help! I nam but deed! | 368 |
| RvT 4300 But sikerly she nyste who was who, | 380 |
| RvT 4301 But as she saugh a whit thyng in hir ye. | 380 |