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| ShipT 1 A marchant whilom dwelled at Seint-Denys, | 0 |
| ShipT 3 A wyf he hadde of excellent beautee; | 2 |
| ShipT 5 Which is a thyng that causeth more dispence | 4 |
| ShipT 9 Passen as dooth a shadwe upon the wal; | 8 |
| ShipT 20 This noble marchaunt heeld a worthy hous, | 20 |
| ShipT 25 Ther was a monk, a fair man and a boold -- | 24 |
| ShipT 25 Ther was a monk, a fair man and a boold -- | 24 |
| ShipT 25 Ther was a monk, a fair man and a boold -- | 24 |
| ShipT 26 I trowe a thritty wynter he was oold -- | 26 |
| ShipT 39 For to his herte it was a greet plesaunce. | 38 |
| ShipT 53 But so bifel, this marchant on a day | 52 |
| ShipT 56 To byen there a porcioun of ware; | 56 |
| ShipT 58 A messager, and preyed hath daun John | 58 |
| ShipT 60 With hym and with his wyf a day or tweye, | 60 |
| ShipT 64 By cause he was a man of heigh prudence | 64 |
| ShipT 70 With hym broghte he a jubbe of malvesye, | 70 |
| ShipT 74 This marchant and this monk, a day or tweye. | 74 |
| ShipT 95 A mayde child cam in hire compaignye, | 94 |
| ShipT 101 Fyve houres for to slepe upon a nyght, | 100 |
| ShipT 104 As in a fourme sit a wery hare, | 104 |
| ShipT 104 As in a fourme sit a wery hare, | 104 |
| ShipT 138 Biwreye a word of thyng that ye me telle, | 138 |
| ShipT 143 " Cosyn, " quod she, " if that I hadde a space, | 142 |
| ShipT 145 Thanne wolde I telle a legende of my lyf, | 144 |
| ShipT 146 What I have suffred sith I was a wyf | 146 |
| ShipT 163 But sith I am a wyf, it sit nat me | 162 |
| ShipT 167 A wyf ne shal nat seyn of hir housbonde | 166 |
| ShipT 171 In no degree the value of a flye. | 170 |
| ShipT 180 A Sonday next I moste nedes paye | 180 |
| ShipT 183 Than me were doon a sclaundre or vileynye; | 182 |
| ShipT 190 For at a certeyn day I wol yow paye, | 190 |
| ShipT 197 I have, " quod he, " on yow so greet a routhe | 196 |
| ShipT 209 And forth she gooth as jolif as a pye, | 208 |
| ShipT 223 What, lat us heere a messe, and go we dyne. " | 222 |
| ShipT 234 A pilgrymage, or goon out of the weye. | 234 |
| ShipT 246 That to a thrifty houshold may suffise. | 246 |
| ShipT 251 But hastily a messe was ther seyd, | 250 |
| ShipT 271 An hundred frankes, for a wyke or tweye, | 270 |
| ShipT 273 To stoore with a place that is oures. | 272 |
| ShipT 276 Nat for a thousand frankes, a mile way. | 276 |
| ShipT 276 Nat for a thousand frankes, a mile way. | 276 |
| ShipT 283 Now sikerly this is a smal requeste. | 282 |
| ShipT 289 We may creaunce whil we have a name, | 288 |
| ShipT 297 They drynke, and speke, and rome a while and pleye, | 296 |
| ShipT 305 But as a marchaunt, shortly for to telle, | 304 |
| ShipT 310 In al the hous ther nas so litel a knave, | 310 |
| ShipT 318 In myrthe al nyght a bisy lyf they lede | 318 |
| ShipT 329 That nedes moste he make a chevyssaunce, | 328 |
| ShipT 330 For he was bounden in a reconyssaunce | 330 |
| ShipT 334 A certeyn frankes; and somme with him he ladde. | 334 |
| ShipT 347 Maken a chevyssaunce, as for his beste, | 346 |
| ShipT 369 And hoom he gooth, murie as a papejay, | 368 |
| ShipT 372 A thousand frankes aboven al his costage. | 372 |
| ShipT 383 " By God, " quod he, " I am a litel wrooth | 382 |
| ShipT 386 That ye han maad a manere straungenesse | 386 |
| ShipT 399 I myghte hym axe a thing that he hath payed. " | 398 |
| ShipT 403 I kepe nat of his tokenes never a deel; | 402 |
| ShipT 438 God yeve the monk a thousand last quade yeer! | 438 |
| ShipT 439 A ha! Felawes, beth ware of swich a jape! | 438 |
| ShipT 439 A ha! Felawes, beth ware of swich a jape! | 438 |
| ShipT 446 As curteisly as it had been a mayde, | 446 |
| ShipT 450 A tale next, if so were that ye wolde. | 450 |
| ABBEYE...........2 | |
| ShipT 298 Til that daun John rideth to his abbeye. | 298 |
| ShipT 323 And forth he rydeth hoom to his abbeye, | 322 |
| ABBOT............2 | |
| ShipT 63 Hath of his abbot, as hym list, licence, | 62 |
| ShipT 361 Oure abbot wole out of this toun anon, | 360 |
| ABEDDE...........3 | |
| ShipT 165 Neither abedde ne in noon oother place; | 164 |
| ShipT 177 And buxom unto his wyf and fressh abedde. | 176 |
| ShipT 424 By God, I wol nat paye yow but abedde! | 424 |
| ABOUTE...........2 | |
| ShipT 303 Aboute his nede, and byeth and creaunceth. | 302 |
| ShipT 443 " But now passe over, and lat us seke aboute, | 442 |
| ABOVEN...........2 | |
| ShipT 154 Aboven alle wommen, sikerly. | 154 |
| ShipT 372 A thousand frankes aboven al his costage. | 372 |
| ABSENCE..........1 | |
| ShipT 397 If any dettour hath in myn absence | 396 |
| ABYDE............1 | |
| ShipT 160 But out it moot; I may namoore abyde. | 160 |
| ACORD............1 | |
| ShipT 317 And this acord parfourned was in dede. | 316 |
| ACORDED..........1 | |
| ShipT 314 This faire wyf acorded with daun John | 314 |
| ACOUNTES.........1 | |
| ShipT 87 Of his acountes, for the meene tyme; | 86 |
| ADOUN............1 | |
| ShipT 156 Telleth youre grief, lest that he come adoun; | 156 |
| AFERED...........1 | |
| ShipT 400 This wyf was nat afered nor affrayed, | 400 |
| AFFECCIOUN.......1 | |
| ShipT 336 For greet chiertee and greet affeccioun, | 336 |
| AFFIANCE.........1 | |
| ShipT 140 But verraily for love and affiance. " | 140 |
| AFFRAYED.........1 | |
| ShipT 400 This wyf was nat afered nor affrayed, | 400 |
| AFTER............2 | |
| ShipT 47 In al that hous; but after hir degree, | 46 |
| ShipT 292 After my myght ful fayn wolde I yow plese. " | 292 |
| AFTER-DYNER......1 | |
| ShipT 255 At after-dyner daun John sobrely | 254 |
| AGAYN............8 | |
| ShipT 37 And he agayn; he seith nat ones nay, | 36 |
| ShipT 134 " The same agayn to yow, " quod she, " I seye. | 134 |
| ShipT 240 And come agayn, as soone as evere I may. | 240 |
| ShipT 291 Paye it agayn whan it lith in youre ese; | 290 |
| ShipT 312 That my lord daun John was come agayn. | 312 |
| ShipT 343 And he hym tolde agayn, ful specially, | 342 |
| ShipT 350 That ye in heele ar comen hom agayn. | 350 |
| ShipT 381 And wantownly agayn with hym she pleyde | 380 |
| AGE..............1 | |
| ShipT 229 Continuelly, lastynge unto oure age. | 228 |
| AGEYN............1 | |
| ShipT 357 Youre wyf, at hom, the same gold ageyn | 356 |
| AGON.............1 | |
| ShipT 307 The Sonday next the marchant was agon, | 306 |
| AL...............26 | |
| ShipT 6 Than worth is al the chiere and reverence | 6 |
| ShipT 10 But wo is hym that payen moot for al! | 10 |
| ShipT 13 Al for his owene worshipe richely, | 12 |
| ShipT 47 In al that hous; but after hir degree, | 46 |
| ShipT 48 He yaf the lord, and sitthe al his meynee, | 48 |
| ShipT 105 Were al forstraught with houndes grete and smale. | 104 |
| ShipT 111 And of his owene thought he wax al reed. | 110 |
| ShipT 113 And seyde thus, " Ye, God woot al, " quod she. | 112 |
| ShipT 116 In al the reawme of France is ther no wyf | 116 |
| ShipT 130 Al youre anoy, for it shal been secree. | 130 |
| ShipT 136 Though men me wolde al into pieces tere, | 136 |
| ShipT 147 With myn housbonde, al be he youre cosyn. " | 146 |
| ShipT 168 But al honour, as I kan understonde; | 168 |
| ShipT 170 As helpe me God, he is noght worth at al | 170 |
| ShipT 204 " Gooth now youre wey, " quod he, " al stille and softe, | 204 |
| ShipT 222 Shal fasting al this day alenge goon? | 222 |
| ShipT 295 No wight in al this world wiste of this loone | 294 |
| ShipT 309 With crowne and berd al fressh and newe yshave. | 308 |
| ShipT 310 In al the hous ther nas so litel a knave, | 310 |
| ShipT 315 That for thise hundred frankes he sholde al nyght | 314 |
| ShipT 318 In myrthe al nyght a bisy lyf they lede | 318 |
| ShipT 345 Thanked be God, al hool his marchandise, | 344 |
| ShipT 372 A thousand frankes aboven al his costage. | 372 |
| ShipT 375 And al that nyght in myrthe they bisette; | 374 |
| ShipT 378 His wyf al newe, and kiste hire on hir face, | 378 |
| ShipT 444 Who shal now telle first of al this route | 444 |