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| SumT 1710 A mersshy contree called Holdernesse, | 2 |
| SumT 1711 In which ther wente a lymytour aboute | 2 |
| SumT 1713 And so bifel that on a day this frere | 4 |
| SumT 1714 Hadde preched at a chirche in his manere, | 6 |
| SumT 1727 Nat for to holde a preest joly and gay -- | 18 |
| SumT 1728 He syngeth nat but o masse in a day. | 20 |
| SumT 1740 His felawe hadde a staf tipped with horn, | 32 |
| SumT 1741 A peyre of tables al of yvory, | 32 |
| SumT 1742 And a poyntel polysshed fetisly, | 34 |
| SumT 1746 " Yif us a busshel whete, malt, or reye, | 38 |
| SumT 1747 A Goddes kechyl, or a trype of chese, | 38 |
| SumT 1747 A Goddes kechyl, or a trype of chese, | 38 |
| SumT 1749 A Goddes halfpeny, or a masse peny, | 40 |
| SumT 1749 A Goddes halfpeny, or a masse peny, | 40 |
| SumT 1751 A dagon of youre blanket, leeve dame, | 42 |
| SumT 1754 A sturdy harlot wente ay hem bihynde, | 46 |
| SumT 1755 That was hir hostes man, and bar a sak, | 46 |
| SumT 1769 Bedrede upon a couche lowe he lay. | 60 |
| SumT 1774 Heere have I eten many a myrie meel. " | 66 |
| SumT 1786 Have I seyd many a precious orison, | 78 |
| SumT 1789 And seyd a sermon after my symple wit -- | 80 |
| SumT 1793 Glosynge is a glorious thyng, certeyn, | 84 |
| SumT 1797 And there I saugh oure dame -- A! Where is she? " | 88 |
| SumT 1804 And kiste hire sweete, and chirketh as a sparwe | 96 |
| SumT 1808 Yet saugh I nat this day so fair a wyf | 100 |
| SumT 1815 I wole with Thomas speke a litel throwe. | 106 |
| SumT 1817 To grope tendrely a conscience | 108 |
| SumT 1825 He is as angry as a pissemyre, | 116 |
| SumT 1834 Ire is a thyng that hye God defended, | 126 |
| SumT 1835 And therof wol I speke a word or two. " | 126 |
| SumT 1839 Have I nat of a capon but the lyvere, | 130 |
| SumT 1840 And of youre softe breed nat but a shyvere, | 132 |
| SumT 1841 And after that a rosted pigges heed -- | 132 |
| SumT 1844 I am a man of litel sustenaunce; | 136 |
| SumT 1850 By God! I wolde nat telle it but a fewe. " | 142 |
| SumT 1864 With many a teere trillyng on my cheke, | 156 |
| SumT 1888 With empty wombe, fastynge many a day, | 180 |
| SumT 1920 But I shal fynde it in a maner glose, | 212 |
| SumT 1930 Fat as a whale, and walkynge as a swan, | 222 |
| SumT 1930 Fat as a whale, and walkynge as a swan, | 222 |
| SumT 1938 Therfore, right as an hauk up at a sours | 230 |
| SumT 1951 Ful many a pound; yet fare I never the bet. | 242 |
| SumT 1956 What nedeth hym that hath a parfit leche | 248 |
| SumT 1961 Thomas, that jape nys nat worth a myte. | 252 |
| SumT 1963 A, yif that covent half a quarter otes! | 254 |
| SumT 1963 A, yif that covent half a quarter otes! | 254 |
| SumT 1964 A, yif that covent foure and twenty grotes! | 256 |
| SumT 1965 A, yif that frere a peny, and lat hym go! | 256 |
| SumT 1965 A, yif that frere a peny, and lat hym go! | 256 |
| SumT 1967 What is a ferthyng worth parted in twelve? | 258 |
| SumT 1999 Now sith ye han so hooly meke a wyf, | 290 |
| SumT 2005 Ire is a synne, oon of the grete of sevene, | 296 |
| SumT 2019 Upon a day out ryden knyghtes two, | 310 |
| SumT 2044 And ay delited hym to been a shrewe. | 336 |
| SumT 2045 And so bifel, a lord of his meynee | 336 |
| SumT 2047 Seyde on a day bitwix hem two right thus: | 338 |
| SumT 2049 And dronkenesse is eek a foul record | 340 |
| SumT 2050 Of any man, and namely in a lord. | 342 |
| SumT 2052 Awaityng on a lord, and he noot where. | 344 |
| SumT 2069 `Now wheither have I a siker hand or noon?' | 360 |
| SumT 2076 But if it be unto a povre man. | 368 |
| SumT 2077 To a povre man men sholde his vices telle, | 368 |
| SumT 2078 But nat to a lord, thogh he sholde go to helle. | 370 |
| SumT 2090 Thou shalt me fynde as just as is a squyre. | 382 |
| SumT 2100 Quod he, " for many a muscle and many an oystre, | 392 |
| SumT 2105 Nys nat a tyle yet withinne oure wones. | 396 |
| SumT 2143 A thyng that I have hyd in pryvetee. " | 434 |
| SumT 2144 " A! " thoghte this frere, " That shal go with me! " | 436 |
| SumT 2146 In hope for to fynde there a yifte. | 438 |
| SumT 2149 Amydde his hand he leet the frere a fart; | 440 |
| SumT 2150 Ther nys no capul, drawynge in a cart, | 442 |
| SumT 2151 That myghte have lete a fart of swich a soun. | 442 |
| SumT 2151 That myghte have lete a fart of swich a soun. | 442 |
| SumT 2152 The frere up stirte as dooth a wood leoun -- | 444 |
| SumT 2153 " A, false cherl, " quod he, " for Goddes bones! | 444 |
| SumT 2158 And forth he gooth, with a ful angry cheere, | 450 |
| SumT 2160 He looked as it were a wilde boor; | 452 |
| SumT 2162 A sturdy paas doun to the court he gooth, | 454 |
| SumT 2163 Wher as ther woned a man of greet honour, | 454 |
| SumT 2166 This frere cam as he were in a rage, | 458 |
| SumT 2168 Unnethes myghte the frere speke a word, | 460 |
| SumT 2176 " I have, " quod he, " had a despit this day, | 468 |
| SumT 2178 That in this world is noon so povre a page | 470 |
| SumT 2206 I seye a cherl hath doon a cherles dede. | 498 |
| SumT 2206 I seye a cherl hath doon a cherles dede. | 498 |
| SumT 2209 I holde hym in a manere frenesye. " | 500 |
| SumT 2216 The lord sat stille as he were in a traunce, | 508 |
| SumT 2219 To shewe swich a probleme to the frere? | 510 |
| SumT 2223 Biforn this day, of swich a question. | 514 |
| SumT 2224 Who sholde make a demonstracion | 516 |
| SumT 2226 As of the soun or savour of a fart? | 518 |
| SumT 2229 Who evere herde of swich a thyng er now? | 520 |
| SumT 2233 The rumblynge of a fart, and every soun, | 524 |
| SumT 2240 I holde hym certeyn a demonyak! | 532 |
| SumT 2242 Lat hym go honge hymself a devel weye! " | 534 |
| SumT 2247 I koude telle, for a gowne-clooth, | 538 |
| SumT 2252 A gowne-clooth, by God and by Seint John! " | 544 |
| SumT 2255 Lat brynge a cartwheel heere into this halle; | 546 |
| SumT 2257 Twelve spokes hath a cartwheel comunly. | 548 |
| SumT 2259 For thrittene is a covent, as I gesse. | 550 |
| SumT 2264 Ful sadly leye his nose shal a frere. | 556 |
| SumT 2270 Upon the nave, and make hym lete a fart. | 562 |
| SumT 2276 By cause he is a man of greet honour, | 568 |
| SumT 2293 And Jankyn hath ywonne a newe gowne -- | 584 |
| A-NYGHT..........1 | |
| SumT 1827 Though I hym wrye a-nyght and make hym warm, | 118 |
| AARON............1 | |
| SumT 1894 " Aaron, that hadde the temple in governaunce, | 186 |
| ABHOMYNABLE......1 | |
| SumT 2006 Abhomynable unto the God of hevene; | 298 |
| ABHOMYNACIOUN....1 | |
| SumT 2179 That he nolde have abhomynacioun | 470 |
| ABOUTE...........2 | |
| SumT 1711 In which ther wente a lymytour aboute | 2 |
| SumT 2148 Aboute his tuwel grope there and heere, | 440 |