| ABOVEN...........1 | |
| SumT 1715 And specially, aboven every thyng, | 6 |
| ABSTINENCE.......3 | |
| SumT 1873 We lyve in poverte and in abstinence, | 164 |
| SumT 1900 But there in abstinence preye and wake, | 192 |
| SumT 1908 To charite, humblesse, and abstinence, | 200 |
| ABYE.............1 | |
| SumT 2155 Thou shalt abye this fart, if that I may! " | 446 |
| ACCEPTABLE.......1 | |
| SumT 1913 Been to the hye God moore acceptable | 204 |
| ACCEPTETH........1 | |
| SumT 1884 Maketh that Crist accepteth oure preyeres. | 176 |
| ADOUN............3 | |
| SumT 1776 And leyde adoun his potente and his hat, | 68 |
| SumT 1777 And eek his scrippe, and sette hym softe adoun. | 68 |
| SumT 2177 God yelde yow, adoun in youre village, | 468 |
| AFFRAY...........1 | |
| SumT 2156 His meynee, whiche that herden this affray, | 448 |
| AFTER............5 | |
| SumT 1789 And seyd a sermon after my symple wit -- | 80 |
| SumT 1790 Nat al after the text of hooly writ, | 82 |
| SumT 1841 And after that a rosted pigges heed -- | 132 |
| SumT 1853 Soone after that ye wente out of this toun. " | 144 |
| SumT 1857 After his deeth, I saugh hym born to blisse | 148 |
| AFYRE............1 | |
| SumT 1982 With which the devel set youre herte afyre, | 274 |
| AGAYN............1 | |
| SumT 2031 To lede hem bothe to the juge agayn. | 322 |
| AGO..............1 | |
| SumT 1953 Farwel, my gold, for it is al ago! " | 244 |
| AGON.............1 | |
| SumT 2070 Quod he; `Is al my myght and mynde agon? | 362 |
| AIR..............1 | |
| SumT 2254 Withouten wynd or perturbynge of air, | 546 |
| AL...............26 | |
| SumT 1733 And whan this frere had seyd al his entente, | 24 |
| SumT 1741 A peyre of tables al of yvory, | 32 |
| SumT 1763 Tel forth thy tale, and spare it nat at al. " | 54 |
| SumT 1790 Nat al after the text of hooly writ, | 82 |
| SumT 1792 And therfore wol I teche yow al the glose. | 84 |
| SumT 1809 In al the chirche, God so save me! " | 100 |
| SumT 1822 To sprede his word is set al myn entente. " | 114 |
| SumT 1826 Though that he have al that he kan desire; | 118 |
| SumT 1863 And up I roos, and al oure covent eke, | 154 |
| SumT 1876 We han this worldes lust al in despit. | 168 |
| SumT 1924 And so forth al the gospel may ye seen, | 216 |
| SumT 1931 Al vinolent as botel in the spence. | 222 |
| SumT 1953 Farwel, my gold, for it is al ago! " | 244 |
| SumT 1971 Thou woldest han oure labour al for noght. | 262 |
| SumT 1972 The hye God, that al this world hath wroght, | 264 |
| SumT 1975 As for myself, but that al oure covent | 266 |
| SumT 2004 Vengeance is thanne al that they desire. | 296 |
| SumT 2070 Quod he; `Is al my myght and mynde agon? | 362 |
| SumT 2084 That wommen myghte wade it over al. | 376 |
| SumT 2092 Thyn angre dooth thee al to soore smerte -- | 384 |
| SumT 2093 But shewe to me al thy confessioun. " | 384 |
| SumT 2096 I have hym toold hoolly al myn estat; | 388 |
| SumT 2110 Thanne goth the world al to destruccioun. | 402 |
| SumT 2189 " No fors, " quod he, " but tel me al youre grief. " | 480 |
| SumT 2212 I shal disclaundre hym over al ther I speke, | 504 |
| SumT 2285 And so wolde al his covent hardily, | 576 |
| ALGATE...........1 | |
| SumT 2037 `I dampned thee; thou most algate be deed. | 328 |
| ALGATES..........1 | |
| SumT 1811 " Algates, welcome be ye, by my fey! " | 102 |
| ALLE.............4 | |
| SumT 1744 Of alle folk that yaf hym any good, | 36 |
| SumT 2042 And thus he dide doon sleen hem alle thre. | 334 |
| SumT 2245 Of alle thynges whiche I have yow sayd. | 536 |
| SumT 2256 But looke that it have his spokes alle -- | 548 |
| ALLONE...........1 | |
| SumT 1862 Maken hir jubilee and walke allone. | 154 |
| ALMOOST..........2 | |
| SumT 1952 Certeyn, my good have I almoost biset. | 244 |
| SumT 2294 My tale is doon; we been almoost at towne. | 586 |
| ALSO.............2 | |
| SumT 2038 And thou also most nedes lese thyn heed, | 330 |
| SumT 2134 That every frere have also muche as oother. | 426 |
| ALTHOUGH.........1 | |
| SumT 1872 Than burel folk, although they weren kynges. | 164 |
| ALWEY............3 | |
| SumT 1743 And wroot the names alwey, as he stood, | 34 |
| SumT 1812 " Graunt mercy, dame, this have I founde alwey. | 104 |
| SumT 2164 To whom that he was alwey confessour. | 456 |
| ALYVE............1 | |
| SumT 2033 His felawe; heere he standeth hool alyve.' | 324 |
| AM...............2 | |
| SumT 1844 I am a man of litel sustenaunce; | 136 |
| SumT 2126 Ye sey me thus, how that I am youre brother? " | 418 |
| AMENDE...........2 | |
| SumT 1810 " Ye, God amende defautes, sire, " quod she. | 102 |
| SumT 2193 Of hooly chirche -- God amende it soone! " | 484 |
| AMENDED..........2 | |
| SumT 1833 This maketh the feend; this moste ben amended. | 124 |
| SumT 2175 And it shal been amended, if I may. " | 466 |
| AMONG............1 | |
| SumT 2250 Among youre covent, if it lyked me. " | 542 |
| AMYDDE...........1 | |
| SumT 2149 Amydde his hand he leet the frere a fart; | 440 |
| AMYS.............1 | |
| SumT 2172 I se wel that som thyng ther is amys; | 464 |
| AN...............18 | |
| SumT 1766 Cam til an hous ther he was wont to be | 58 |
| SumT 1767 Refresshed moore than in an hundred placis. | 58 |
| SumT 1856 I dar wel seyn that, er that half an hour | 148 |
| SumT 1867 Save that to Crist I seyde an orison, | 158 |
| SumT 1938 Therfore, right as an hauk up at a sours | 230 |
| SumT 2003 As womman is, whan she hath caught an ire; | 294 |
| SumT 2014 An irous man, God sende hym litel myght! | 306 |
| SumT 2016 To sette an irous man in heigh degree. | 308 |
| SumT 2017 " Whilom ther was an irous potestat, | 308 |
| SumT 2051 Ther is ful many an eye and many an ere | 342 |
| SumT 2051 Ther is ful many an eye and many an ere | 342 |
| SumT 2062 An hondred part, than he hadde don bifoore; | 354 |
| SumT 2068 And with an arwe he slow the child right there. | 360 |
| SumT 2081 For that an hors of his was dreynt therinne, | 372 |
| SumT 2086 `Ne be no felawe to an irous man, | 378 |
| SumT 2100 Quod he, " for many a muscle and many an oystre, | 392 |
| SumT 2190 " Sire, " quod this frere, " an odious meschief | 482 |
| SumT 2231 It is an inpossible; it may nat be. | 522 |
| AND..............176 | |
| SumT 1712 To preche, and eek to begge, it is no doute. | 4 |
| SumT 1713 And so bifel that on a day this frere | 4 |
| SumT 1715 And specially, aboven every thyng, | 6 |
| SumT 1717 To trentals, and to yeve, for Goddes sake, | 8 |
| SumT 1720 Nat ther as it is wasted and devoured, | 12 |
| SumT 1723 Thanked be God, in wele and habundaunce. | 14 |
| SumT 1727 Nat for to holde a preest joly and gay -- | 18 |
| SumT 1733 And whan this frere had seyd al his entente, | 24 |
| SumT 1737 With scrippe and tipped staf, ytukked hye, | 28 |
| SumT 1738 In every hous he gan to poure and prye, | 30 |
| SumT 1739 And beggeth mele and chese, or elles corn. | 30 |
| SumT 1739 And beggeth mele and chese, or elles corn. | 30 |
| SumT 1742 And a poyntel polysshed fetisly, | 34 |
| SumT 1743 And wroot the names alwey, as he stood, | 34 |
| SumT 1755 That was hir hostes man, and bar a sak, | 46 |
| SumT 1756 And what men yaf hem, leyde it on his bak. | 48 |
| SumT 1757 And whan that he was out at dore, anon | 48 |
| SumT 1760 He served hem with nyfles and with fables. | 52 |
| SumT 1763 Tel forth thy tale, and spare it nat at al. " | 54 |
| SumT 1771 Seyde this frere, curteisly and softe. | 62 |
| SumT 1775 And fro the bench he droof awey the cat, | 66 |
| SumT 1776 And leyde adoun his potente and his hat, | 68 |
| SumT 1776 And leyde adoun his potente and his hat, | 68 |
| SumT 1777 And eek his scrippe, and sette hym softe adoun. | 68 |
| SumT 1777 And eek his scrippe, and sette hym softe adoun. | 68 |
| SumT 1785 And specially for thy savacion | 76 |
| SumT 1787 And for oure othere freendes, God hem blesse! | 78 |
| SumT 1789 And seyd a sermon after my symple wit -- | 80 |
| SumT 1792 And therfore wol I teche yow al the glose. | 84 |
| SumT 1796 And spende hir good ther it is resonable; | 88 |
| SumT 1797 And there I saugh oure dame -- A! Where is she? " | 88 |
| SumT 1799 Seyde this man, " and she wol come anon. " | 90 |
| SumT 1803 And hire embraceth in his armes narwe, | 94 |
| SumT 1804 And kiste hire sweete, and chirketh as a sparwe | 96 |
| SumT 1804 And kiste hire sweete, and chirketh as a sparwe | 96 |
| SumT 1807 Thanked be God, that yow yaf soule and lyf! | 98 |
| SumT 1816 Thise curatz been ful necligent and slowe | 108 |
| SumT 1819 And studie in Petres wordes and in Poules. | 110 |
| SumT 1819 And studie in Petres wordes and in Poules. | 110 |
| SumT 1820 I walke and fisshe Cristen mennes soules | 112 |
| SumT 1827 Though I hym wrye a-nyght and make hym warm, | 118 |
| SumT 1828 And over hym leye my leg outher myn arm, | 120 |
| SumT 1835 And therof wol I speke a word or two. " | 126 |
| SumT 1840 And of youre softe breed nat but a shyvere, | 132 |
| SumT 1841 And after that a rosted pigges heed -- | 132 |
| SumT 1846 The body is ay so redy and penyble | 138 |
| SumT 1859 So dide oure sexteyn and oure fermerer, | 150 |
| SumT 1862 Maken hir jubilee and walke allone. | 154 |
| SumT 1863 And up I roos, and al oure covent eke, | 154 |
| SumT 1863 And up I roos, and al oure covent eke, | 154 |
| SumT 1866 Te Deum was oure song, and nothyng elles, | 158 |
| SumT 1869 For, sire and dame, trusteth me right weel, | 160 |
| SumT 1871 And moore we seen of Cristes secree thynges, | 162 |
| SumT 1873 We lyve in poverte and in abstinence, | 164 |
| SumT 1874 And burell folk in richesse and despence | 166 |
| SumT 1874 And burell folk in richesse and despence | 166 |
| SumT 1875 Of mete and drynke, and in hir foul delit. | 166 |
| SumT 1875 Of mete and drynke, and in hir foul delit. | 166 |
| SumT 1877 Lazar and Dives lyveden diversly, | 168 |
| SumT 1878 And divers gerdon hadden they therby. | 170 |
| SumT 1879 Whoso wol preye, he moot faste and be clene, | 170 |
| SumT 1880 And fatte his soule, and make his body lene. | 172 |
| SumT 1880 And fatte his soule, and make his body lene. | 172 |
| SumT 1881 We fare as seith th' apostle; clooth and foode | 172 |
| SumT 1883 The clennesse and the fastynge of us freres | 174 |
| SumT 1885 " Lo, Moyses fourty dayes and fourty nyght | 176 |
| SumT 1890 With Goddes fynger; and Elye, wel ye witen, | 182 |
| SumT 1893 He fasted longe and was in contemplaunce. | 184 |
| SumT 1895 And eek the othere preestes everichon, | 186 |
| SumT 1897 To preye for the peple and do servyse, | 188 |
| SumT 1900 But there in abstinence preye and wake, | 192 |
| SumT 1905 Yaf us ensample of fastynge and preyeres. | 196 |
| SumT 1907 Been wedded to poverte and continence, | 198 |
| SumT 1908 To charite, humblesse, and abstinence, | 200 |
| SumT 1910 To wepynge, misericorde, and clennesse. | 202 |
| SumT 1911 And therfore may ye se that oure preyeres -- | 202 |
| SumT 1917 And chaast was man in Paradys, certeyn. | 208 |
| SumT 1924 And so forth al the gospel may ye seen, | 216 |
| SumT 1927 Fy on hire pompe and on hire glotonye! | 218 |
| SumT 1928 And for hir lewednesse I hem diffye. | 220 |
| SumT 1930 Fat as a whale, and walkynge as a swan, | 222 |
| SumT 1935 Who folweth Cristes gospel and his foore, | 226 |
| SumT 1936 But we that humble been, and chaast, and poore, | 228 |
| SumT 1936 But we that humble been, and chaast, and poore, | 228 |
| SumT 1940 Of charitable and chaste bisy freres | 232 |
| SumT 1943 And by that lord that clepid is Seint Yve, | 234 |
| SumT 1945 In our chapitre praye we day and nyght | 236 |
| SumT 1946 To Crist, that he thee sende heele and myght | 238 |
| 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 1977 And for to buylden Cristes owene chirche. | 268 |
| SumT 1981 Ye lye heere ful of anger and of ire, | 272 |
| SumT 1983 And chiden heere the sely innocent, | 274 |
| SumT 1984 Youre wyf, that is so meke and pacient. | 276 |
| SumT 1985 And therfore, Thomas, trowe me if thee leste, | 276 |
| SumT 1987 And ber this word awey now, by thy feith; | 278 |
| SumT 1992 And, Thomas, yet eft-soones I charge thee, | 284 |
| SumT 1995 Under the gras and styngeth subtilly. | 286 |
| SumT 1996 Be war, my sone, and herkne paciently | 288 |
| SumT 1998 For stryvyng with hir lemmans and hir wyves. | 290 |
| SumT 2007 And to hymself it is destruccion. | 298 |
| SumT 2013 And therfore preye I God bothe day and nyght | 304 |
| SumT 2013 And therfore preye I God bothe day and nyght | 304 |
| SumT 2015 It is greet harm and certes greet pitee | 306 |
| SumT 2020 And as Fortune wolde that it were so, | 312 |
| SumT 2025 And to another knyght comanded he, | 316 |
| SumT 2027 And happed, as they wente by the weye | 318 |
| SumT 2035 That is to seyn, bothe oon, and two, and thre!' | 326 |
| SumT 2035 That is to seyn, bothe oon, and two, and thre!' | 326 |
| SumT 2036 And to the firste knyght right thus spak he, | 328 |
| SumT 2038 And thou also most nedes lese thyn heed, | 330 |
| SumT 2040 And to the thridde knyght right thus he seith, | 332 |
| SumT 2042 And thus he dide doon sleen hem alle thre. | 334 |
| SumT 2044 And ay delited hym to been a shrewe. | 336 |
| SumT 2045 And so bifel, a lord of his meynee | 336 |
| SumT 2049 And dronkenesse is eek a foul record | 340 |
| SumT 2050 Of any man, and namely in a lord. | 342 |
| SumT 2051 Ther is ful many an eye and many an ere | 342 |
| SumT 2052 Awaityng on a lord, and he noot where. | 344 |
| SumT 2055 His mynde and eek his lymes everichon.' | 346 |
| SumT 2057 And preve it by thyn owene experience, | 348 |
| SumT 2061 And for despit he drank ful muchel moore, | 352 |
| SumT 2063 And right anon this irous, cursed wrecche | 354 |
| SumT 2066 And sodeynly he took his bowe in honde, | 358 |
| SumT 2067 And up the streng he pulled to his ere, | 358 |
| SumT 2068 And with an arwe he slow the child right there. | 360 |
| SumT 2070 Quod he; `Is al my myght and mynde agon? | 362 |
| SumT 2075 Syngeth Placebo and `I shal, if I kan,' | 366 |
| SumT 2100 Quod he, " for many a muscle and many an oystre, | 392 |
| SumT 2103 And yet, God woot, unnethe the fundement | 394 |
| SumT 2109 And if yow lakke oure predicacioun, | 400 |
| SumT 2114 For who kan teche and werchen as we konne? | 406 |
| SumT 2115 And that is nat of litel tyme, " quod he, | 406 |
| SumT 2120 And doun anon he sette hym on his knee. | 412 |
| SumT 2125 Quod he, " that may I yeve, and noon oother. | 416 |
| SumT 2129 " Now wel, " quod he, " and somwhat shal I yive | 420 |
| SumT 2131 And in thyn hand thou shalt it have anon, | 422 |
| SumT 2132 On this condicion, and oother noon, | 424 |
| SumT 2138 And therwithal his hand in his he leith, | 430 |
| SumT 2141 Seyde this man, " and grope wel bihynde. | 432 |
| SumT 2145 And doun his hand he launcheth to the clifte | 436 |
| SumT 2147 And whan this sike man felte this frere | 438 |
| SumT 2148 Aboute his tuwel grope there and heere, | 440 |
| SumT 2157 Cam lepynge in and chaced out the frere; | 448 |
| SumT 2158 And forth he gooth, with a ful angry cheere, | 450 |
| SumT 2159 And fette his felawe, ther as lay his stoor. | 450 |
| SumT 2170 This lord gan looke, and seide, " Benedicitee! | 462 |
| SumT 2174 Sit doun anon, and tel me what youre grief is, | 466 |
| SumT 2175 And it shal been amended, if I may. " | 466 |
| SumT 2181 And yet ne greveth me nothyng so soore, | 472 |
| SumT 2191 This day bityd is to myn ordre and me, | 482 |
| SumT 2192 And so, per consequens, to ech degree | 484 |
| SumT 2196 Ye been the salt of the erthe and the savour. | 488 |
| SumT 2198 Tel me youre grief. " And he anon hym tolde, | 490 |
| SumT 2217 And in his herte he rolled up and doun, | 508 |
| SumT 2217 And in his herte he rolled up and doun, | 508 |
| SumT 2233 The rumblynge of a fart, and every soun, | 524 |
| SumT 2235 And evere it wasteth litel and litel awey. | 526 |
| SumT 2235 And evere it wasteth litel and litel awey. | 526 |
| SumT 2241 Now ete youre mete, and lat the cherl go pleye; | 532 |
| SumT 2244 That karf his mete, and herde word by word | 536 |
| SumT 2251 " Tel, " quod the lord, " and thou shalt have anon | 542 |
| SumT 2252 A gowne-clooth, by God and by Seint John! " | 544 |
| SumT 2258 And bryng me thanne twelve freres. Woot ye why? | 550 |
| SumT 2263 And to every spokes ende, in this manere, | 554 |
| SumT 2267 Thanne shal this cherl, with bely stif and toght | 558 |
| SumT 2269 And sette hym on the wheel right of this cart, | 560 |
| SumT 2270 Upon the nave, and make hym lete a fart. | 562 |
| SumT 2271 And ye shul seen, up peril of my lyf, | 562 |
| SumT 2274 And eke the stynk, unto the spokes ende, | 566 |
| SumT 2280 And certeinly he hath it weel disserved. | 572 |
| SumT 2285 And so wolde al his covent hardily, | 576 |
| SumT 2286 He bereth hym so faire and hoolily. " | 578 |
| SumT 2287 The lord, the lady, and ech man, save the frere, | 578 |
| SumT 2291 And heigh wit made hym speken as he spak; | 582 |
| SumT 2293 And Jankyn hath ywonne a newe gowne -- | 584 |