| A..............46 | |
| WBT 861 Daunced ful ofte in many a grene mede. | 4 |
| WBT 883 Hadde in his hous a lusty bacheler, | 26 |
| WBT 884 That on a day cam ridynge fro ryver, | 28 |
| WBT 886 He saugh a mayde walkynge hym biforn, | 30 |
| WBT 901 Whan that she saugh hir tyme, upon a day: | 44 |
| WBT 909 A twelf-month and a day, to seche and leere | 52 |
| WBT 909 A twelf-month and a day, to seche and leere | 52 |
| WBT 932 A man shal wynne us best with flaterye, | 76 |
| WBT 949 But that tale is nat worth a rake-stele. | 92 |
| WBT 963 To make hir housbonde han so foul a name. | 106 |
| WBT 966 That she so longe sholde a conseil hyde; | 110 |
| WBT 970 Doun to a mareys faste by she ran -- | 114 |
| WBT 972 And as a bitore bombleth in the myre, | 116 |
| WBT 979 Heere may ye se, thogh we a tyme abyde, | 122 |
| WBT 990 In al this care, under a forest syde, | 134 |
| WBT 991 Wher as he saugh upon a daunce go | 134 |
| WBT 998 Save on the grene he saugh sittynge a wyf -- | 142 |
| WBT 999 A fouler wight ther may no man devyse. | 142 |
| WBT 1018 That wereth on a coverchief or a calle | 162 |
| WBT 1018 That wereth on a coverchief or a calle | 162 |
| WBT 1021 Tho rowned she a pistel in his ere, | 164 |
| WBT 1026 Ful many a noble wyf, and many a mayde, | 170 |
| WBT 1026 Ful many a noble wyf, and many a mayde, | 170 |
| WBT 1027 And many a wydwe, for that they been wise, | 170 |
| WBT 1028 The queene hirself sittynge as a justise, | 172 |
| WBT 1034 This knyght ne stood nat stille as doth a best, | 178 |
| WBT 1060 For Goddes love, as chees a newe requeste! | 204 |
| WBT 1095 Ye faren lyk a man had lost his wit. | 238 |
| WBT 1101 And therto comen of so lough a kynde, | 244 |
| WBT 1135 Unto a certeyn lynage doun the lyne, | 278 |
| WBT 1151 A lordes sone do shame and vileynye; | 294 |
| WBT 1153 For he was boren of a gentil hous | 296 |
| WBT 1158 For vileyns synful dedes make a cherl. | 302 |
| WBT 1161 Which is a strange thyng to thy persone. | 304 |
| WBT 1182 Ne wolde nat chese a vicious lyvyng. | 326 |
| WBT 1186 I holde hym riche, al hadde he nat a sherte. | 330 |
| WBT 1187 He that coveiteth is a povre wight, | 330 |
| WBT 1190 Is riche, although ye holde hym but a knave. | 334 |
| WBT 1196 A ful greet bryngere out of bisynesse; | 340 |
| WBT 1197 A greet amendere eek of sapience | 340 |
| WBT 1201 Poverte ful ofte, whan a man is lowe, | 344 |
| WBT 1203 Poverte a spectacle is, as thynketh me, | 346 |
| WBT 1214 Than drede you noght to been a cokewold; | 358 |
| WBT 1221 And be to yow a trewe, humble wyf, | 364 |
| WBT 1253 His herte bathed in a bath of blisse. | 396 |
| WBT 1254 A thousand tyme a-rewe he gan hire kisse, | 398 |
| A-REWE.........1 | |
| WBT 1254 A thousand tyme a-rewe he gan hire kisse, | 398 |
| ABEDDE.........3 | |
| WBT 927 Somme riche array, somme seyden lust abedde, | 70 |
| WBT 1084 Whan he was with his wyf abedde ybroght; | 228 |
| WBT 1259 Housbondes meeke, yonge, and fressh abedde, | 402 |
| ABOUTE.........1 | |
| WBT 967 Hir thoughte it swal so soore aboute hir herte | 110 |
| ABOVE..........2 | |
| WBT 1040 And for to been in maistrie hym above. | 184 |
| WBT 1065 That under erthe is grave or lith above, | 208 |
| ABYDE..........1 | |
| WBT 979 Heere may ye se, thogh we a tyme abyde, | 122 |
| ACCORDYNGE.....1 | |
| WBT 924 Two creatures accordynge in-feere. | 68 |
| AFTER..........2 | |
| WBT 900 And after this thus spak she to the knyght, | 44 |
| WBT 1081 And al day after hidde hym as an owle, | 224 |
| AFTERWARD......1 | |
| WBT 1030 And afterward this knyght was bode appeere. | 174 |
| AFYRE..........1 | |
| WBT 971 Til she cam there hir herte was afyre -- | 114 |
| AGAYN..........2 | |
| WBT 916 And come agayn, right at the yeres ende, | 60 |
| WBT 1000 Agayn the knyght this olde wyf gan ryse, | 144 |
| AGO............1 | |
| WBT 863 I speke of manye hundred yeres ago. | 6 |
| AL.............21 | |
| WBT 859 Al was this land fulfild of fayerye. | 2 |
| WBT 897 And yaf hym to the queene, al at hir wille, | 40 |
| WBT 899 The queene thanketh the kyng with al hir myght, | 42 |
| WBT 914 But what! He may nat do al as hym liketh. | 58 |
| WBT 961 She swoor him, " Nay " ; for al this world to wynne, | 104 |
| WBT 977 Now is myn herte al hool; now is it oute. | 120 |
| WBT 990 In al this care, under a forest syde, | 134 |
| WBT 1036 With manly voys, that al the court it herde: | 180 |
| WBT 1043 In al the court ne was ther wyf, ne mayde, | 186 |
| WBT 1061 Taak al my good and lat my body go. " | 204 |
| WBT 1064 I nolde for al the metal, ne for oore | 208 |
| WBT 1070 But al for noght; the ende is this, that he | 214 |
| WBT 1075 To tellen yow the joye and al th' array | 218 |
| WBT 1078 I seye ther nas no joye ne feeste at al; | 222 |
| WBT 1081 And al day after hidde hym as an owle, | 224 |
| WBT 1106 " Now, sire, " quod she, " I koude amende al this, | 250 |
| WBT 1119 For thogh they yeve us al hir heritage, | 262 |
| WBT 1172 Al were it that myne auncestres were rude, | 316 |
| WBT 1186 I holde hym riche, al hadde he nat a sherte. | 330 |
| WBT 1222 And nevere yow displese in al my lyf, | 366 |
| WBT 1250 And whan the knyght saugh verraily al this, | 394 |
| ALENGE.........1 | |
| WBT 1199 Poverte is this, although it seme alenge: | 342 |
| ALLAS..........3 | |
| WBT 1058 This knyght answerde, " Allas and weylawey! | 202 |
| WBT 1068 Allas, that any of my nacioun | 212 |
| WBT 1098 " Amended? " quod this knyght, " Allas, nay, nay! | 242 |
| ALLE...........2 | |
| WBT 939 For trewely ther is noon of us alle, | 82 |
| WBT 1017 Lat se which is the proudeste of hem alle | 160 |
| ALLONE.........2 | |
| WBT 885 And happed that, allone as he was born, | 28 |
| WBT 1162 Thy gentillesse cometh fro God allone. | 306 |
| ALSO...........5 | |
| WBT 958 He loved hire moost, and trusted hire also; | 102 |
| WBT 1100 Thou art so loothly, and so oold also, | 244 |
| WBT 1215 For filthe and eelde, also moot I thee, | 358 |
| WBT 1233 And moost honour to yow and me also. | 376 |
| WBT 1243 But I to yow be also good and trewe | 386 |
| ALTHOUGH.......2 | |
| WBT 1190 Is riche, although ye holde hym but a knave. | 334 |
| WBT 1199 Poverte is this, although it seme alenge: | 342 |
| ALWAY..........1 | |
| WBT 1113 Looke who that is moost vertuous alway, | 256 |
| ALWEY..........1 | |
| WBT 1149 Alwey, as dooth the fyr, lo, in his kynde. | 292 |
| AM.............5 | |
| WBT 1042 Dooth as yow list; I am heer at youre wille. " | 186 |
| WBT 1091 I am youre owene love and youre wyf; | 234 |
| WBT 1092 I am she which that saved hath youre lyf, | 236 |
| WBT 1175 Thanne am I gentil, whan that I bigynne | 318 |
| WBT 1213 " Now ther ye seye that I am foul and old, | 356 |
| AMENDE.........1 | |
| WBT 1106 " Now, sire, " quod she, " I koude amende al this, | 250 |
| AMENDED........3 | |
| WBT 1097 And it shal been amended, if I may. " | 240 |
| WBT 1098 " Amended? " quod this knyght, " Allas, nay, nay! | 242 |
| WBT 1099 It wol nat been amended nevere mo. | 242 |