| ANGRY..........1 | |
| WBT 1263 And olde and angry nygardes of dispence, | 406 |
| ANNEXED........1 | |
| WBT 1147 Is nat annexed to possessioun, | 290 |
| ANON...........3 | |
| WBT 887 Of which mayde anon, maugree hir heed, | 30 |
| WBT 907 And if thou kanst nat tellen it anon, | 50 |
| WBT 1035 But to his questioun anon answerde | 178 |
| ANSWERDE.......2 | |
| WBT 1035 But to his questioun anon answerde | 178 |
| WBT 1058 This knyght answerde, " Allas and weylawey! | 202 |
| ANSWERE........5 | |
| WBT 910 An answere suffisant in this mateere; | 54 |
| WBT 917 With swich answere as God wolde hym purveye; | 60 |
| WBT 1025 And redy was his answere, as he sayde. | 168 |
| WBT 1029 Assembled been, his answere for to heere; | 172 |
| WBT 1050 I taughte this answere unto the knyght; | 194 |
| ANSWEREN.......1 | |
| WBT 1077 To which thyng shortly answeren I shal: | 220 |
| ANY............3 | |
| WBT 940 If any wight wol clawe us on the galle, | 84 |
| WBT 1068 Allas, that any of my nacioun | 212 |
| WBT 1246 As any lady, emperice, or queene, | 390 |
| APERT..........2 | |
| WBT 1114 Pryvee and apert, and moost entendeth ay | 258 |
| WBT 1136 Pryvee and apert thanne wolde they nevere fyne | 280 |
| APPEERE........1 | |
| WBT 1030 And afterward this knyght was bode appeere. | 174 |
| APPETIT........1 | |
| WBT 1218 I shal fulfille youre worldly appetit. | 362 |
| ARMES..........1 | |
| WBT 1252 For joye he hente hire in his armes two. | 396 |
| ARRAY..........3 | |
| WBT 902 " Thou standest yet, " quod she, " in swich array | 46 |
| WBT 927 Somme riche array, somme seyden lust abedde, | 70 |
| WBT 1075 To tellen yow the joye and al th' array | 218 |
| ARROGANCE......1 | |
| WBT 1112 Swich arrogance is nat worth an hen. | 256 |
| ARRYVEN........1 | |
| WBT 922 But he ne koude arryven in no coost | 66 |
| ART............1 | |
| WBT 1100 Thou art so loothly, and so oold also, | 244 |
| ARTHOUR........3 | |
| WBT 857 In th' olde dayes of the Kyng Arthour, | 0 |
| WBT 882 And so bifel that this kyng Arthour | 26 |
| WBT 890 And swich pursute unto the kyng Arthour | 34 |
| ARTHURES.......1 | |
| WBT 1089 Is this the lawe of kyng Arthures hous? | 232 |
| AS.............42 | |
| WBT 862 This was the olde opinion, as I rede; | 6 |
| WBT 868 As thikke as motes in the sonne-beem, | 12 |
| WBT 868 As thikke as motes in the sonne-beem, | 12 |
| WBT 873 For ther as wont to walken was an elf | 16 |
| WBT 877 As he gooth in his lymytacioun. | 20 |
| WBT 885 And happed that, allone as he was born, | 28 |
| WBT 914 But what! He may nat do al as hym liketh. | 58 |
| WBT 917 With swich answere as God wolde hym purveye; | 60 |
| WBT 920 Where as he hopeth for to fynde grace | 64 |
| WBT 923 Wher as he myghte fynde in this mateere | 66 |
| WBT 936 For to be free and do right as us lest, | 80 |
| WBT 955 The whiche vice he hydde as he best myghte | 98 |
| WBT 972 And as a bitore bombleth in the myre, | 116 |
| WBT 991 Wher as he saugh upon a daunce go | 134 |
| WBT 1016 Upon my lyf, the queene wol seye as I. | 160 |
| WBT 1024 Seyde he had holde his day, as he hadde hight, | 168 |
| WBT 1025 And redy was his answere, as he sayde. | 168 |
| WBT 1028 The queene hirself sittynge as a justise, | 172 |
| WBT 1034 This knyght ne stood nat stille as doth a best, | 178 |
| WBT 1039 As wel over hir housbond as hir love, | 182 |
| WBT 1039 As wel over hir housbond as hir love, | 182 |
| WBT 1042 Dooth as yow list; I am heer at youre wille. " | 186 |
| WBT 1060 For Goddes love, as chees a newe requeste! | 204 |
| WBT 1081 And al day after hidde hym as an owle, | 224 |
| WBT 1088 Fareth every knyght thus with his wyf as ye? | 232 |
| WBT 1110 As is descended out of old richesse, | 254 |
| WBT 1133 " Eek every wight woot this as wel as I, | 276 |
| WBT 1133 " Eek every wight woot this as wel as I, | 276 |
| WBT 1142 Yet wole the fyr as faire lye and brenne | 286 |
| WBT 1143 As twenty thousand men myghte it biholde; | 286 |
| WBT 1149 Alwey, as dooth the fyr, lo, in his kynde. | 292 |
| WBT 1165 " Thenketh hou noble, as seith Valerius, | 308 |
| WBT 1177 " And ther as ye of poverte me repreeve, | 320 |
| WBT 1195 Poverte is hateful good and, as I gesse, | 338 |
| WBT 1203 Poverte a spectacle is, as thynketh me, | 346 |
| WBT 1212 And auctours shal I fynden, as I gesse. | 356 |
| WBT 1235 For as yow liketh, it suffiseth me. " | 378 |
| WBT 1237 " Syn I may chese and governe as me lest? " | 380 |
| WBT 1244 As evere was wyf, syn that the world was newe. | 388 |
| WBT 1245 And but I be to-morn as fair to seene | 388 |
| WBT 1246 As any lady, emperice, or queene, | 390 |
| WBT 1248 Dooth with my lyf and deth right as yow lest. | 392 |
| ASSAY..........1 | |
| WBT 942 Assay, and he shal fynde it that so dooth; | 86 |
| ASSEMBLED......1 | |
| WBT 1029 Assembled been, his answere for to heere; | 172 |
| ASSES..........2 | |
| WBT 954 Growynge upon his heed two asses eres, | 98 |
| WBT 976 Myn housbonde hath longe asses erys two! | 120 |
| ASTERTE........1 | |
| WBT 968 That nedely som word hire moste asterte; | 112 |
| AT.............6 | |
| WBT 897 And yaf hym to the queene, al at hir wille, | 40 |
| WBT 915 And at the laste he chees hym for to wende | 58 |
| WBT 916 And come agayn, right at the yeres ende, | 60 |
| WBT 1042 Dooth as yow list; I am heer at youre wille. " | 186 |
| WBT 1076 That at the feeste was that ilke day. | 220 |
| WBT 1078 I seye ther nas no joye ne feeste at al; | 222 |
| ATTE...........1 | |
| WBT 1229 But atte laste he seyde in this manere: | 372 |
| ATTENDANCE.....1 | |
| WBT 933 And with attendance and with bisynesse | 76 |
| AUCTORITEE.....1 | |
| WBT 1208 And certes, sire, thogh noon auctoritee | 352 |
| AUCTOURS.......1 | |
| WBT 1212 And auctours shal I fynden, as I gesse. | 356 |
| AUDIENCE.......1 | |
| WBT 1032 And that the knyght sholde telle in audience | 176 |
| AUNCESTRE......1 | |
| WBT 1156 Ne folwen his gentil auncestre that deed is, | 300 |
| AUNCESTRES.....2 | |
| WBT 1160 Of thyne auncestres, for hire heigh bountee, | 304 |
| WBT 1172 Al were it that myne auncestres were rude, | 316 |
| AVANTE.........1 | |
| WBT 1014 " Thanne, " quod she, " I dar me wel avante | 158 |
| AVENTURE.......1 | |
| WBT 1224 And take youre aventure of the repair | 368 |
| AVYSETH........1 | |
| WBT 1228 This knyght avyseth hym and sore siketh, | 372 |
| AY.............2 | |
| WBT 1114 Pryvee and apert, and moost entendeth ay | 258 |
| WBT 1144 His office natureel ay wol it holde, | 288 |
| BACHELER.......1 | |
| WBT 883 Hadde in his hous a lusty bacheler, | 26 |
| BAD............2 | |
| WBT 1022 And bad hym to be glad and have no fere. | 166 |
| WBT 1124 And bad us folwen hem in swich degree. | 268 |
| BAR............1 | |
| WBT 997 No creature saugh he that bar lyf, | 140 |
| BATH...........1 | |
| WBT 1253 His herte bathed in a bath of blisse. | 396 |
| BATHED.........1 | |
| WBT 1253 His herte bathed in a bath of blisse. | 396 |
| BE.............24 | |
| WBT 891 That dampned was this knyght for to be deed, | 34 |
| WBT 906 Be war, and keep thy nekke-boon from iren! | 50 |
| WBT 928 And oftetyme to be wydwe and wedde. | 72 |
| WBT 936 For to be free and do right as us lest, | 80 |
| WBT 938 But seye that we be wise and no thyng nyce. | 82 |
| WBT 943 For, be we never so vicious withinne, | 86 |
| WBT 1003 Paraventure it may the bettre be; | 146 |
| WBT 1012 And I wol telle it yow er it be nyght. " | 156 |
| WBT 1022 And bad hym to be glad and have no fere. | 166 |
| WBT 1023 Whan they be comen to the court, this knyght | 166 |
| WBT 1063 For thogh that I be foul, and oold, and poore | 206 |
| WBT 1069 Sholde evere so foule disparaged be! " | 212 |
| WBT 1111 That therfore sholden ye be gentil men, | 254 |
| WBT 1123 That made hem gentil men ycalled be, | 266 |
| WBT 1157 He nys nat gentil, be he duc or erl, | 300 |
| WBT 1221 And be to yow a trewe, humble wyf, | 364 |
| WBT 1225 That shal be to youre hous by cause of me, | 368 |
| WBT 1226 Or in som oother place, may wel be. | 370 |
| WBT 1232 Cheseth youreself which may be moost plesance | 376 |
| WBT 1239 " Kys me, " quod she, " we be no lenger wrothe, | 382 |
| WBT 1240 For, by my trouthe, I wol be to yow bothe -- | 384 |
| WBT 1243 But I to yow be also good and trewe | 386 |
| WBT 1245 And but I be to-morn as fair to seene | 388 |
| WBT 1262 That noght wol be governed by hir wyves; | 406 |