ALLE..............16
RomA 30 Ryght as this drem wol tel us alle. 30
RomA 91 Whan love affraieth alle thing, 90
RomA 387 For alle thing it fret and shall; 386
RomA 390 And alle thing distroieth he; 390
RomA 393 And that us alle shal overcomen, 392
RomA 475 Alle these thingis, well avised, 474
RomA 640 Fulfilled of alle curtesie. " 640
RomA 726 Was hym to seen, over alle thyng, 726
RomA 740 So faire they weren, alle and some; 740
RomA 964 The leeste grevous of hem alle, 962
RomA 984 Were alle fyve on oon maneere, 982
RomA 985 And alle were they resemblable. 984
RomA 1292 At alle tymes that hym lyste, 1290
RomA 1305 That weren alle of her meyne; 1304
RomA 1308 There weren alle comunly. 1306
RomA 1687 Whoso myght have oon of alle, 1684
 
 ALLWAY............1
RomA 1635 Allway me liked for to dwelle 1632
 
 ALMOST............2
RomA 786 Togidre almost, they threwe yfere 786
RomA 1509 That hadde his breth almost bynomen. 1508
 
 ALONE.............1
RomA 105 Alone I wente in my plaiyng, 104
 
 ALONG.............1
RomA 1329 Pleyyng along full meryly. 1328
 
 ALOON.............1
RomA 450 Was peynted Povert al aloon, 450
 
 ALOONE............1
RomA 519 For I was al aloone, iwys, 518
 
 ALPES.............1
RomA 658 Alpes, fynches, and wodewales, 658
 
 ALSO..............17
RomA 33 For Love it prayeth, and also 32
RomA 212 And also grene as ony leek. 212
RomA 311 Ful fade, pale, and megre also. 310
RomA 557 Hir throte, also whit of hewe 556
RomA 632 " Now, also wisly God me blesse, 632
RomA 853 Daunsyng, and she hym also; 852
RomA 862 Hir yen greye and glad also, 862
RomA 907 And also on his heed was set 906
RomA 927 And knotty here and there also, 926
RomA 962 The fifte of these and laste also, 960
RomA 974 Were also blak as fend in helle. 972
RomA 1122 That, also soone as it was nyght, 1120
RomA 1304 And also other that with hem were, 1302
RomA 1394 But they were hye and great also, 1392
RomA 1404 Conies there were also playinge, 1402
RomA 1524 Of daunger and of pride also, 1522
RomA 1681 For brode roses and open also 1678
 
 ALTHER-FAIREST....1
RomA 625 The alther-fairest folk to see 624
 
 ALTHOUGH..........2
RomA 358 Ne synne, although her lyf were gon. 358
RomA 624 Although he sought oon in-tyl Ynde. 624
 
 ALWAY.............3
RomA 788 It semed as they kiste alway 788
RomA 1290 Hir lemman was biside alway 1288
RomA 1403 From bowe to bowe alway lepynge. 1402
 
 ALWAYS............1
RomA 628 That folowen hym always aboute. " 628
 
 ALWEY.............6
RomA 411 These olde folk have alwey cold; 410
RomA 1145 And hym alwey sich plente sende 1144
RomA 1158 And God ynough alwey hir sende, 1156
RomA 1160 The more, ywys, she hadde alwey. 1158
RomA 1274 That alwey was me faste by. 1272
RomA 1346 And he me folwed fast alwey, 1344
 
 ALWEYES...........1
RomA 919 That he made alweyes with hym be; 918
 
 ALYVE.............1
RomA 866 So fair hath no womman alyve. 866
 
 AM................2
RomA 595 Ful myghty and ful riche am I, 594
RomA 600 Aqueynted am I and pryve 600
 
 AMELED............1
RomA 1080 And knoppis fyne of gold ameled. 1078
 
 AMENDED...........1
RomA 1427 But moche amended it the place 1426
 
 AMIABLE...........1
RomA 1226 She was so amiable and free. 1224
 
 AMONG.............5
RomA 668 That other briddes hem among. 668
RomA 677 Sich swete song was hem among 676
RomA 690 And saw the grene place among, 690
RomA 1650 Among a thousand thinges mo, 1648
RomA 1691 Among the knoppes I ches oon 1688
 
 AMOROUS...........1
RomA 83 Forto ben gay and amorous 82
 
 AMYDDE............2
RomA 147 Amydde saugh I Hate stonde, 146
RomA 781 Amydde the karole for to daunce; 780
 
 AN................24
RomA 7 An authour that hight Macrobes, 6
RomA 66 That it hath hewes an hundred payre 66
RomA 98 Out of an aguler queynt ynough, 98
RomA 114 For from an hill that stood ther ner 114
RomA 150 An angry wight, a chideresse; 150
RomA 162 An ymage of another entayle 162
RomA 220 Al in an old torn courtepy, 220
RomA 414 That semede lyk an ipocrite, 414
RomA 438 And therto she had on an haire. 438
RomA 464 Fer fro these other, up in an halke. 464
RomA 501 That for an hundred pound nolde I 500
RomA 873 And in an overgilt samit 872
RomA 916 He semede as he were an aungell 914
RomA 998 Er of this book an ende I make. 996
RomA 1007 As an arowe, of which I tolde. 1006
RomA 1034 An high lady of gret noblesse, 1032
RomA 1063 An hundred, have [they] do to dye. 1062
RomA 1165 And if she hadde an enemy, 1164
RomA 1182 Right as an adamaunt, iwys, 1180
RomA 1266 An emperesse or crowned quene. 1264
RomA 1301 And he was right of sich an age 1300
RomA 1451 Right as an hunter can abyde 1450
RomA 1577 Agayn the sonne an hundrid hewis, 1574
RomA 1652 That with an hegge aboute enclos is. 1650
 
 AN-ENDE...........1
RomA 1335 And he full soone [it] sette an-ende, 1334
 
 AND...............556
RomA 2 Ther nys but fables and lesynges; 2
RomA 11 And whoso saith or weneth it be 10
RomA 15 For this trowe I, and say for me, 14
RomA 17 Of good and harm to many wightes 16
RomA 25 And faste I slepte; and in slepyng 24
RomA 25 And faste I slepte; and in slepyng 24
RomA 32 To make your hertes gaye and lyght, 32
RomA 33 For Love it prayeth, and also 32
RomA 35 And if there any aske me, 34
RomA 44 And that is she that hath, ywis, 44
RomA 45 So mochel pris, and therto she 44
RomA 47 That she wel ought, of pris and ryght, 46
RomA 52 In tyme of love and jolite, 52
RomA 56 And it with newe leves wren. 56
RomA 59 And the erthe wexith proud withalle, 58
RomA 61 And the pore estat forget 60
RomA 63 And than bycometh the ground so proud 62
RomA 65 And makith so queynt his robe and faire 64
RomA 65 And makith so queynt his robe and faire 64
RomA 67 Of gras and flouris, ynde and pers, 66
RomA 67 Of gras and flouris, ynde and pers, 66
RomA 68 And many hewes ful dyvers 68
RomA 73 In wedres gryl and derk to sighte, 72
RomA 77 That they mote syngen and be light. 76
RomA 79 To make noyse and syngen blythe, 78
RomA 81 The chelaundre and papyngay, 80
RomA 83 Forto ben gay and amorous 82
RomA 90 And in this sesoun delytous, 90
RomA 95 And up I roos and gan me clothe. 94
RomA 95 And up I roos and gan me clothe. 94
RomA 99 And gan this nedle threde anon, 98
RomA 103 And in [the] swete seson that leef is, 102
RomA 109 Joly and gay, ful of gladnesse, 108
RomA 115 Cam doun the strem ful stif and bold. 114
RomA 116 Cleer was the water, and as cold 116
RomA 118 And somdel lasse it was than Seyne, 118
RomA 120 And never saugh I, er that day, 120
RomA 122 And wondir glad was I to se 122
RomA 123 That lusty place and that ryver. 122
RomA 124 And with that watir, that ran so cler, 124
RomA 128 The medewe softe, swote, and grene, 128
RomA 131 And ful attempre, out of drede. 130
RomA 135 And whan I had a while goon, 134
RomA 137 Ful long and brood, and everydell 136
RomA 137 Ful long and brood, and everydell 136
RomA 138 Enclosed was, and walled well 138
RomA 140 Portraied without and wel entailled 140
RomA 142 And bothe the ymages and the peyntures 142
RomA 142 And bothe the ymages and the peyntures 142
RomA 144 And I wole telle you redyly 144
RomA 148 That for hir wrathe, yre, and onde, 148
RomA 151 And ful of gyle and fel corage, 150
RomA 151 And ful of gyle and fel corage, 150
RomA 153 And she was nothyng wel arraied, 152
RomA 156 And grennyng for dispitous rage, 156
RomA 159 Ful foul and rusty was she, this. 158
RomA 165 And she was called Felonye. 164
RomA 167 Clepid was saugh I and fond 166
RomA 170 That other ymage, and, trustith wel, 170
RomA 174 And eek ful proud and outragious. 174
RomA 174 And eek ful proud and outragious. 174
RomA 177 Ful foul and cherlyssh semed she, 176
RomA 178 And eek vylayneus for to be, 178
RomA 179 And litel coude of norture 178
RomA 181 And next was peynted Coveitise, 180
RomA 183 To take and yeve right nought ageyn, 182
RomA 184 And gret tresouris up to leyn. 184
RomA 185 And that is she that for usure 184
RomA 189 And that is she that penyes fele 188
RomA 190 Techith for to robbe and stele 190
RomA 191 These theves and these smale harlotes; 190
RomA 192 And that is routh, for by her throtes 192
RomA 194 She makith folk compasse and caste 194
RomA 197 And that is she that makith trechoures, 196
RomA 198 And she makith false pleadoures 198
RomA 199 That with hir termes and hir domes 198
RomA 200 Doon maydens, children, and eek gromes 200
RomA 209 And she was clepid Avarice. 208
RomA 211 Ful fade and caytif was she eek, 210
RomA 212 And also grene as ony leek. 212
RomA 217 Kneden with eisel strong and egre, 216
RomA 218 And therto she was lene and megre. 218
RomA 218 And therto she was lene and megre. 218
RomA 219 And she was clad ful porely 218
RomA 222 And bothe bihynde and eke biforn 222
RomA 222 And bothe bihynde and eke biforn 222
RomA 225 Upon a perche, weik and small; 224
RomA 229 Of lambe-skynnes hevy and blake. 228
RomA 235 And if it were forwered, she 234
RomA 238 Al were it bad of woll and hewe. 238
RomA 241 And that she hidde and bond so stronge, 240
RomA 241 And that she hidde and bond so stronge, 240
RomA 247 And by that ymage, nygh ynough, 246
RomA 253 As myschef and mysaventure, 252
RomA 260 And if a man in honour rise, 260
RomA 272 And sore abieth she everydell 272
RomA 273 Hir malice and hir maltalent, 272
RomA 275 And hath such [wo] whan folk doth good 274
RomA 277 Hir herte kervyth and so brekith 276
RomA 285 And if he were so hende and wis 284
RomA 285 And if he were so hende and wis 284
RomA 293 And she hadde a [foul] usage: 292
RomA 308 For sorowe, thought, and gret distresse, 308
RomA 309 That she hadde suffred day and nyght, 308
RomA 310 Made hir ful yelow and nothyng bright, 310
RomA 311 Ful fade, pale, and megre also. 310
RomA 320 And eek hir hert in angre ronnen. 320
RomA 324 And for to rent in many place 324
RomA 325 Hir clothis, and for to tere hir swire, 324
RomA 327 And al totorn lay eek hir her 326
RomA 328 Aboute hir shuldris here and ther, 328
RomA 330 For angre and for maltalent. 330
RomA 331 And eek I telle you certeynly 330
RomA 338 And smot togyder her hondes two. 338
RomA 353 So feble and eke so old was she 352
RomA 360 And drie and dwyned al for elde. 360
RomA 360 And drie and dwyned al for elde. 360
RomA 362 That whylom round and softe had be. 362
RomA 365 Her face frounced and forpyned, 364
RomA 366 And bothe her hondes lorne, fordwyned. 366
RomA 369 The tyme that passeth nyght and day, 368
RomA 370 And resteles travayleth ay, 370
RomA 371 And steleth from us so prively 370
RomA 374 And certes, it ne resteth never, 374
RomA 375 But goth so faste, and passeth ay, 374
RomA 382 But goth and may never retourne, 382
RomA 387 For alle thing it fret and shall; 386
RomA 389 And all doth waxe and fostred be, 388
RomA 389 And all doth waxe and fostred be, 388
RomA 390 And alle thing distroieth he; 390
RomA 392 And eldith kynges and emperours, 392
RomA 392 And eldith kynges and emperours, 392
RomA 393 And that us alle shal overcomen, 392
RomA 404 Was fair sumtyme, and fresh to se, 404
RomA 407 And was a doted thing bicomen. 406
RomA 409 Wel had she clad hirsilf and warm, 408
RomA 415 And it was clepid Poope-Holy. 414
RomA 419 And maketh hir outward precious, 418
RomA 420 With pale visage and pitous, 420
RomA 421 And semeth a simple creature; 420
RomA 427 And she was clothed and eke shod 426
RomA 427 And she was clothed and eke shod 426
RomA 432 And bisily she gan to fonde 432
RomA 434 To God and to his seyntis dere. 434
RomA 437 To gode werkis and to faire, 436
RomA 438 And therto she had on an haire. 438
RomA 441 Of colour pale and deed was she. 440
RomA 447 And for a litel glorie veine 446
RomA 448 They lesen God and his reigne. 448
RomA 449 And alderlast of everychon 448
RomA 453 And though she shulde anhonged be, 452
RomA 455 And if the wedir stormy were, 454
RomA 458 And many a clout on it ther stak: 458
RomA 459 This was hir cote and hir mantell. 458
RomA 463 And she was putt, that I of talke, 462
RomA 465 There lurked and there coured she, 464
RomA 467 Is shamefast and dispised ay. 466
RomA 477 With gold and asure over all 476
RomA 479 Square was the wall, and high sumdell; 478
RomA 480 Enclosed and barred well, 480
RomA 487 For sich solas, sich joie and play, 486
RomA 493 Of briddes song and braunches grene; 492
RomA 497 Of swete and pitous song thei made, 496
RomA 499 And I mysilf so mery ferde, 498
RomA 508 Daunces of love and mery notes. 508
RomA 520 Ful wo and angwishus of this, 520
RomA 530 And other entre was ther noon. 530
RomA 532 That was fetys and so lite, 532
RomA 534 Ful long I shof, and knokkide eke, 534
RomA 535 And stood ful long and of[t] herknyng, 534
RomA 535 And stood ful long and of[t] herknyng, 534
RomA 542 With bente browis smothe and slyke. 542
RomA 543 And by mesure large were 542
RomA 547 With swete breth and wel savoured, 546
RomA 548 Hir face whit and wel coloured, 548
RomA 549 With litel mouth and round to see. 548
RomA 552 In lengthe and gretnesse, by resoun, 552
RomA 556 To fele how smothe and softe it is. 556
RomA 562 And of fyn orfrays hadde she eke 562
RomA 565 And faire above that chapelet 564
RomA 568 And with a riche gold tressour 568
RomA 571 And for to kepe hir hondis faire 570
RomA 573 And she hadde on a cote of grene 572
RomA 578 And wel arayed and richely, 578
RomA 578 And wel arayed and richely, 578
RomA 580 For merye and wel bigoon was she. 580
RomA 584 To graythe hir wel and uncouthly. 584
RomA 588 And axide hir how that she highte, 588
RomA 589 And what she was I axide eke. 588
RomA 590 And she to me was nought unmeke, 590
RomA 592 But faire answerde, and seide thus: 592
RomA 594 So clepe men me, more and lesse. 594
RomA 595 Ful myghty and ful riche am I, 594
RomA 596 And that of oon thyng namely, 596
RomA 598 But to my joye and my pleying, 598
RomA 599 And for to kembe and tresse me. 598
RomA 599 And for to kembe and tresse me. 598
RomA 600 Aqueynted am I and pryve 600
RomA 605 And whan the trees were woxen on highte, 604
RomA 608 And these ymages, al withoute, 608
RomA 609 He dide hem bothe entaile and peynte, 608
RomA 611 But they ben ful of sorowe and woo, 610
RomA 613 And ofte tyme, hym to solace, 612
RomA 615 And eke with hym cometh his meynee 614
RomA 616 That lyven in lust and jolite. 616
RomA 617 And now is Myrthe therynne to here 616
RomA 619 The mavys and the nyghtyngale, 618
RomA 620 And other joly briddis smale. 620
RomA 621 And thus he walketh to solace 620
RomA 622 Hym and his folk, for swetter place 622
RomA 630 And I hadde herkned wel, ywys, 630
RomA 633 Sith Myrthe, that is so faire and fre, 632
RomA 639 A fair and joly companye 638
RomA 641 And forth, withoute wordis mo, 640
RomA 645 And whan I was inne, iwys, 644
RomA 658 Alpes, fynches, and wodewales, 658
RomA 662 Of turtles and laverokkes. 662
RomA 665 And thrustles, terins, and mavys, 664
RomA 665 And thrustles, terins, and mavys, 664
RomA 667 And eke to sormounte in her song 666
RomA 671 They songe her song as faire and wel 670
RomA 673 And trusteth wel, whan I hem herde, 672
RomA 674 Ful lustily and wel I ferde, 674
RomA 687 Were of her craft, and apprentys, 686
RomA 688 But of song sotil and wys. 688
RomA 689 And certis, whan I herde her song, 688
RomA 690 And saw the grene place among, 690
RomA 695 And than wist I and saw ful well 694
RomA 695 And than wist I and saw ful well 694
RomA 700 Hadde opened and me leten in. 700
RomA 704 And eke what folk there with hym were, 704
RomA 706 And of that gardyn eke as blyve 706
RomA 711 But, as I may and can, I shall 710
RomA 713 Ful fair servise and eke ful swete 712
RomA 717 Summe high and summe eke lowe songe 716
RomA 721 And whan that I hadde herd, I trowe, 720
RomA 727 His countenaunce and his manere 726
RomA 731 Of mentes full, and fenell grene, 730
RomA 732 And faste by, without wene, 732
RomA 733 Sir Myrthe I fond, and right anoon 732
RomA 736 And with hym in that lusty place 736
RomA 737 So fair folk and so fresh had he 736
RomA 740 So faire they weren, alle and some; 740
RomA 746 Gladnesse, [the] blissful and the lighte; 746
RomA 747 Wel coude she synge and lustyly, 746
RomA 748 Noon half so wel and semely, 748
RomA 749 And make in song sich refreynynge: 748
RomA 751 Hir vois ful clere was and ful swete. 750
RomA 760 And folk daunce and mery ben, 760
RomA 760 And folk daunce and mery ben, 760
RomA 761 And made many a fair tournyng 760
RomA 764 Mynstrales, and eke jogelours, 764
RomA 770 And saillouris, that I dar wel swere 770
RomA 773 They caste and hente full ofte 772
RomA 774 Upon a fynger fair and softe, 774
RomA 777 Ryght yonge and full of semelyhede, 776
RomA 778 In kirtles and noon other wede, 778
RomA 779 And faire tressed every tresse, 778
RomA 785 Agayn that other, and whan they were 784
RomA 796 And she was cleped Curtesie, 796
RomA 801 " Come and, if it lyke you 800
RomA 803 And I, withoute tariyng, 802
RomA 808 And bad me on the daunce go. 808
RomA 813 The shap, the bodies, and the cheres, 812
RomA 814 The countenaunce and the maneres 814
RomA 816 And I shal telle what they were. 816
RomA 817 Ful fair was Myrthe, ful long and high; 816
RomA 820 Ful rody and whit in every place. 820
RomA 821 Fetys he was and wel beseye, 820
RomA 822 With metely mouth and yen greye; 822
RomA 824 Crisp was his heer, and eek ful bright; 824
RomA 826 And smalish in the girdilstede. 826
RomA 829 So fair, so joly, and so fetys, 828
RomA 831 Delyver, smert, and of gret myght; 830
RomA 835 Ful yong he was, and mery of thought, 834
RomA 836 And in samet, with briddis wrought, 836
RomA 837 And with gold beten ful fetysly, 836
RomA 840 And al toslytered for queyntise 840
RomA 841 In many a place, lowe and hie. 840
RomA 842 And shod he was with gret maistrie, 842
RomA 843 With shoon decoped, and with laas. 842
RomA 844 By druery and by solas 844
RomA 846 Hadde mad, and on his heed it set. 846
RomA 847 And wite ye who was his leef? 846
RomA 853 Daunsyng, and she hym also; 852
RomA 855 Bothe were they faire and bright of hewe. 854
RomA 857 Of colour, and hir flesh so tendre 856
RomA 858 That with a brere smale and slendre 858
RomA 862 Hir yen greye and glad also, 862
RomA 867 Hir heer was yelowe and clere shynyng; 866
RomA 873 And in an overgilt samit 872
RomA 877 And next hir wente, on hir other side, 876
RomA 879 Love, and as hym likith it be. 878
RomA 881 And maken folkis pride fallen; 880
RomA 882 And he can wel these lordis thrallen, 882
RomA 883 And ladyes putt at lowe degre, 882
RomA 891 But all in floures and in flourettes, 890
RomA 893 And with losenges and scochouns, 892
RomA 893 And with losenges and scochouns, 892
RomA 894 With briddes, lybardes, and lyouns, 892
RomA 895 And other beestis wrought ful well. 894
RomA 897 Portreied and wrought with floures, 896
RomA 905 And many a rose-leef ful long 904
RomA 907 And also on his heed was set 906
RomA 912 And he was all with briddes wryen, 910
RomA 914 With chalaundre, and with wodewale, 912
RomA 915 With fynch, with lark, and with archaungell. 914
RomA 922 The daunce, and in his hond holdyng 920
RomA 927 And knotty here and there also, 926
RomA 927 And knotty here and there also, 926
RomA 928 And blak as bery or ony slo. 926
RomA 931 Ful evene and by proporcioun 930
RomA 932 Treitys and long, of ful good fasoun. 930
RomA 933 And it was peynted wel and thwyten, 932
RomA 933 And it was peynted wel and thwyten, 932
RomA 934 And overal diapred and writen 932
RomA 934 And overal diapred and writen 932
RomA 935 With ladyes and with bacheleris, 934
RomA 936 Ful lyghtsom and glad of cheris. 934
RomA 939 And ten brode arowis hild he there, 938
RomA 941 But they were shaven wel and dight, 940
RomA 942 Nokked and fethered right, 940
RomA 943 And all they were with gold bygoon, 942
RomA 944 And stronge poynted everychoon, 942
RomA 945 And sharpe for to kerven well. 944
RomA 948 Out-take the fetheres and the tree. 946
RomA 951 And best fethered for to flee, 950
RomA 952 And fairest eke, was clepid Beaute. 950
RomA 957 With valour and with curtesye. 956
RomA 961 May therwith doon gret harm and wo. 960
RomA 962 The fifte of these and laste also, 960
RomA 973 For shaft and ende, soth for to telle, 972
RomA 979 Envenymed, and with spitous blame. 978
RomA 985 And alle were they resemblable. 984
RomA 986 To hem was wel sittyng and able 984
RomA 988 That knotty was and al roynous. 986
RomA 991 And contrarye to that other fyve. 990
RomA 995 The soothe and eke signyfiaunce, 994
RomA 1001 The fasoun and the countenaunces 1000
RomA 1003 The God of Love, jolyf and lyght, 1002
RomA 1005 Of high prys and of gret degre. 1004
RomA 1010 And clere as the mone lyght 1008
RomA 1016 Hir face, gentyl and tretys. 1014
RomA 1017 Fetys she was, and smal to se; 1016
RomA 1021 Hir tresses yelowe and longe straughten, 1020
RomA 1023 Hir nose, hir mouth, and eye, and cheke 1022
RomA 1023 Hir nose, hir mouth, and eye, and cheke 1022
RomA 1024 Wel wrought, and all the remenaunt eke. 1022
RomA 1025 A ful gret savour and a swote 1024
RomA 1030 For yong she was, and hewed bright, 1028
RomA 1031 Sore plesaunt, and fetys withall, 1030
RomA 1032 Gente, and in hir myddill small. 1030
RomA 1035 And gret of prys in every place. 1034
RomA 1039 For bothe she helpe and hyndre may. 1038
RomA 1040 And that is nought of yisterday 1038
RomA 1042 To helpe and eke to greve a wyght. 1040
RomA 1043 The beste and the grettest of valour 1042
RomA 1045 And besy weren hir to serve, 1044
RomA 1047 They cleped hir lady, gret and small. 1046
RomA 1051 And many a traytour envyous, 1050
RomA 1052 That ben ful besy and curyous 1050
RomA 1053 For to dispreisen and to blame 1052
RomA 1054 That best deserven love and name. 1052
RomA 1056 These losengeris hem preyse and smylen, 1054
RomA 1057 And thus the world with word anoynten; 1056
RomA 1058 And aftirward they prikke and poynten 1056
RomA 1058 And aftirward they prikke and poynten 1056
RomA 1061 And foule abate the folkis prys. 1060
RomA 1062 Ful many a worthy man and wys, 1060
RomA 1067 Wel yvel mote they thryve and thee, 1066
RomA 1068 And yvel aryved mote they be, 1066
RomA 1077 And portraied in the ribanynges 1076
RomA 1078 Of dukes storyes, and of kynges, 1076
RomA 1079 And with a bend of gold tasseled, 1078
RomA 1080 And knoppis fyne of gold ameled. 1078
RomA 1084 Of stones clere and bright to see. 1082
RomA 1087 Of vertu gret and mochel of myght, 1086
RomA 1092 And tyl a riche mannes byhove 1090
RomA 1093 Worth all the gold in Rome and Frise. 1092
RomA 1096 That was so fyn and vertuous 1094
RomA 1098 Of palasie and toth-ake. 1096
RomA 1099 And yit the stoon hadde such a grace 1098
RomA 1105 Full hevy, gret, and nothyng lyght; 1104
RomA 1118 And emeraudes, more than two ounces, 1116
RomA 1121 The stoon so clere was and so bright 1120
RomA 1124 A myle or two in lengthe and brede. 1122
RomA 1127 Bothe hir heed and all hir face, 1126
RomA 1128 And eke aboute hir al the place. 1126
RomA 1134 And loved well to have hors of prys. 1132
RomA 1138 And therfore he desired ay 1136
RomA 1143 And Richesse myght it wel sustene, 1142
RomA 1144 And hir dispence well mayntene, 1142
RomA 1145 And hym alwey sich plente sende 1144
RomA 1146 Of gold and silver for to spende 1144
RomA 1149 And after on the daunce wente 1148
RomA 1151 For to be honourable and free. 1150
RomA 1154 Whan that she yaf and seide, " Have this. " 1152
RomA 1157 As Largesse is to yeve and spende; 1156
RomA 1158 And God ynough alwey hir sende, 1156
RomA 1161 Gret loos hath Largesse and gret pris, 1160
RomA 1162 For bothe [wys] folk and unwys 1160
RomA 1165 And if she hadde an enemy, 1164
RomA 1168 So large of yift and free was she. 1166
RomA 1169 Therfore she stod in love and grace 1168
RomA 1170 Of riche and pover in every place. 1168
RomA 1172 That bothe riche and nygard is. 1170
RomA 1179 And whoso wole have freendis heere, 1178
RomA 1186 Silver and gold that yeven is. 1184
RomA 1189 Wel fourmed was hir face and cleer, 1188
RomA 1190 And opened hadde she hir coler, 1188
RomA 1194 And certys, it myssat hir nought, 1192
RomA 1197 Largesse, that worthy was and wys, 1196
RomA 1200 And that was he that bar the ensaigne 1198
RomA 1201 Of worship and the gounfanoun. 1200
RomA 1202 And yit he is of sich renoun 1200
RomA 1204 Byfore barouns, erles, and kynges. 1202
RomA 1208 Thorough his vertu and his maistrie; 1206
RomA 1209 And for the love of his lemman 1208
RomA 1211 And next hym daunced dame Fraunchise, 1210
RomA 1216 For it was gentyl and tretys, 1214
RomA 1217 With eyen gladde, and browes bente. 1216
RomA 1219 And she was symple as dowve on tree. 1218
RomA 1223 And if a man were in distresse, 1222
RomA 1224 And for hir love in hevynesse, 1222
RomA 1226 She was so amiable and free. 1224
RomA 1232 And she hadde on a sukkenye, 1230
RomA 1245 And swete was she that it ber. 1244
RomA 1248 But faire he was and of good highte, 1246
RomA 1251 And next that daunced Curtesye, 1250
RomA 1252 That preised was of lowe and hye, 1250
RomA 1258 But wys and war and vertuous, 1256
RomA 1258 But wys and war and vertuous, 1256
RomA 1259 Of fair speche and of fair answere. 1258
RomA 1262 Clere broun she was, and therto bright 1260
RomA 1267 And by hir wente a knyght dauncyng, 1266
RomA 1268 That worthy was and wel spekyng, 1266
RomA 1269 And ful wel koude he don honour. 1268
RomA 1270 The knyght was fair and styf in stour, 1268
RomA 1271 And in armure a semely man, 1270
RomA 1272 And wel biloved of his lemman. 1270
RomA 1276 Told yow the shap and apparayle; 1274
RomA 1280 Undide and let me passen in. 1278
RomA 1281 And after daunced, as I gesse, 1280
RomA 1284 With herte wylde and thought volage. 1282
RomA 1287 But oonly lust and jolyte; 1286
RomA 1301 And he was right of sich an age 1300
RomA 1302 As Youthe his leef, and sich corage. 1300
RomA 1304 And also other that with hem were, 1302
RomA 1306 Ful hende folk and wys and free, 1304
RomA 1306 Ful hende folk and wys and free, 1304
RomA 1307 And folk of faire port, truely, 1306
RomA 1311 Thanne hadde I will to gon and see 1310
RomA 1313 And loken on these faire loreres, 1312
RomA 1314 On pyntrees, cedres, and oliveris. 1312
RomA 1328 And in that gardyn gan I goo, 1326
RomA 1335 And he full soone [it] sette an-ende, 1334
RomA 1336 And at a braid he gan it bende, 1334
RomA 1337 And tok hym of his arowes fyve, 1336
RomA 1338 Full sharp and redy for to dryve. 1336
RomA 1345 Wente up and doun full many a wey, 1344
RomA 1346 And he me folwed fast alwey, 1344
RomA 1350 Right evene and square in compassing: 1348
RomA 1355 There were, and that wot I full well, 1354
RomA 1359 And trees there were, gret foisoun, 1358
RomA 1363 And alemandres gret plente, 1362
RomA 1364 Fyges, and many a date-tree 1362
RomA 1366 Thorough the gardyn in length and brede. 1364
RomA 1368 As clowe-gelofre and lycorice, 1366
RomA 1369 Gyngevre and greyn de parys, 1368
RomA 1370 Canell and setewale of prys, 1368
RomA 1371 And many a spice delitable 1370
RomA 1373 And many homly trees ther were 1372
RomA 1374 That peches, coynes, and apples beere, 1372
RomA 1377 Notes, aleys, and bolas, 1376
RomA 1379 With many high lorer and pyn 1378
RomA 1381 With cipres and with olyveres, 1380
RomA 1383 There were elmes grete and stronge, 1382
RomA 1385 Fyn ew, popler, and lyndes faire, 1384
RomA 1386 And othere trees full many a payre. 1384
RomA 1394 But they were hye and great also, 1392
RomA 1395 And for to kepe out wel the sonne, 1394
RomA 1397 And every braunche in other knet 1396
RomA 1398 And ful of grene leves set, 1396
RomA 1401 There myght men does and roes se, 1400
RomA 1402 And of squyrels ful great plente 1400
RomA 1406 Of sondrie colours and maners, 1404
RomA 1407 And maden many a tourneying 1406
RomA 1411 And fayr in shadowe was every welle. 1410
RomA 1418 And by the stremes overal elles, 1416
RomA 1420 And softe as any veluet, 1418
RomA 1423 For the erthe was ful softe and swete. 1422
RomA 1430 That bothe in somer and wynter be. 1428
RomA 1432 And fressh pervynke, riche of hewe, 1430
RomA 1433 And floures yelowe, white, and rede 1432
RomA 1433 And floures yelowe, white, and rede 1432
RomA 1435 Ful gay was al the ground, and queynt, 1434
RomA 1436 And poudred, as men had it peynt, 1434
RomA 1437 With many a fressh and sondri flour, 1436
RomA 1445 I went on right hond and on left 1444
RomA 1449 And thus while I wente in my play, 1448
RomA 1455 And so befyl, I rested me 1454
RomA 1462 And springyng in a marble ston 1460
RomA 1465 And on the border, al withoute, 1464
RomA 1471 And in his net gan hym so strayne, 1470
RomA 1472 And dyd him so to wepe and playne, 1470
RomA 1472 And dyd him so to wepe and playne, 1470
RomA 1476 And gan for hym such payne endure 1474
RomA 1482 So feirs and daungerous was he 1480
RomA 1485 And whanne she herde hym werne [her] soo, 1484
RomA 1487 And took it in so gret dispit, 1486
RomA 1494 For love, and ben so hoot for woo, 1492
RomA 1496 And that he shulde feele in every veyne 1494
RomA 1500 Therfore God held it ferme and stable. 1498
RomA 1507 And was for thurst in gret distresse 1506
RomA 1508 Of heet and of his werynesse 1506
RomA 1513 To drynke, and fresshe hym wel withalle. 1512
RomA 1514 And doun on knees he gan to falle, 1512
RomA 1515 And forth his heed and necke he straughte 1514
RomA 1515 And forth his heed and necke he straughte 1514
RomA 1517 And in the water anoon was seene 1516
RomA 1519 And he therof was all abasshed. 1518
RomA 1524 Of daunger and of pride also, 1522
RomA 1533 And that he was so faste caught 1532
RomA 1536 And diede withynne a lytel space. 1534
RomA 1537 And thus his warisoun he took 1536
RomA 1554 And doun I loutede for to see 1552
RomA 1556 And eke the gravell, which that shoon 1554
RomA 1560 The water is evere fresh and newe, 1558
RomA 1564 For moiste so thikke and wel likyng 1562
RomA 1569 In thilke freshe and faire welle. 1566
RomA 1575 And that the heete descendid is, 1572
RomA 1578 Blew, yelow, and red, that fresh and newe is. 1576
RomA 1578 Blew, yelow, and red, that fresh and newe is. 1576
RomA 1581 Bothe flour and tree and leves grene 1578
RomA 1581 Bothe flour and tree and leves grene 1578
RomA 1582 And all the yerd in it is seene. 1580
RomA 1583 And for to don you to undirstonde, 1580
RomA 1595 And if he turne, he may right well 1592
RomA 1603 Saw all his face fair and bright, 1600
RomA 1611 Ben soone caught heere and awayted; 1608
RomA 1622 These damoysels and bachelers. 1620
RomA 1625 And for the seed that heere was sowen, 1622
RomA 1644 The vertu and [the] strengthe of it, 1642
RomA 1653 Tho had I sich lust and envie, 1650
RomA 1655 Nolde I have left to goon and see 1652
RomA 1658 That caught hath many a man and shent, 1656
RomA 1660 And whanne I was not fer therfro, 1658
RomA 1664 And if I ne hadde endouted me 1662
RomA 1669 And smellen to it where I wente; 1666
RomA 1671 And lest it grevede or forthoughte 1668
RomA 1676 And some wel beter woxen were; 1674
RomA 1677 And some ther ben of other moysoun 1674
RomA 1679 And spedde hem faste for to sprede. 1676
RomA 1681 For brode roses and open also 1678
RomA 1698 And it hath leves wel foure paire, 1696
RomA 1702 And theron stod the knoppe upright 1700