The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: A New Text with Illustrative Notes, Volume 25

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Percy Society, 1848
 

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Page 129 - Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold...
Page 170 - That tregetoures, within an halle large, Have made come in a water and a barge, And in the halle rowen up and doun.
Page 187 - Bare of thy body (and dweltest maiden pure) The creatour of every creature. " Assembled is in thee magnificence With mercy, goodnesse, and with...
Page 267 - As ye were born; and lo, sires, thus I preche, And Jhesu Crist, that is oure soules leche, So graunte yow his pardoun to receyve; For that is best; I wol yow nat deceyve.
Page 253 - Crist had bought us with his blood agayn ! Loketh, how dere, schortly for to sayn, Abought was first this cursed felonye : Corupt was al this world for glotonye.
Page 173 - Destroyed hath the grene in every yerd. Janus sit by the fyr, with double berd, And drynketh of his bugle horn the wyn; Biforn hym stant brawen of the tusked swyn, And "Nowel
Page 158 - Sith he hath bothe his lady and his love; His lady, certes, and his wyf also, The which that lawe of love acordeth to.
Page 247 - That no man be so bold, ne preest ne clerk, Me to destourbe of Cristes holy werk ; And after that than...
Page 279 - litel canstow devyne The curious bisinesse that we have. For of us chapmen, al-so god me save, And by that lord that cleped is Seint Yve, Scarsly amonges twelve ten shul thryve, Continuelly, lastinge un-to our age.
Page 307 - Prudence, a doghter which that called was Sophie. Upon a day bifel, that he for his desport is went into the feeldes...

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