The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury talesW. Pickering, 1845 |
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Absolon adoun agen anon Arcite beforne brest Canace chambre chere chese clerk compagnie coude Crist Custance dere deth doth doughter doun drede eche Emelie entent everich eyen fayre felaw frendes frere gentil Goddes goth grene gret grete hath herd herte highte hire hond honour hous husbond kepe king knight lady lest leve litel loked lond lord maken manere mariage markis mote n'olde natheles nought owen Palamon peine peple pitous plesance pray prively quene quod rede sain sayd sayn Seint shal shalt shuld sire sith slepe Sompnour somtime sone sorwe soth spake speke sterte swete swiche swived tale tellen Thebes thee ther n'is therfore Theseus thilke thing thise thou thurgh toke toun trewe unto veray vilanie wedded wepe whan wher wight wise withouten wold wolt wote ye ben yere yeve yonge
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Página 1 - And bathed every veyne in swich licour. Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne, And smale fowles maken melodye, That slepen al the night with open ye, (So priketh hem nature in hir corages), Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages...
Página 8 - For if he yaf, he dorste make avaunt, He wiste that a man was repentaunt. For many a man so hard is of his herte, He may nat wepe al-thogh him sore smerte. 230 Therfore, in stede of weping and preyeres, Men moot yeve silver to the povre freres.
Página 18 - In honour detteles, but if he were wood, Or live as scarsly, as him list desire; And able for to helpen all a shire In any cas that mighte fallen or happe; And yet this manciple sette hir aller cappe.
Página 2 - In felawshipe, and pilgrims were they alle, That toward Caunterbury wolden ryde; The chambres and the stables weren wyde, And wel we weren esed atte beste.
Página 10 - But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre...
Página 31 - Til it fil ones, in a morwe of May, That Emelye, that fairer was to sene Than is the lilie...
Página 3 - With lokkes crulle, as they were leyd in presse. Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene lengthe, And wonderly deliver, and greet of strengthe.
Página 13 - Burdeux ward, while that the chapman slepe. Of nice conscience toke he no kepe. If that he faught, and hadde the higher hand, By water he sent hem home to every land.
Página 18 - The REVE was a slendre colerike man, His berd was shave as neighe as ever he can. His here was by his eres round yshorne. His top was docked like a preest beforne. Ful longe were his legges, and ful lene, Ylike a staff, ther was no calf ysene.
Página 19 - He was a wel good wrighte, a carpenter. This reve sat up-on a ful good stot, That was al pomely grey, and highte Scot.