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" And shortly for to tellen, as it was, Were it by aventure, or sort,*" or cas,** The sothe is this, the cut fil to the... "
Chaucer - Page 9
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Illustrations of the Lives and Writings of Gower and Chaucer: Collected from ...

Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 466 pages
...accord. 840 Cometh nere, (quod he) my lady prioresse, And ye, sire clerk, let be your shamefastnesse, Ne studieth nought, lay hand to, every man. Anon to...wight began, And shortly for to tellen as it was, 845 Were it by aventure, or sort, or cas, The sothe is this, the cntte felle on the knight, Of which...
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Illustrations of the Lives and Writings of Gower and Chaucer: Collected from ...

Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 468 pages
...spent. Kow draweth cutte, or that ye forther twinne. He which that hath the shortest shal beginne. • Anon to drawen every wight began, And shortly for to tellen as it was, 845 Were it by aventure, or sort, or cas, The sothe is this, the cutte felle on the knight, Of which...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 1

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 468 pages
...aeeord. Cometh nen-," (quod he) " my lady prioresse, And ye, sire elerk, let be your shamefastnesse, Ne studieth nought, lay hand to, every man." Anon...began, And shortly for to tellen as it was, Were it by ave nture, or sort, or eas, The sothe is this, the eutte felle on the knight, Of whieh ful blith and...
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The Philomathic journal, Volume 1

Philomathic institution - 1824 - 522 pages
...min accord. Cometh uere (quod he) my Lady Prioresse, And ye, Sire Clerk ; let be your shamefastnesse, Ne studieth nought; lay hand to every man. Anon to drawen every wight began, And shortly for tellen as it was, Were it by aventure, or sort, or cas, The sothe is this, the cutte felle on the knight,...
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The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer: With an Essay on His Language and ..., Volume 1

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1830 - 364 pages
...min accord. Cometh nere, (quod he) my lady prioresse, And ye, sire clerk, let be your shamefastnesse, Ne studieth nought ; lay hand to, every man. Anon to drawen every wight began, BM And shortly for to tellen as it was, Were it by aventure, or sort, or cas, The sothe is this, the...
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Select Works of the British Poets: From Chaucer to Jonson, with Biographical ...

Robert Southey - English poetry - 1831 - 1038 pages
...Studie nought : lay hand to, every man." Anon to drawcn every wight began, And shortly for to teilen e of God, and hcrkeneth what I sey. " I have here with my cosin Palamon Had s feile on the knight, Of which ful blitli and glad was every wight ; And tell he must his tale as was...
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An Anglo-Saxon Grammar: And Derivatives; with Proofs of the Celtic Dialects ...

William Hunter - Anglo-Saxon language - 1832 - 140 pages
...drawETH cutte or that ye farther twinne ; He which that hath the shortest shal beginne. Ne studicTH nought ; lay hand to every man, Anon to drawen every wight began. EXAMPLES FOB. PRACTICE. We may have a Taste of Chaucer's style, in his Description of the sudden stir...
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The Riches of Chaucer: In which His Impurities Have Been Expunged; His ...

Geoffrey Chaucer - English poetry - 1835 - 758 pages
...accord. 835 Cometh near (quod he) my Lady Prioress, And ye sir Clerk ; let be your s'hamefastness. studieth nought ; lay hand to every man." Anon to draw-en every wight began, And shortly for tellen as it was, 840 Were it by aventure, or sort,1 or case,3 The sooth is this, the cut fell on the...
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the ..., Volume 24

Percy Society - English literature - 1847 - 358 pages
...schamfastnesse, Ne studieth nat; ley hand to, every man." Anon to drawen every wight bigan, And schortly for to tellen as it was, Were it by aventure, or sort, or cas, The soth is this, the fil to the knight, Of which ful glad and blithe was every wight; And telle he moste...
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The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: A New Text with ..., Volume 24

Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1847 - 358 pages
...schamfastnesse, Ne studieth nat; ley hand to, every man." Anon to drawen every wight bigan, And schortly for to tellen as it was, Were it by aventure, or sort, or cas, The soth is this, the fil to the knight, Of which ful glad and blithe was every wight; And telle he moste...
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