Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Clerk's Prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer

Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Clerk's Prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer

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Geoffrey Chaucer Clerk's Prologue has 56 lines, and 5% of them have strong matches at magnitude 15+ in Geoffrey Chaucer. 63% of the lines have weak matches at magnitude 10 to 14. 32% of the lines have no match. On average, each line has 0.05 strong matches and 3.07 weak matches.

Clerk's Prologue

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Clerk's Prologue: 1

'Sir clerk of Oxenford,' our hoste sayde,
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 527

He som-tyme was a clerk of Oxenford,
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Clerk's Prologue: 3

Were newe spoused, sitting at the bord;
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Summoner's Tale: 535

Now stood the lordes squyer at the bord, [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 4

This day ne herde I of your tonge a word.
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Summoner's Tale: 536

[continues previous] That carf his mete, and herde, word by word,
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Clerk's Prologue: 6

But Salomon seith, "every thing hath tyme."
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Merchant's Tale: 728

(For alle thing hath tyme, as seyn thise clerkes) [continues next]
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Parson's Tale: 10

The thridde cause that oghte moeve a man to Contricion, is drede of the day of dome, and of the horrible peynes of helle. For as seint Ierome seith: 'at every tyme that me remembreth of the day of dome, I quake; for whan I ete or drinke, or what-so that I do, evere semeth me that the trompe sowneth in myn ere: riseth up, ye that been dede, and cometh to the Iugement.' O gode god, muchel oghte a man to ... [continues next]
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Troilus and Criseyde 2: 989

Quod Pandarus, 'for every thing hath tyme; [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 7

For goddes sake, as beth of bettre chere,
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Clerk's Tale: 79

And tak a wyf, for hye goddes sake; [continues next]
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Clerk's Tale: 80

For if it so bifelle, as god forbede, [continues next]
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Merchant's Tale: 727

[continues previous] Was for to putte a bille of Venus werkes
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Merchant's Tale: 728

[continues previous] (For alle thing hath tyme, as seyn thise clerkes)
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Parson's Tale: 10

[continues previous] The thridde cause that oghte moeve a man to Contricion, is drede of the day of dome, and of the horrible peynes of helle. For as seint Ierome seith: 'at every tyme that me remembreth of the day of dome, I quake; for whan I ete or drinke, or what-so that I do, evere semeth me that the trompe sowneth in myn ere: riseth up, ye that been dede, and cometh to the Iugement.' O gode ...
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Troilus and Criseyde 2: 989

[continues previous] Quod Pandarus, 'for every thing hath tyme;
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Clerk's Prologue: 8

It is no tyme for to studien here.
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Clerk's Prologue: 14

Ne that thy tale make us nat to slepe. [continues next]
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Clerk's Tale: 80

[continues previous] For if it so bifelle, as god forbede,
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Monk's Prologue: 37

For ye shul telle a tale trewely. [continues next]
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Parson's Prologue: 47

To knitte up al this feeste, and make an ende. [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 9

Telle us som mery tale, by your fey;
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Wife of Bath's Tale: 146

Tel me, what that ye seken, by your fey? [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 14

[continues previous] Ne that thy tale make us nat to slepe.
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Clerk's Prologue: 15

[continues previous] Telle us som mery thing of aventures; —
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Clerk's Prologue: 16

Your termes, your colours, and your figures,
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Monk's Prologue: 36

[continues previous] My lord the Monk,' quod he, 'be mery of chere; [continues next]
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Monk's Prologue: 37

[continues previous] For ye shul telle a tale trewely. [continues next]
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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 44

Can he oght telle a mery tale or tweye,
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Manciple's Prologue: 13

For he shal telle a tale, by my fey! [continues next]
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Parson's Prologue: 46

[continues previous] I wol yow telle a mery tale in prose
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Clerk's Prologue: 10

For what man that is entred in a pley,
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Wife of Bath's Tale: 146

[continues previous] Tel me, what that ye seken, by your fey?
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Monk's Prologue: 37

[continues previous] For ye shul telle a tale trewely.
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Manciple's Prologue: 13

[continues previous] For he shal telle a tale, by my fey!
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Clerk's Prologue: 14

Ne that thy tale make us nat to slepe.
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Wife of Bath's Tale: 92

And nat biwreye thing that men us telle. [continues next]
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Wife of Bath's Tale: 93

But that tale is nat worth a rake-stele; [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 8

It is no tyme for to studien here. [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 9

Telle us som mery tale, by your fey; [continues next]
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Physician's Epilogue: 38

'Nay! lat him telle us of no ribaudye; [continues next]
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Physician's Epilogue: 39

Tel us som moral thing, that we may lere [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 15

Telle us som mery thing of aventures; —
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Wife of Bath's Tale: 92

[continues previous] And nat biwreye thing that men us telle.
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Clerk's Prologue: 9

[continues previous] Telle us som mery tale, by your fey; [continues next]
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Physician's Epilogue: 38

[continues previous] 'Nay! lat him telle us of no ribaudye;
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Physician's Epilogue: 39

[continues previous] Tel us som moral thing, that we may lere
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Clerk's Prologue: 16

Your termes, your colours, and your figures,
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Clerk's Prologue: 9

[continues previous] Telle us som mery tale, by your fey;
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Hous of Fame 2: 349

Of termes of philosophye,
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Hous of Fame 2: 350

Of figures of poetrye,
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Hous of Fame 2: 351

Or colours of rethoryke?
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Clerk's Prologue: 17

Kepe hem in stoor til so be ye endyte
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Squire's Tale: 106

Ne can nat climben over so heigh a style, [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 18

Heigh style, as whan that men to kinges wryte.
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Squire's Tale: 106

[continues previous] Ne can nat climben over so heigh a style,
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Squire's Tale: 107

[continues previous] Yet seye I this, as to commune entente,
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Hous of Fame 2: 272

Right so hit breketh whan men speketh. [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 19

Speketh so pleyn at this tyme, I yow preye,
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Hous of Fame 2: 272

[continues previous] Right so hit breketh whan men speketh.
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Troilus and Criseyde 5: 1625

Yet preye I yow on yvel ye ne take, [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 20

That we may understonde what ye seye.'
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Troilus and Criseyde 5: 1624

[continues previous] As for a freend, ye may in me assure.
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Clerk's Prologue: 22

'Hoste,' quod he, 'I am under your yerde;
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Man of Law's Prologue: 38

Than have ye doon your devoir atte leste.' [continues next]
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Man of Law's Prologue: 39

'Hoste,' quod he, 'depardieux ich assente, [continues next]
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Parlement of Foules: 640

Soth is that I am ever under your yerde, [continues next]
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 137

Under your yerde, egal to myn offence, [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 23

Ye han of us as now the governaunce,
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Man of Law's Prologue: 38

[continues previous] Than have ye doon your devoir atte leste.'
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Parlement of Foules: 641

[continues previous] Lyk as is everiche other creature,
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 136

[continues previous] And I to han, right as yow list, comfort,
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Clerk's Prologue: 24

And therfor wol I do yow obeisaunce,
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Franklin's Tale: 257

In word ne werk, as fer as I have wit: [continues next]
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Franklin's Tale: 258

I wol ben his to whom that I am knit; [continues next]
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Parson's Prologue: 45

And therfor, if yow list, I wol nat glose.
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Hous of Fame 2: 481

As fer as that I saw the preve; [continues next]
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Hous of Fame 2: 482

Therfor I can hem now beleve. [continues next]
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Compleint to His Lady: 68

And whylst I live, I wol do ever so;
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Compleint to His Lady: 69

And therfor, swete, ne beth nat evil apayd.
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 997

I thonke it yow, as fer as I have wit, [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 25

As fer as reson axeth, hardily.
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Cook's Prologue: 18

I wol yow telle as wel as ever I can [continues next]
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Squire's Tale: 570

In alle thing, as fer as reson fil,
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Franklin's Tale: 257

[continues previous] In word ne werk, as fer as I have wit: [continues next]
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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 266

I wol yow telle, as was me taught also, [continues next]
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Hous of Fame 2: 481

[continues previous] As fer as that I saw the preve;
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 91

I yow wol telle, as techen bokes olde. [continues next]
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 997

[continues previous] I thonke it yow, as fer as I have wit,
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Clerk's Prologue: 26

I wol yow telle a tale which that I
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Knight's Tale: 478

And of Arcita forth I wol yow telle.
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Knight's Tale: 1194

As shortly as I can I wol me haste,
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Knight's Tale: 1195

To telle yow al the descripcioun.
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Miller's Prologue: 32

Wyte it the ale of Southwerk, I yow preye;
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Miller's Prologue: 33

For I wol telle a legende and a lyf
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Cook's Prologue: 17

[continues previous] A tale of me, that am a povre man,
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Cook's Prologue: 18

[continues previous] I wol yow telle as wel as ever I can
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 193

Now sires, now wol I telle forth my tale. —
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Wife of Bath's Tale: 156

And I wol telle it yow er it be night.'
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Friar's Prologue: 15

I wol yow of a somnour telle a game.
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Squire's Tale: 6

Agayn your lust; a tale wol I telle.
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Squire's Tale: 7

Have me excused if I speke amis,
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Squire's Tale: 661

First wol I telle yow of Cambynskan,
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Squire's Tale: 662

That in his tyme many a citee wan;
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Franklin's Tale: 257

[continues previous] In word ne werk, as fer as I have wit:
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Franklin's Tale: 258

[continues previous] I wol ben his to whom that I am knit;
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Pardoner's Tale: 127

Your lyking is that I shal telle a tale.
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Pardoner's Tale: 128

Now, have I dronke a draughte of corny ale,
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Pardoner's Tale: 132

A moral tale yet I yow telle can,
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Pardoner's Tale: 133

Which I am wont to preche, for to winne.
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Pardoner's Tale: 332

But, sirs, now wol I telle forth my tale.
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Shipman's Prologue: 23

My Ioly body shal a tale telle,
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Shipman's Prologue: 24

And I shal clinken yow so mery a belle,
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Sir Thopas' Tale: 185

Anon I wol yow telle.
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Melibee's Prologue: 18

'Gladly,' quod I, 'by goddes swete pyne,
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Melibee's Prologue: 19

I wol yow telle a litel thing in prose,
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Melibee's Prologue: 20

That oghte lyken yow, as I suppose,
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Monk's Prologue: 80

To telle yow a tale, or two, or three.
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Nun's Priest's Tale: 4

This widwe, of which I telle yow my tale,
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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 195

Thus was I ones lerned of a clerk. [continues next]
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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 196

Of that no charge, I wol speke of our werk. [continues next]
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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 266

[continues previous] I wol yow telle, as was me taught also,
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Parson's Prologue: 45

And therfor, if yow list, I wol nat glose.
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Parson's Prologue: 46

I wol yow telle a mery tale in prose
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Hous of Fame 3: 337

Of whiche I wol yow telle fonde,
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Legend of Hypsipyle and Medea: 91

For he wol telle a tale long y-now.
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Legend of Philomela: 122

And of her suster forth I wol yow telle. [continues next]
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Book of the Duchesse: 225

Of this tale next before:
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Book of the Duchesse: 226

And I wol telle yow wherfore;
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Book of the Duchesse: 227

For I ne might, for bote ne bale,
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Romaunt of the Rose: 6690

'Sir, I wol gladly telle yow: —
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 90

[continues previous] His resons, as I may my rymes holde,
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 91

[continues previous] I yow wol telle, as techen bokes olde.
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Troilus and Criseyde 4: 1262

And as I am avysed sodeynly,
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Troilus and Criseyde 4: 1263

So wol I telle yow, whyl it is hoot.
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Troilus and Criseyde 5: 1483

Thorugh his moder, wol I yow not telle,
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Clerk's Prologue: 27

Lerned at Padowe of a worthy clerk,
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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 195

[continues previous] Thus was I ones lerned of a clerk.
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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 196

[continues previous] Of that no charge, I wol speke of our werk.
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Legend of Philomela: 123

[continues previous] This woful lady lerned had in youthe
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Clerk's Prologue: 28

As preved by his wordes and his werk.
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 471

So wel his werk and wordes he bisette, [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 29

He is now deed and nayled in his cheste,
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Cook's Prologue: 10

Whom that he broghte in-to his privetee. [continues next]
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 502

He is now in the grave and in his cheste. [continues next]
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 503

Now of my fifthe housbond wol I telle.
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 334

Is lavender in the grete court alway. [continues next]
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 471

[continues previous] So wel his werk and wordes he bisette,
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Clerk's Prologue: 30

I prey to god so yeve his soule reste!
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Cook's Prologue: 10

[continues previous] Whom that he broghte in-to his privetee.
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Cook's Prologue: 11

[continues previous] I pray to god, so yeve me sorwe and care,
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 501

[continues previous] Lat him fare-wel, god yeve his soule reste, [continues next]
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Clerk's Tale: 978

I prey to god yeve hir prosperitee;
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Clerk's Tale: 979

And so hope I that he wol to yow sende
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Merchant's Tale: 245

So wisly god my soule bringe at reste,
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Merchant's Tale: 246

I hold your owene conseil is the beste.
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Merchant's Tale: 930

This shal be doon to-morwe er sonne reste.
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Merchant's Tale: 931

So wisly god my soule bringe in blisse,
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Physician's Epilogue: 18

I prey to god, so save thy gentil cors,
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Parson's Prologue: 20

I prey to god, so yeve him right good chaunce,
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 333

[continues previous] Envye (I prey to god yeve hir mischaunce!)
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Troilus and Criseyde 5: 1363

Devyse, I prey to god so mote it be.
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Clerk's Prologue: 31

Fraunceys Petrark, the laureat poete,
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 502

[continues previous] He is now in the grave and in his cheste.
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Clerk's Prologue: 32

Highte this clerk, whos rethoryke sweete
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Monk's Tale: 471

That highte Dant, for he can al devyse [continues next]
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Hous of Fame 2: 351

Or colours of rethoryke? [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 33

Enlumined al Itaille of poetrye,
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Monk's Tale: 470

[continues previous] Redeth the grete poete of Itaille,
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Monk's Tale: 471

[continues previous] That highte Dant, for he can al devyse
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Hous of Fame 2: 349

Of termes of philosophye, [continues next]
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Hous of Fame 2: 350

[continues previous] Of figures of poetrye, [continues next]
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Hous of Fame 2: 351

[continues previous] Or colours of rethoryke? [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 34

As Linian dide of philosophye
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Hous of Fame 2: 349

[continues previous] Of termes of philosophye,
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Hous of Fame 2: 350

[continues previous] Of figures of poetrye, [continues next]
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Hous of Fame 2: 351

[continues previous] Or colours of rethoryke? [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 35

Or lawe, or other art particuler;
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Hous of Fame 2: 351

[continues previous] Or colours of rethoryke?
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Clerk's Prologue: 36

But deeth, that wol nat suffre us dwellen heer
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Nun's Priest's Tale: 235

That he ne wol nat suffre it heled be;
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Parson's Tale: 55

Now comth Slouthe, that wol nat suffre noon hardnesse ne no penaunce. For soothly, Slouthe is so tendre, and so delicat, as seith Salomon, that he wol nat suffre noon hardnesse ne penaunce, and therfore he shendeth al that he dooth. Agayns this roten-herted sinne of Accidie and Slouthe sholde men exercise hem-self to doon gode werkes, and manly and vertuously cacchen corage wel to doon; thinkinge that oure lord Iesu Crist quyteth every good dede, be it never ... [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 6: 175

that he wol nat suffre that swich a man be moeved with any
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Troilus and Criseyde 4: 1203

But sin ye wol not suffre us liven here, [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 37

But as it were a twinkling of an yë,
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Franklin's Tale: 464

The gretteste that ever were seyn with yë. [continues next]
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Franklin's Tale: 465

He saugh of hem an hondred slayn with houndes, [continues next]
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Parson's Tale: 55

[continues previous] Now comth Slouthe, that wol nat suffre noon hardnesse ne no penaunce. For soothly, Slouthe is so tendre, and so delicat, as seith Salomon, that he wol nat suffre noon hardnesse ne penaunce, and therfore he shendeth al that he dooth. Agayns this roten-herted sinne of Accidie and Slouthe sholde men exercise hem-self to doon gode werkes, and manly and vertuously cacchen corage wel to doon; thinkinge that oure lord Iesu Crist ...
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Troilus and Criseyde 4: 1203

[continues previous] But sin ye wol not suffre us liven here,
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Clerk's Prologue: 38

Hem bothe hath slayn, and alle shul we dyë.
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Franklin's Tale: 465

[continues previous] He saugh of hem an hondred slayn with houndes,
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Clerk's Prologue: 40

That taughte me this tale, as I bigan,
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Man of Law's Tale: 35

Me taughte a tale, which that ye shal here.
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Squire's Tale: 107

Yet seye I this, as to commune entente, [continues next]
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Manciple's Tale: 133

I wol go to my tale, as I bigan. [continues next]
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Parson's Tale: 85

Now for-as-muche as the second partie of Penitence stant in Confessioun of mouth, as I bigan in the firste chapitre, I seye, seint Augustin seith: sinne is every word and every dede, and al that men coveiten agayn the lawe of Iesu Crist; and this is for to sinne in herte, in mouth, and in dede, by thy fyve wittes, that been sighte, heringe, smellinge, tastinge or savouringe, and felinge. Now ... [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 41

I seye that first with heigh style he endyteth,
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Clerk's Tale: 1092

This storie, which with heigh style he endyteth. [continues next]
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Squire's Tale: 106

[continues previous] Ne can nat climben over so heigh a style,
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Squire's Tale: 107

[continues previous] Yet seye I this, as to commune entente,
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Manciple's Tale: 133

[continues previous] I wol go to my tale, as I bigan.
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Parson's Tale: 85

[continues previous] Now for-as-muche as the second partie of Penitence stant in Confessioun of mouth, as I bigan in the firste chapitre, I seye, seint Augustin seith: sinne is every word and every dede, and al that men coveiten agayn the lawe of Iesu Crist; and this is for to sinne in herte, in mouth, and in dede, by thy fyve wittes, that been sighte, heringe, smellinge, tastinge or savouringe, and felinge. Now is ...
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Clerk's Prologue: 42

Er he the body of his tale wryteth,
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Clerk's Tale: 1091

[continues previous] As was Grisilde; therfor Petrark wryteth
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Clerk's Tale: 1092

[continues previous] This storie, which with heigh style he endyteth.
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Clerk's Prologue: 46

That been the boundes of West Lumbardye,
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Clerk's Tale: 889

So noble array in al West Lumbardye. [continues next]
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Clerk's Tale: 890

The markis, which that shoop and knew al this, [continues next]
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Clerk's Prologue: 47

And of Mount Vesulus in special,
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Clerk's Tale: 890

[continues previous] The markis, which that shoop and knew al this,
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Clerk's Prologue: 56

But this his tale, which that ye may here.'
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Man of Law's Tale: 35

Me taughte a tale, which that ye shal here.