Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Cook's Tale to Geoffrey Chaucer

Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Cook's Tale to Geoffrey Chaucer

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Geoffrey Chaucer Cook's Tale has 58 lines, and one of them has strong matches at magnitude 15+ in Geoffrey Chaucer. 78% of the lines have weak matches at magnitude 10 to 14. 20% of the lines have no match. On average, each line has 0.03 strong matches and 2.98 weak matches.

Cook's Tale

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Cook's Tale: 1

A prentis whylom dwelled in our citee,
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Shipman's Tale: 1

A marchant whylom dwelled at Seint Denys,
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Melibee's Tale: 15

... vile and noght worth, yet han men founde ful many a good womman, and ful discrete and wise in conseillinge. Lo, Iacob, by good conseil of his moder Rebekka, wan the benisoun of Ysaak his fader, and the lordshipe over alle his bretheren. Iudith, by hir good conseil, delivered the citee of Bethulie, in which she dwelled, out of the handes of Olofernus, that hadde it biseged and wolde have al destroyed it. Abigail delivered Nabal hir housbonde fro David the king, that wolde have slayn him, and apaysed the ire of the king by hir wit and by hir good conseilling. Hester by hir good conseil ... [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 2

And of a craft of vitaillers was he;
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Melibee's Tale: 15

[continues previous] ... and noght worth, yet han men founde ful many a good womman, and ful discrete and wise in conseillinge. Lo, Iacob, by good conseil of his moder Rebekka, wan the benisoun of Ysaak his fader, and the lordshipe over alle his bretheren. Iudith, by hir good conseil, delivered the citee of Bethulie, in which she dwelled, out of the handes of Olofernus, that hadde it biseged and wolde have al destroyed it. Abigail delivered Nabal hir housbonde fro David the king, that wolde have slayn him, and apaysed the ire of the king by hir wit and by hir good conseilling. Hester by hir good conseil enhaunced greetly ...
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Cook's Tale: 5

With lokkes blake, y-kempt ful fetisly.
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 715

To winne silver, as he ful wel coude; [continues next]
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Reeve's Prologue: 10

'So theek,' quod he, 'ful wel coude I yow quyte [continues next]
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Romaunt of the Rose: 174

And eek ful proud and outrageous. [continues next]
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Romaunt of the Rose: 1269

And ful wel coude he doon honour. [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 6

Dauncen he coude so wel and Iolily,
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 715

[continues previous] To winne silver, as he ful wel coude;
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 716

[continues previous] Therefore he song so meriely and loude.
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Miller's Tale: 139

A mery child he was, so god me save, [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 140

Wel coude he laten blood and clippe and shave, [continues next]
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Reeve's Prologue: 10

[continues previous] 'So theek,' quod he, 'ful wel coude I yow quyte
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 509

And ther-with-al so wel coude he me glose, [continues next]
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 510

Whan that he wolde han my bele chose, [continues next]
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Romaunt of the Rose: 174

[continues previous] And eek ful proud and outrageous.
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Romaunt of the Rose: 175

[continues previous] Wel coude he peynte, I undertake,
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Romaunt of the Rose: 789

To dauncen wel coude they the gyse;
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Romaunt of the Rose: 1268

[continues previous] That worthy was and wel speking,
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Romaunt of the Rose: 1269

[continues previous] And ful wel coude he doon honour.
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 434

He was, so wel dissimulen he coude. [continues next]
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 435

And al the whyl which that I yow devyse, [continues next]
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 1796

And over al this, so wel coude he devyse
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Cook's Tale: 7

That he was cleped Perkin Revelour.
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Miller's Tale: 139

[continues previous] A mery child he was, so god me save,
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Miller's Tale: 140

[continues previous] Wel coude he laten blood and clippe and shave,
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 453

My fourthe housbonde was a revelour, [continues next]
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 509

[continues previous] And ther-with-al so wel coude he me glose,
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 510

[continues previous] Whan that he wolde han my bele chose,
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 434

[continues previous] He was, so wel dissimulen he coude.
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Cook's Tale: 8

He was as ful of love and paramour
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 454

[continues previous] This is to seyn, he hadde a paramour;
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Cook's Tale: 9

As is the hyve ful of hony swete;
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Melibee's Tale: 39

Thy name is Melibee, this is to seyn, "a man that drinketh hony." Thou hast y-dronke so muchel hony of swete temporel richesses and delices and honours of this world, that thou art dronken; and hast forgeten Iesu Crist thy creatour; thou ne hast nat doon to him swich honour and reverence as thee oughte. Ne thou ne hast nat wel y-taken kepe to the wordes of Ovide, that seith: "under ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Metre 1: 3

fern, so that the corn may comen hevy of eres and of greynes.
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Metre 1: 4

Hony is the more swete, yif mouthes han first tasted savoures that
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Cook's Tale: 10

Wel was the wenche with him mighte mete.
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Reeve's Tale: 53

This wenche thikke and wel y-growen was,
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Reeve's Tale: 54

With camuse nose and yën greye as glas;
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Legend of Dido: 292

That I mighte ones mete him with this spere?'
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Cook's Tale: 11

At every brydale wolde he singe and hoppe,
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Cook's Tale: 18

To hoppe and singe, and maken swich disport.
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Cook's Tale: 14

Out of the shoppe thider wolde he lepe.
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 267

For as a spaynel she wol on him lepe, [continues next]
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Gamelyn's Tale: 123

Gamelyn was light of foot and thider gan he lepe,
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Romaunt of the Rose: 1347

But no-wher wolde I reste me, [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 15

Til that he hadde al the sighte y-seyn,
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 268

[continues previous] Til that she finde som man hir to chepe;
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Merchant's Tale: 1160

As he that hath a day or two y-seyn.
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Merchant's Tale: 1161

Til that your sighte y-satled be a whyle,
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 4: 150

woltow seyn of this: yif that a man hadde al forlorn his sighte [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 4: 151

and hadde foryeten that he ever saugh, and wende that no-thing [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 6: 87

thinges ben doon by necessitee whiche that ben y-seyn and [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 6: 88

knowen by the devyne sighte, sin that, forsothe, men ne maken [continues next]
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Romaunt of the Rose: 1348

[continues previous] Til I hadde al the [yerde in] be.
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Cook's Tale: 16

And daunced wel, he wolde nat come ageyn.
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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 472

Of gold, and he wolde quyte it him ageyn. [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 4: 151

[continues previous] and hadde foryeten that he ever saugh, and wende that no-thing
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 6: 87

[continues previous] thinges ben doon by necessitee whiche that ben y-seyn and
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Romaunt of the Rose: 2587

I wolde this thought wolde come ageyn,
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Romaunt of the Rose: 2588

For it alleggith wel my peyn.
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Cook's Tale: 17

And gadered him a meinee of his sort
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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 472

[continues previous] Of gold, and he wolde quyte it him ageyn.
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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 473

[continues previous] 'Lene me a mark,' quod he, 'but dayes three,
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Cook's Tale: 18

To hoppe and singe, and maken swich disport.
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Cook's Tale: 11

At every brydale wolde he singe and hoppe,
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Cook's Tale: 19

And ther they setten Steven for to mete
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Romaunt of the Rose: 3744

And eke his lippis rody, and mete [continues next]
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Romaunt of the Rose: 3745

Only to pleyen, and to kisse. [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 20

To pleyen at the dys in swich a strete.
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Romaunt of the Rose: 3745

[continues previous] Only to pleyen, and to kisse.
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Troilus and Criseyde 4: 61

This thing anoon was couth in every strete, [continues next]
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Troilus and Criseyde 4: 62

Bothe in thassege, in toune, and every-where, [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 21

For in the toune nas ther no prentys,
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 604

Ther coude no man bringe him in arrerage. [continues next]
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 605

Ther nas baillif, ne herde, ne other hyne, [continues next]
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Knight's Tale: 1039

For in the lond ther nas no crafty man, [continues next]
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Knight's Tale: 1732

For ther nas noon so wys that coude seye, [continues next]
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Knight's Tale: 1768

Ther nas no tygre in the vale of Galgopheye,
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Troilus and Criseyde 4: 61

[continues previous] This thing anoon was couth in every strete,
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Troilus and Criseyde 4: 62

[continues previous] Bothe in thassege, in toune, and every-where,
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Cook's Tale: 22

That fairer coude caste a paire of dys
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 604

[continues previous] Ther coude no man bringe him in arrerage.
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Knight's Tale: 1040

[continues previous] That geometrie or ars-metrik can,
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Knight's Tale: 1732

[continues previous] For ther nas noon so wys that coude seye,
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Knight's Tale: 1733

[continues previous] That any hadde of other avauntage
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Miller's Tale: 14

Of derne love he coude and of solas; [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 23

Than Perkin coude, and ther-to he was free
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Miller's Tale: 14

[continues previous] Of derne love he coude and of solas; [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 15

[continues previous] And ther-to be was sleigh and ful privee, [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 24

Of his dispense, in place of privetee.
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Miller's Tale: 14

[continues previous] Of derne love he coude and of solas;
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Cook's Tale: 26

For often tyme he fond his box ful bare.
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Prioress' Tale: 77

Ful ofte tyme upon his knowes bare.
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Prioress' Tale: 78

His felaw, which that elder was than he,
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Nun's Priest's Tale: 204

And truste wel, his dreem he fond ful trewe; [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 27

For sikerly a prentis revelour,
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 453

My fourthe housbonde was a revelour, [continues next]
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 454

This is to seyn, he hadde a paramour; [continues next]
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Nun's Priest's Tale: 205

[continues previous] For on the morwe, as sone as it was day,
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Cook's Tale: 28

That haunteth dys, riot, or paramour,
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 454

[continues previous] This is to seyn, he hadde a paramour;
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Cook's Tale: 29

His maister shal it in his shoppe abye,
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Romaunt of the Rose: 5888

Shal it abye in body or name.
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Cook's Tale: 32

Al conne he pleye on giterne or ribible.
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Miller's Tale: 147

And as wel coude he pleye on his giterne. [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 148

In al the toun nas brewhous ne taverne [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 33

Revel and trouthe, as in a low degree,
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Miller's Tale: 147

[continues previous] And as wel coude he pleye on his giterne.
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Cook's Tale: 34

They been ful wrothe al day, as men may see.
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Physician's Tale: 68

To sone rype and bold, as men may see,
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Physician's Tale: 69

Which is ful perilous, and hath ben yore.
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Physician's Epilogue: 8

Wherfore I seye al day, as men may see,
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 520

Y-coroned al with whyt, as men may see;
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Legend of Good Women Prologue B: 532

Y-coroned al with whyt, as men may see;
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Legend of Phyllis: 167

Sin yit this day men may ensample see; [continues next]
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Legend of Phyllis: 168

And trusteth, as in love, no man but me. [continues next]
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 1214

Men moste drinke, as men may often see,
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 1215

Ful bittre drink; and for to han gladnesse,
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Cook's Tale: 35

This Ioly prentis with his maister bood,
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Cook's Tale: 48

And bad him go with sorwe and with meschance;
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Cook's Tale: 49

And thus this Ioly prentis hadde his leve.
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Shipman's Tale: 300

To Flaundres-ward; his prentis wel him gydeth, [continues next]
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Legend of Phyllis: 167

[continues previous] Sin yit this day men may ensample see;
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Cook's Tale: 36

Til he were ny out of his prentishood,
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Shipman's Tale: 301

[continues previous] Til he cam in-to Brugges merily.
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Cook's Tale: 37

Al were he snibbed bothe erly and late,
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Pardoner's Tale: 402

I knokke with my staf, bothe erly and late, [continues next]
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Pardoner's Tale: 403

And seye, "leve moder, leet me in! [continues next]
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Romaunt of the Rose: 3804

Espying me erly and late,
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Romaunt of the Rose: 3805

Til he hath seen the grete chere
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Romaunt of the Rose: 5859

With al hir hoost, erly and late, [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 38

And somtyme lad with revel to Newgate;
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 709

But trewely to tellen, atte laste, [continues next]
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 811

But atte laste, with muchel care and wo, [continues next]
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Friar's Prologue: 4

No vileyns word as yet to him spak he. [continues next]
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Pardoner's Tale: 402

[continues previous] I knokke with my staf, bothe erly and late,
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Pardoner's Tale: 403

[continues previous] And seye, "leve moder, leet me in!
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Second Nun's Tale: 360

But atte laste, to tellen short and pleyn, [continues next]
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Romaunt of the Rose: 5858

[continues previous] Fonde Shame adoun to bringe;
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Romaunt of the Rose: 5859

[continues previous] With al hir hoost, erly and late,
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Cook's Tale: 39

But atte laste his maister him bithoghte,
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 708

[continues previous] He made the person and the peple his apes.
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 709

[continues previous] But trewely to tellen, atte laste,
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Knight's Tale: 1406

Al telle I noght as now his observaunces.
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Knight's Tale: 1407

But atte laste the statue of Venus shook,
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 811

[continues previous] But atte laste, with muchel care and wo,
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Wife of Bath's Tale: 372

This knight avyseth him and sore syketh,
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Wife of Bath's Tale: 373

But atte laste he seyde in this manere,
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Friar's Prologue: 4

[continues previous] No vileyns word as yet to him spak he.
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Friar's Prologue: 5

[continues previous] But atte laste he seyde un-to the Wyf,
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Clerk's Tale: 491

But atte laste speken she bigan,
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Clerk's Tale: 971

But atte laste, whan that thise lordes wende
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Merchant's Tale: 228

But atte laste, shortly for to seyn,
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Merchant's Tale: 837

But atte laste, after a monthe or tweye, [continues next]
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Merchant's Tale: 838

His sorwe gan aswage, sooth to seye; [continues next]
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Franklin's Tale: 9

Telle hir his wo, his peyne, and his distresse.
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Franklin's Tale: 10

But atte laste, she, for his worthinesse,
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Monk's Tale: 93

But atte laste he made a foul affray;
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Monk's Tale: 281

But atte laste hir frendes han hir maried
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Second Nun's Tale: 360

[continues previous] But atte laste, to tellen short and pleyn,
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Parson's Tale: 30

... the devel, that evere reioyseth him of mannes harm. Of thise two speces comth bakbyting; and this sinne of bakbyting or detraccion hath certeine speces, as thus. Som man preiseth his neighebore by a wikke entente; for he maketh alwey a wikked knotte atte laste ende. Alwey he maketh a 'but' atte laste ende, that is digne of more blame, than worth is al the preisinge. The seconde spece is, that if a man be good and dooth or seith a thing to good entente, the bakbyter wol turne all thilke goodnesse up-so-doun to his shrewed entente. The thridde is, to amenuse the ...
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Hous of Fame 3: 636

But atte laste hit was on-lofte.
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Legend of Lucretia: 158

But atte laste of Tarquiny she hem tolde,
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Cook's Tale: 40

Up-on a day, whan he his paper soghte,
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 325

That seith this proverbe in his Almageste, [continues next]
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Merchant's Tale: 837

[continues previous] But atte laste, after a monthe or tweye,
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Pardoner's Tale: 160

Herodes, (who-so wel the stories soghte), [continues next]
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Pardoner's Tale: 161

Whan he of wyn was replet at his feste, [continues next]
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Parson's Tale: 9

... hele, beautee, prosperitee, and boghte hem fro the deeth with his herte blood, that they so unkindely, agayns his gentilesse, quyten him so vileinsly, to slaughtre of hir owene soules. O gode god, ye wommen that been of so greet beautee, remembreth yow of the proverbe of Salomon, that seith: 'he lykneth a fair womman, that is a fool of hir body, lyk to a ring of gold that were in the groyn of a sowe.' For right as a sowe wroteth in everich ordure, so wroteth she hir beautee in the stinkinge ordure of sinne. [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 41

Of a proverbe that seith this same word,
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 325

[continues previous] That seith this proverbe in his Almageste,
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 326

[continues previous] "Of alle men his wisdom is the hyeste,
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Pardoner's Tale: 161

[continues previous] Whan he of wyn was replet at his feste,
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Parson's Tale: 9

[continues previous] ... or yeven hem wit, strengthe of body, hele, beautee, prosperitee, and boghte hem fro the deeth with his herte blood, that they so unkindely, agayns his gentilesse, quyten him so vileinsly, to slaughtre of hir owene soules. O gode god, ye wommen that been of so greet beautee, remembreth yow of the proverbe of Salomon, that seith: 'he lykneth a fair womman, that is a fool of hir body, lyk to a ring of gold that were in the groyn of a sowe.' For right as a sowe wroteth in everich ordure, so wroteth she hir beautee in the stinkinge ordure of sinne.
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Cook's Tale: 43

Than that it rotie al the remenaunt.'
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 24

how greet scorn woldest thou han of it! Glosa. So fareth it by [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 25

men; the body hath power over the body. For yif thou loke wel [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 44

So fareth it by a riotous servaunt;
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Melibee's Tale: 55

... ne requeren ne preyen me nat of pees, ne they asken nat to be reconsiled. Wol ye thanne that I go and meke me and obeye me to hem, and crye hem mercy? For sothe, that were nat my worship. For right as men seyn, that "over-greet homlinesse engendreth dispreysinge," so fareth it by to greet humylitee or mekenesse.'
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Parson's Tale: 42

... his wyf; for there is nevere reste. And therfore seith Salomon, 'an hous that is uncovered and droppinge, and a chydinge wyf, been lyke.' A man that is in a droppinge hous in many places, though he eschewe the droppinge in o place, it droppeth on him in another place; so fareth it by a chydinge wyf. But she chyde him in o place, she wol chyde him in another. And therfore, 'bettre is a morsel of breed with Ioye than an hous ful of delyces, with chydinge,' seith Salomon. Seint Paul seith: 'O ye wommen, be ye subgetes to youre housbondes as bihoveth in ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 24

[continues previous] how greet scorn woldest thou han of it! Glosa. So fareth it by [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 8: 16

and brotel; that is to seyn, servaunt to thy body. Now is it [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 45

It is wel lasse harm to lete him pace,
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 24

[continues previous] how greet scorn woldest thou han of it! Glosa. So fareth it by
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 8: 16

[continues previous] and brotel; that is to seyn, servaunt to thy body. Now is it
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 8: 17

[continues previous] thanne wel seen, how litel and how brotel possessioun they
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Cook's Tale: 46

Than he shende alle the servants in the place.
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Wife of Bath's Tale: 40

Til he his lyf him graunted in the place, [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 47

Therfore his maister yaf him acquitance,
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 74

A thing of which his maister yaf noon heste.
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Wife of Bath's Tale: 40

[continues previous] Til he his lyf him graunted in the place,
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Wife of Bath's Tale: 41

[continues previous] And yaf him to the quene al at hir wille,
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Cook's Tale: 48

And bad him go with sorwe and with meschance;
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Cook's Tale: 35

This Ioly prentis with his maister bood, [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 49

And thus this Ioly prentis hadde his leve.
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Cook's Tale: 35

[continues previous] This Ioly prentis with his maister bood,
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Cook's Tale: 50

Now lat him riote al the night or leve.
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Compleint to His Lady: 11

For bothe I have good leyser and good leve; [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 51

And for ther is no theef with-oute a louke,
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Compleint to His Lady: 11

[continues previous] For bothe I have good leyser and good leve;
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Compleint to His Lady: 12

[continues previous] Ther is no wight that wol me wo bereve
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Cook's Tale: 54

Anon he sente his bed and his array
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 213

Of yonge wommen, at his owne cost. [continues next]
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 214

Un-to his ordre he was a noble post. [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 444

But er that he had maad al this array,
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Miller's Tale: 445

He sente his knave, and eek his wenche also,
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Cook's Tale: 55

Un-to a compeer of his owne sort,
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 213

[continues previous] Of yonge wommen, at his owne cost.
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 214

[continues previous] Un-to his ordre he was a noble post.
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Man of Law's Prologue: 78

Of thilke wikke ensample of Canacee, [continues next]
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Man of Law's Prologue: 79

That lovede hir owne brother sinfully; [continues next]
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Man of Law's Prologue: 80

Of swiche cursed stories I sey 'fy'; [continues next]
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Romaunt of the Rose: 1529

He lovede his owne shadowe so, [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 56

That lovede dys and revel and disport,
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Man of Law's Prologue: 79

[continues previous] That lovede hir owne brother sinfully;
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Romaunt of the Rose: 1529

[continues previous] He lovede his owne shadowe so,
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Romaunt of the Rose: 1530

[continues previous] That atte laste he starf for wo.