Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Friar's Tale to William Shakespeare

Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Friar's Tale to William Shakespeare

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Geoffrey Chaucer Friar's Tale has 366 lines, and 1% of them have weak matches at magnitude 10 to 14 in William Shakespeare. 99% of the lines have no match. On average, each line has 0.02 weak matches.

Friar's Tale

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William Shakespeare

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Friar's Tale: 229

My trouthe wol I holde to my brother,
10

Henry IV Part 1 2.4: 3

With three or four loggerheads amongst three or four score hogsheads. I have sounded the very base-string of humility. Sirrah, I am sworn brother to a leash of drawers, and can call them all by their christen names, as Tom, Dick, and Francis. They take it already upon their salvation, that though I be but Prince of Wales, yet I am the king of courtesy, and tell me flatly I am no proud Jack like ... [continues next]
11

Richard II 5.1: 20

Shows us but this. I am sworn brother, sweet, [continues next]
11

Richard II 5.1: 21

To grim Necessity, and he and I [continues next]
11

Friar's Tale: 230

As I am sworn, and ech of us til other
10

Henry IV Part 1 2.4: 3

[continues previous] With three or four loggerheads amongst three or four score hogsheads. I have sounded the very base-string of humility. Sirrah, I am sworn brother to a leash of drawers, and can call them all by their christen names, as Tom, Dick, and Francis. They take it already upon their salvation, that though I be but Prince of Wales, yet I am the king of courtesy, and tell me flatly I am no proud ...
11

Richard II 5.1: 20

[continues previous] Shows us but this. I am sworn brother, sweet,
11

Richard II 5.1: 21

[continues previous] To grim Necessity, and he and I