Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Reeve's Prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer

Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Reeve's Prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer

Summary

Geoffrey Chaucer Reeve's Prologue has 66 lines, and 14% of them have strong matches at magnitude 15+ in Geoffrey Chaucer. 48% of the lines have weak matches at magnitude 10 to 14. 38% of the lines have no match. On average, each line has 0.21 strong matches and 1.97 weak matches.

Reeve's Prologue

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Reeve's Prologue: 1

Whan folk had laughen at this nyce cas
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Miller's Tale: 13

This clerk was cleped hende Nicholas; [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 85

Now sire, and eft sire, so bifel the cas, [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 86

That on a day this hende Nicholas [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 199

But what availleth him as in this cas? [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 200

She loveth so this hende Nicholas, [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 214

This carpenter was goon til Osenay; [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 216

Acorded been to this conclusioun, [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 301

And atte laste this hende Nicholas [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 339

And seyde, 'is ther no remedie in this cas?' [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 536

'Now hust, and thou shall laughen al thy fille.' [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 537

This Absolon doun sette him on his knees, [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 654

The folk gan laughen at his fantasye;
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Reeve's Prologue: 2

Of Absolon and hende Nicholas,
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Miller's Tale: 13

[continues previous] This clerk was cleped hende Nicholas;
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Miller's Tale: 14

[continues previous] Of derne love he coude and of solas;
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Miller's Tale: 86

[continues previous] That on a day this hende Nicholas
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Miller's Tale: 200

[continues previous] She loveth so this hende Nicholas,
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Miller's Tale: 201

[continues previous] That Absolon may blowe the bukkes horn;
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Miller's Tale: 211

Now bere thee wel, thou hende Nicholas!
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Miller's Tale: 212

For Absolon may waille and singe 'allas.'
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Miller's Tale: 215

[continues previous] And hende Nicholas and Alisoun
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Miller's Tale: 301

[continues previous] And atte laste this hende Nicholas [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 302

[continues previous] Gan for to syke sore, and seyde, 'allas! [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 340

[continues previous] 'Why, yis, for gode,' quod hende Nicholas,
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Miller's Tale: 536

[continues previous] 'Now hust, and thou shall laughen al thy fille.'
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Miller's Tale: 537

[continues previous] This Absolon doun sette him on his knees,
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Miller's Tale: 646

With hende Nicholas and Alisoun. [continues next]
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Reeve's Prologue: 3

Diverse folk diversely they seyde;
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Miller's Tale: 302

[continues previous] Gan for to syke sore, and seyde, 'allas! [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 647

[continues previous] They tolden every man that he was wood,
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Squire's Tale: 202

Diverse folk diversely they demed; [continues next]
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Reeve's Prologue: 4

But, for the more part, they loughe and pleyde,
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Miller's Tale: 302

[continues previous] Gan for to syke sore, and seyde, 'allas!
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Squire's Tale: 201

[continues previous] It was of Fairye, as the peple semed.
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Reeve's Prologue: 6

But it were only Osewold the Reve,
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Reeve's Prologue: 55

'Now, sires,' quod this Osewold the Reve,
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Reeve's Prologue: 7

By-cause he was of carpenteres craft.
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Miller's Tale: 170

Til he cam to the carpenteres hous [continues next]
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Reeve's Prologue: 8

A litel ire is in his herte y-laft,
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Knight's Tale: 924

And shortly, whan his ire is thus agoon, [continues next]
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Miller's Tale: 171

[continues previous] A litel after cokkes hadde y-crowe;
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Merchant's Tale: 508

But in his herte he gan hir to manace, [continues next]
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Troilus and Criseyde 5: 36

For ire he quook, so gan his herte gnawe, [continues next]
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Reeve's Prologue: 9

He gan to grucche and blamed it a lyte.
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Knight's Tale: 925

[continues previous] He gan to loken up with eyen lighte,
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Merchant's Tale: 508

[continues previous] But in his herte he gan hir to manace,
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Romaunt of the Rose: 532

That was [so] fetys and so lyte; [continues next]
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Troilus and Criseyde 5: 36

[continues previous] For ire he quook, so gan his herte gnawe,
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Reeve's Prologue: 10

'So theek,' quod he, 'ful wel coude I yow quyte
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 105

Under his belt he bar ful thriftily;
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 106

(Wel coude he dresse his takel yemanly:
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 715

To winne silver, as he ful wel coude;
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 716

Therefore he song so meriely and loude.
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 772

The blisful martir quyte yow your mede.
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Canterbury Tales Prologue: 773

And wel I woot, as ye goon by the weye,
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Cook's Tale: 5

With lokkes blake, y-kempt ful fetisly.
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Cook's Tale: 6

Dauncen he coude so wel and Iolily,
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Wife of Bath's Tale: 152

Coude ye me wisse, I wolde wel quyte your hyre.'
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Hous of Fame 3: 773

'Madame, yis, ful wel,' quod he,
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Hous of Fame 3: 774

'And I wil trumpen hit, parde!'
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Book of the Duchesse: 544

'By our lord,' quod I, 'I trow yow wel,
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Book of the Duchesse: 545

Right so me thinketh by your chere.
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Romaunt of the Rose: 174

And eek ful proud and outrageous.
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Romaunt of the Rose: 175

Wel coude he peynte, I undertake,
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Romaunt of the Rose: 533

[continues previous] For other wey coude I not seke.
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Romaunt of the Rose: 534

Ful long I shoof, and knokked eke,
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Romaunt of the Rose: 1269

And ful wel coude he doon honour.
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Reeve's Prologue: 15

This whyte top wryteth myne olde yeres,
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Knight's Tale: 1371

Myn herte may myne harmes nat biwreye; [continues next]
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Reeve's Prologue: 16

Myn herte is al-so mowled as myne heres,
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Knight's Tale: 1371

[continues previous] Myn herte may myne harmes nat biwreye;
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Romaunt of the Rose: 2071

Myn herte is yours, and myn right nought, [continues next]
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Reeve's Prologue: 17

But-if I fare as dooth an open-ers;
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Merchant's Tale: 217

Though I be hoor, I fare as dooth a tree [continues next]
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Romaunt of the Rose: 2070

[continues previous] But-if it be at your bidding?
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Reeve's Prologue: 18

That ilke fruit is ever leng the wers,
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Merchant's Tale: 218

[continues previous] That blosmeth er that fruyt y-woxen be;
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Reeve's Prologue: 19

Til it be roten in mullok or in stree.
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Reeve's Prologue: 21

Til we be roten, can we nat be rype;
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Reeve's Prologue: 21

Til we be roten, can we nat be rype;
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Reeve's Prologue: 19

Til it be roten in mullok or in stree.
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Reeve's Prologue: 26

Our wil desireth folie ever in oon.
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Friar's Tale: 172

In sondry shap, and nat alwey in oon?' [continues next]
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Melibee's Tale: 11

... noon espye ne wacche, thy body for to save. And after that we conseille, that in thyn hous thou sette suffisant garnisoun, so that they may as wel thy body as thyn hous defende. But certes, for to moeve werre, or sodeynly for to doon vengeaunce, we may nat demen in so litel tyme that it were profitable. Wherfore we axen leyser and espace to have deliberacioun in this cas to deme. For the commune proverbe seith thus: "he that sone demeth, sone shal repente." And eek men seyn that thilke Iuge is wys, that sone understondeth a matere and Iuggeth ... [continues next]
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Reeve's Prologue: 27

For whan we may nat doon, than wol we speke;
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 517

Wayte what thing we may nat lightly have,
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 518

Ther-after wol we crye al-day and crave.
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Friar's Tale: 172

[continues previous] In sondry shap, and nat alwey in oon?'
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Friar's Tale: 173

[continues previous] 'For we,' quod he, 'wol us swich formes make
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Melibee's Tale: 11

[continues previous] ... in swich a wyse that thou ne wante noon espye ne wacche, thy body for to save. And after that we conseille, that in thyn hous thou sette suffisant garnisoun, so that they may as wel thy body as thyn hous defende. But certes, for to moeve werre, or sodeynly for to doon vengeaunce, we may nat demen in so litel tyme that it were profitable. Wherfore we axen leyser and espace to have deliberacioun in this cas to deme. For the commune proverbe seith thus: "he that sone demeth, sone shal repente." And eek men seyn that thilke Iuge is wys, that sone understondeth a matere ...
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Reeve's Prologue: 32

Our olde lemes mowe wel been unwelde,
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Clerk's Tale: 472

Ye ben so wys that ful wel knowe ye [continues next]
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Clerk's Tale: 473

That lordes hestes mowe nat been y-feyned; [continues next]
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Clerk's Tale: 474

They mowe wel been biwailled or compleyned, [continues next]
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Parson's Tale: 67

... of lambes, that is, the blisse of hevene. Now comth hasardrye with hise apurtenaunces, as tables and rafles; of which comth deceite, false othes, chydinges, and alle ravines, blaspheminge and reneyinge of god, and hate of hise neighebores, wast of godes, misspendinge of tyme, and somtyme manslaughtre. Certes, hasardours ne mowe nat been with-outen greet sinne whyles they haunte that craft. Of avarice comen eek lesinges, thefte, fals witnesse, and false othes. And ye shul understonde that thise been grete sinnes, and expres agayn the comaundements of god, as I have seyd. Fals witnesse is in word and eek in dede. In word, ... [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 122

by ful manye demonstraciouns, as I wot wel, that the sowles of [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 123

men ne mowe nat deyen in no wyse; and eek sin it is cleer and [continues next]
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Reeve's Prologue: 33

But wil ne shal nat faillen, that is sooth.
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Clerk's Tale: 473

[continues previous] That lordes hestes mowe nat been y-feyned;
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Clerk's Tale: 475

[continues previous] But men mot nede un-to her lust obeye,
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Parson's Tale: 30

... whan man seketh occasion to anoyen his neighebor, which that is lyk to the craft of the devel, that waiteth bothe night and day to accusen us alle. Thanne comth malignitee, thurgh which a man anoyeth his neighebor prively if he may; and if he noght may, algate his wikked wil ne shal nat wante, as for to brennen his hous prively, or empoysone or sleen hise bestes, and semblable thinges.
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Parson's Tale: 67

[continues previous] ... pasture of lambes, that is, the blisse of hevene. Now comth hasardrye with hise apurtenaunces, as tables and rafles; of which comth deceite, false othes, chydinges, and alle ravines, blaspheminge and reneyinge of god, and hate of hise neighebores, wast of godes, misspendinge of tyme, and somtyme manslaughtre. Certes, hasardours ne mowe nat been with-outen greet sinne whyles they haunte that craft. Of avarice comen eek lesinges, thefte, fals witnesse, and false othes. And ye shul understonde that thise been grete sinnes, and expres agayn the comaundements of god, as I have seyd. Fals witnesse is in word and eek in dede. In ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 123

[continues previous] men ne mowe nat deyen in no wyse; and eek sin it is cleer and
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Reeve's Prologue: 34

And yet ik have alwey a coltes tooth,
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 602

But yet I hadde alwey a coltes tooth. [continues next]
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 603

Gat-tothed I was, and that bicam me weel; [continues next]
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Reeve's Prologue: 35

As many a yeer as it is passed henne
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 602

[continues previous] But yet I hadde alwey a coltes tooth.
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Reeve's Prologue: 36

Sin that my tappe of lyf bigan to renne.
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Reeve's Prologue: 38

Deeth drogh the tappe of lyf and leet it gon;
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Reeve's Prologue: 37

For sikerly, whan I was bore, anon
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Miller's Tale: 645

For whan he spak, he was anon bore doun
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Reeve's Prologue: 38

Deeth drogh the tappe of lyf and leet it gon;
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Reeve's Prologue: 36

Sin that my tappe of lyf bigan to renne.
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Reeve's Prologue: 39

And ever sith hath so the tappe y-ronne,
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Legend of Ariadne: 58

This wikked custom is so longe y-ronne [continues next]
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Reeve's Prologue: 40

Til that almost al empty is the tonne.
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Legend of Ariadne: 58

[continues previous] This wikked custom is so longe y-ronne
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Legend of Ariadne: 59

[continues previous] Til that of Athenes king Egeus
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Reeve's Prologue: 45

Whan that our host hadde herd this sermoning,
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 829

The Frere lough, whan he hadde herd al this, [continues next]
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Melibee's Tale: 13

Yet hadde this Melibeus in his conseil many folk, that prively in his ere conseilled him certeyn thing, and conseilled him the contrarie in general audience. Whan Melibeus hadde herd that the gretteste partie of his conseil weren accorded that he sholde maken werre, anoon he consented to hir conseilling, and fully affermed hir sentence. Thanne dame Prudence, whan that she saugh how that hir housbonde shoop him for to wreken him on his foos, and to biginne werre, she in ...
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Second Nun's Tale: 371

Him-self he weep, for pitee that he hadde. [continues next]
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Second Nun's Tale: 372

Whan Maximus had herd the seintes lore, [continues next]
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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 74

And whan this yeman hadde thus y-told [continues next]
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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 75

Unto our host, he seyde, 'benedicite! [continues next]
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Romaunt of the Rose: 721

And whan that I hadde herd, I trowe,
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Reeve's Prologue: 46

He gan to speke as lordly as a king;
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 829

[continues previous] The Frere lough, whan he hadde herd al this,
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Second Nun's Tale: 371

[continues previous] Him-self he weep, for pitee that he hadde.
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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 75

[continues previous] Unto our host, he seyde, 'benedicite!
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Reeve's Prologue: 47

He seide, 'what amounteth al this wit?
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Man of Law's Tale: 471

And seyde, 'what amounteth al this fare?' [continues next]
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Reeve's Prologue: 48

What shul we speke alday of holy writ?
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Man of Law's Tale: 471

[continues previous] And seyde, 'what amounteth al this fare?'
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Parson's Tale: 76

... with hir godsib than with hir owene fleshly brother. The fifthe spece is thilke abhominable sinne, of which that no man unnethe oghte speke ne wryte, nathelees it is openly reherced in holy writ. This cursednesse doon men and wommen in diverse entente and in diverse manere; but though that holy writ speke of horrible sinne, certes, holy writ may nat been defouled, na-more than the sonne that shyneth on the mixen. Another sinne aperteneth to lecherie, that comth in slepinge; and this sinne cometh ofte to hem that been maydenes, and eek to hem that been corrupt; and this sinne men clepen pollucioun, that comth in foure maneres. ...
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Reeve's Prologue: 51

Sey forth thy tale, and tarie nat the tyme,
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Summoner's Tale: 55

Tel forth thy tale and spare it nat at al.'
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Reeve's Prologue: 53

Lo, Grenewich, ther many a shrewe is inne;
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Merchant's Prologue: 10

Hir hye malice? she is a shrewe at al. [continues next]
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Merchant's Prologue: 11

Ther is a long and large difference [continues next]
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Troilus and Criseyde 4: 1259

To finde bote of wo that we ben inne, [continues next]
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Reeve's Prologue: 54

It were al tyme thy tale to biginne.'
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Merchant's Prologue: 10

[continues previous] Hir hye malice? she is a shrewe at al.
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Troilus and Criseyde 4: 1260

[continues previous] It were al tyme sone to biginne.
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Reeve's Prologue: 55

'Now, sires,' quod this Osewold the Reve,
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Reeve's Prologue: 6

But it were only Osewold the Reve,
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Troilus and Criseyde 4: 1639

And over al this, I pray yow,' quod she tho, [continues next]
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Reeve's Prologue: 56

'I pray yow alle that ye nat yow greve,
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Summoner's Tale: 106

I wolde prey yow that ye nat yow greve, [continues next]
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Summoner's Tale: 107

I wol with Thomas speke a litel throwe. [continues next]
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Physician's Tale: 186

By witnesse, lord, so that it nat yow greve.
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Physician's Tale: 187

She nis his doghter nat, what so he seye;
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Prioress' Prologue: 14

So that I wiste I sholde yow nat greve, [continues next]
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Prioress' Prologue: 15

I wolde demen that ye tellen sholde [continues next]
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Nun's Priest's Tale: 73

I pray yow, that ye take it nat a-grief:
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 1004

Shal wel be told, so that ye noght yow greve, [continues next]
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 1005

Though I to yow right on your-self compleyne. [continues next]
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Troilus and Criseyde 4: 1639

[continues previous] And over al this, I pray yow,' quod she tho,
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Reeve's Prologue: 57

Thogh I answere and somdel sette his howve;
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Summoner's Tale: 106

[continues previous] I wolde prey yow that ye nat yow greve,
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Summoner's Tale: 107

[continues previous] I wol with Thomas speke a litel throwe.
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Prioress' Prologue: 14

[continues previous] So that I wiste I sholde yow nat greve,
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Prioress' Prologue: 15

[continues previous] I wolde demen that ye tellen sholde
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 1005

[continues previous] Though I to yow right on your-self compleyne.
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Reeve's Prologue: 61

Peraventure in scorn, for I am oon.
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 112

And lordinges, by your leve, that am nat I. [continues next]
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 113

I wol bistowe the flour of al myn age [continues next]
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Merchant's Tale: 212

But sires, by your leve, that am nat I. [continues next]
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Merchant's Tale: 213

For god be thanked, I dar make avaunt, [continues next]
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Melibee's Tale: 15

... wommen, men seyn that "three thinges dryven a man out of his hous; that is to seyn, smoke, dropping of reyn, and wikked wyves;" and of swiche wommen seith Salomon, that "it were bettre dwelle in desert, than with a womman that is riotous." And sir, by your leve, that am nat I; for ye han ful ofte assayed my grete silence and my gret pacience; and eek how wel that I can hyde and hele thinges that men oghte secreely to hyde. And soothly, as to your fifthe resoun, wher-as ye seyn, that "in wikked conseil wommen venquisshe men;" god woot, thilke resoun ... [continues next]
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Reeve's Prologue: 62

And, by your leve, I shal him quyte anoon;
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 112

[continues previous] And lordinges, by your leve, that am nat I.
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Merchant's Tale: 212

[continues previous] But sires, by your leve, that am nat I.
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Melibee's Tale: 15

[continues previous] ... been Iangleresses and wikked; of whiche wommen, men seyn that "three thinges dryven a man out of his hous; that is to seyn, smoke, dropping of reyn, and wikked wyves;" and of swiche wommen seith Salomon, that "it were bettre dwelle in desert, than with a womman that is riotous." And sir, by your leve, that am nat I; for ye han ful ofte assayed my grete silence and my gret pacience; and eek how wel that I can hyde and hele thinges that men oghte secreely to hyde. And soothly, as to your fifthe resoun, wher-as ye seyn, that "in wikked conseil wommen venquisshe men;" god woot, thilke ...
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Reeve's Prologue: 64

I pray to god his nekke mote breke;
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Pardoner's Tale: 608

Doun of his hors, and breke his nekke atwo.
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Gamelyn's Tale: 194

He mighte breke his nekke in that wrasteling. [continues next]
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Reeve's Prologue: 65

He can wel in myn yë seen a stalke,
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Second Nun's Tale: 230

Ne never wight shal seen hem with his yë, [continues next]
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Gamelyn's Tale: 194

[continues previous] He mighte breke his nekke in that wrasteling.
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Reeve's Prologue: 66

But in his owne he can nat seen a balke.
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Second Nun's Tale: 230

[continues previous] Ne never wight shal seen hem with his yë,
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Second Nun's Tale: 231

[continues previous] But he be chaast and hate vileinyë.