Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Legend of Good Women Prologue B to Geoffrey Chaucer
Summary
Geoffrey Chaucer Legend of Good Women Prologue B has 579 lines, and 75% of them have strong matches at magnitude 15+ in Geoffrey Chaucer. 18% of the lines have weak matches at magnitude 10 to 14. 7% of the lines have no match. On average, each line has 1.5 strong matches and 3.55 weak matches.
Legend of Good Women Prologue B
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 2: 1
'This understonde I wel,' quod I, 'and I acorde wel that it is
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 5
That ther nis noon that dwelleth in this contree, [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 11: 92
ne ther nis no man that ne wot wel that they ne [continues next]
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Melibee's Tale: 31
... that it kepeth." Now sir, thanne shul ye committe the keping of your persone to your trewe freendes that been approved and y-knowe; and of hem shul ye axen help your persone for to kepe. For Catoun seith: "if thou hast nede of help, axe it of thy freendes; for ther nis noon so good a phisicien as thy trewe freend." And after this, thanne shul ye kepe yow fro alle straunge folk, and fro lyeres, and have alwey in suspect hir companye. For Piers Alfonce seith: "ne tak no companye by the weye of a straunge man, but-if so be that thou ...
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... corrupt. And why? For, certes, alle our thoghtes been discovered as to him; ne for preyere ne for mede he shal nat been corrupt. And therfore seith Salomon: 'the wratthe of god ne wol nat spare no wight, for preyere ne for yifte'; and therfore, at the day of doom, ther nis noon hope to escape. Wherfore, as seith Seint Anselm: 'ful greet angwissh shul the sinful folk have at that tyme; ther shal the sterne and wrothe Iuge sitte above, and under him the horrible put of helle open to destroyen him that moot biknowen hise sinnes, whiche sinnes openly been shewed ...
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... swereth with his mouth, or elles taketh on him the name of Crist, to be called a Cristene man, and liveth agayns Cristes livinge and his techinge, alle they taken goddes name in ydel. Loke eek what seint Peter seith, Actuum quarto capitulo, 'Non est aliud nomen sub celo,' &c. 'Ther nis noon other name,' seith seint Peter, 'under hevene, yeven to men, in which they mowe be saved;' that is to seyn, but the name of Iesu Crist. Take kepe eek how that the precious name of Crist, as seith seint Paul ad Philipenses secundo, 'In nomine Iesu, &c.: that in the ...
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... procuringe, or by fleshly preyere of hise freendes, fleshly freendes, or espirituel freendes. Fleshly, in two maneres; as by kinrede or othere freendes. Soothly, if they praye for him that is nat worthy and able, it is Symonye if he take the benefice; and if he be worthy and able, ther nis noon. That other manere is, whan a man or womman preyen for folk to avauncen hem, only for wikked fleshly affeccioun that they have un-to the persone; and that is foul Symonye. But certes, in service, for which men yeven thinges espirituels un-to hir servants, it moot been understonde that the service ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 3: 79
science ne may nat ben non other weys than as it is conceived.
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[continues previous] to be, it ne may ben non other weyes thanne he knoweth it to be.
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Of som persone, and durste hit nat with-seye; [continues next]
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[continues previous] But as he hath herd seyd, or founde hit writen;
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[continues previous] Wel more thing then men han seen with yë!
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 5: 35
sooth, ne that ther nis nothing sensible; or elles, for that resoun [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Metre 11: 32
that the Muse and the doctrine of Plato singeth sooth, al that [continues next]
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certes, in that other is necessitee of sooth. But therfore ne [continues next]
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[continues previous] sooth, ne that ther nis nothing sensible; or elles, for that resoun
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[continues previous] wot wel that many thinges ben subiect to wit and to imaginacioun,
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[continues previous] certes, in that other is necessitee of sooth. But therfore ne
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Wherfore, yif any thing be so to comen, that the bitydinge of hit [continues next]
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Through which that olde thinges been in minde, [continues next]
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[continues previous] Ther as ther lyth non other assay by preve.
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[continues previous] thinges governeth strongly, and ordeyneth hem softely.'
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Than love I most these floures whyte and rede, [continues next]
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[continues previous] Save, certeynly, whan that the month of May
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[continues previous] To seen this flour, how it wol go to reste,
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[continues previous] To seen this flour that I so love and drede.
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[continues previous] To seen these floures agein the sonne sprede,
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[continues previous] The longe day, thus walking in the grene.
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Whan that the sonne out of the south gan weste, [continues next]
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[continues previous] To seen this flour agein the sonne sprede,
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Whan the wode wexeth rody of rosene floures, in the first somer [continues next]
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[continues previous] Whan the wode wexeth rody of rosene floures, in the first somer
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[continues previous] For sith no cause of deeth lyth in this cas,
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[continues previous] For sith no cause of deeth lyth in this cas,
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cleernesse smyteth the eyen and moeveth hem to seen, or right so
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[continues previous] Hir swote breth, and made hem for to sprede,
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[continues previous] For hit surmounted pleynly alle odoures,
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[continues previous] Now had the atempre sonne al that releved,
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[continues previous] And that the floures ginne for to springe,
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[continues previous] Of love and [May], that Ioye hit was to here,
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stille, ne sholde nat elden;' that is to seyn, that [him] leste that, [continues next]
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[continues previous] desire to han matere of governaunce over comunalitees, for vertu,
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[continues previous] That was with floures swote enbrouded al,
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In other manere been distinct the speces of Glotonye, after seint Gregorie. The firste is, for to ete biforn tyme to ete. The seconde is, whan a man get him to delicat mete or drinke. The thridde is, whan men taken to muche over mesure. The fourthe is curiositee, with greet entente to maken and apparaillen his mete. The fifthe is, for to eten to gredily. Thise been the fyve fingres of the develes hand, by whiche he draweth folk to sinne.
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... biforn the peple. It is a greet folye, a womman to have a fair array outward and in hir-self be foul inward. A wyf sholde eek be mesurable in lokinge and in beringe and in laughinge, and discreet in alle hir wordes and hir dedes. And aboven alle worldly thing she sholde loven hir housbonde with al hir herte, and to him be trewe of hir body so sholde an housbonde eek be to his wyf. For sith that al the body is the housbondes, so sholde hir herte been, or elles ther is bitwixe hem two, as in that, no ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] ... to been honoured the more biforn the peple. It is a greet folye, a womman to have a fair array outward and in hir-self be foul inward. A wyf sholde eek be mesurable in lokinge and in beringe and in laughinge, and discreet in alle hir wordes and hir dedes. And aboven alle worldly thing she sholde loven hir housbonde with al hir herte, and to him be trewe of hir body so sholde an housbonde eek be to his wyf. For sith that al the body is the housbondes, so sholde hir herte been, or elles ther is bitwixe hem two, as in that, no parfit mariage. Thanne ...
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that ne deneye I nat; but certes, hir power ne descendeth nat of [continues next]
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partye of men, ne ben nat ne han no beinge; but natheles, it is so,
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'Whan I consider thy resouns,' quod I, 'I ne trowe nat that
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 3: 142
beseken it and impetren it. And yif men wene nat that hope ne
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Melibee's Tale: 56
Thanne bigan dame Prudence to maken semblant of wratthe, and seyde, 'certes, sir, sauf your grace, I love your honour and your profit as I do myn owene, and ever have doon; ne ye ne noon other syen never the contrarie. And yit, if I hadde seyd that ye sholde han purchaced the pees and the reconsiliacioun, I ne hadde nat muchel mistaken me, ne seyd amis. For the wyse man seith: "the dissensioun biginneth by another man, and the reconsiling bi-ginneth by thy-self." And the ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] Thanne bigan dame Prudence to maken semblant of wratthe, and seyde, 'certes, sir, sauf your grace, I love your honour and your profit as I do myn owene, and ever have doon; ne ye ne noon other syen never the contrarie. And yit, if I hadde seyd that ye sholde han purchaced the pees and the reconsiliacioun, I ne hadde nat muchel mistaken me, ne seyd amis. For the wyse man seith: "the dissensioun biginneth by another man, and the reconsiling bi-ginneth by thy-self." And the prophete seith: "flee shrewednesse and do goodnesse; ...
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[continues previous] Upon the goddes, that he, for leef ne looth,
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[continues previous] That nis nothing the entent of my labour.
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And that the sonne out of the south gan weste, [continues next]
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... the lyne of midday, 18 degres of heighte taken by my rewle on the bak-syde. Tho sette I the centre of this Alhabor up-on 18 degrees among myn almikanteras, up-on the west syde; by-cause that she was founden on the west syde. Tho leide I my label over the degree of the sonne that was descended under the weste orisonte, and rikened alle the lettres capitals fro the lyne of midday un-to the point of my label in the bordure; and fond that it was passed 8 of the clokke the space of 2 degrees. Tho loked I doun up-on myn est orisonte, and fond ther 23 degrees of Libra assending, whom I tok for myn assendent; and thus lerned I to knowe ones for ever in which manere I shuld come to the houre of the night and to myn assendent; as verreyly as may be taken by so smal an instrument. But natheles, in general, wolde I warne thee for evere, ne mak thee nevere bold to have take a iust ascendent by thyn Astrolabie, or elles to have set iustly a clokke, whan any celestial body by which that thow wenest governe thilke thinges ben ney the south lyne; for trust wel, whan that the sonne is ney the meridional lyne, the degree of the sonne renneth so longe consentrik up-on the almikanteras, that sothly thou shalt erre fro the iust assendent. The same conclusioun sey I by the centre of any sterre fix by night; and more-over, by experience, I wot wel that in oure ...
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[continues previous] And closed was the flour and goon to reste
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[continues previous] Hoom to myn hous ful swiftly I me spedde;
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[continues previous] And closed was the flour and goon to reste
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[continues previous] To seen this flour that I so love and drede.
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First sat the god of love, and than this quene [continues next]
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First sat the god of love, and sith his quene [continues next]
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[continues previous] So were the florouns of hir coroun whyte;
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[continues previous] Swich were the floures of hir coroun whyte.
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[continues previous] So were the florouns of hir coroun whyte;
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That had a flees of gold, that shoon so brighte, [continues next]
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[continues previous] That with the gleem a-stoned was the sighte;
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[continues previous] That had a flees of gold, that shoon so brighte,
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[continues previous] That no-wher was ther swich an-other sighte;
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Corouned with whyte, and clothed al in grene, [continues next]
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First sat the god of love, and sith his quene [continues next]
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That in this world, thogh that men wolde seke, [continues next]
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[continues previous] First sat the god of love, and than this quene
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[continues previous] Corouned with whyte, and clothed al in grene,
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[continues previous] That in this world, thogh that men wolde seke,
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[continues previous] Was hit to thee, that ilke tyme thou made
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[continues previous] That thou forgete hir in thy song to sette,
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Hyde ye your trouthe in love and your renoun; [continues next]
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[continues previous] And thou, Tisbe, that hast for love swich peyne:
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[continues previous] Alceste is here, that al that may desteyne.
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[continues previous] My lady cometh, that al this may disteyne.
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[continues previous] My lady cometh, that al this may disteyne.
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[continues previous] My lady cometh, that al this may disteyne.
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[continues previous] My lady cometh, that al this may disteyne.
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[continues previous] My lady cometh, that al this may disteyne.
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[continues previous] Byhind this god of love, up-on this grene,
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Treatise on the Astrolabe 2: 35
... workinge of the conclusioun, to knowe yif that any planete be directe or retrograde. Tak the altitude of any sterre that is cleped a planete, and note it wel. And tak eek anon the altitude of any sterre fix that thou knowest, and note it wel also. Come thanne agayn the thridde or the ferthe night next folwing; for thanne shaltow aperceyve wel the moeving of a planete, whether so he moeve forthward or bakward. Awaite wel thanne whan that thy sterre fix is in the same altitude that she was whan thou toke hir firste altitude; and tak than eftsones the altitude of the ...
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[continues previous] The thredde part of wemen, ne the ferthe,
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[continues previous] And kneled adoun, as it were for the nones.
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[continues previous] First sat the god of love, and than this quene
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[continues previous] First sat the god of love, and sith his quene
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Corouned with whyte, and clothed al in grene, [continues next]
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... folk. And that in sondry wyse: this is to seyn, that the more that clooth is wasted, the more it costeth to the peple for the scantnesse; and forther-over, if so be that they wolde yeven swich pounsoned and dagged clothing to the povre folk, it is nat convenient to were for hir estaat, ne suffisant to bete hir necessitee, to kepe hem fro the distemperance of the firmament. Upon that other syde, to speken of the horrible disordinat scantnesse of clothing, as been thise cutted sloppes or hainselins, that thurgh hir shortnesse ne covere nat the shameful membres of man, to wikked entente. ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] ... the forseyde povre folk. And that in sondry wyse: this is to seyn, that the more that clooth is wasted, the more it costeth to the peple for the scantnesse; and forther-over, if so be that they wolde yeven swich pounsoned and dagged clothing to the povre folk, it is nat convenient to were for hir estaat, ne suffisant to bete hir necessitee, to kepe hem fro the distemperance of the firmament. Upon that other syde, to speken of the horrible disordinat scantnesse of clothing, as been thise cutted sloppes or hainselins, that thurgh hir shortnesse ne covere nat the shameful membres of man, to wikked entente. Allas! ...
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'For thou,' quod he, 'art ther-to nothing able. [continues next]
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glorie," quod he, "thou art nothing elles to thousandes of folkes
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[continues previous] 'And why, sir,' quod I, 'and hit lyke yow?'
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Thou hast translated the Romauns of the Rose, [continues next]
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... for wikked speche; but do wel to him that dooth thee harm, and blesse him that seith to thee harm." And in manye othere places he amonesteth pees and accord. But now wol I speke to yow of the conseil which that was yeven to yow by the men of lawe and the wyse folk, that seyden alle by oon accord as ye han herd bifore; that, over alle thynges, ye sholde doon your diligence to kepen your persone and to warnestore your hous. And seyden also, that in this caas ye oghten for to werken ful avysely and with greet ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] ... wikked speche; but do wel to him that dooth thee harm, and blesse him that seith to thee harm." And in manye othere places he amonesteth pees and accord. But now wol I speke to yow of the conseil which that was yeven to yow by the men of lawe and the wyse folk, that seyden alle by oon accord as ye han herd bifore; that, over alle thynges, ye sholde doon your diligence to kepen your persone and to warnestore your hous. And seyden also, that in this caas ye oghten for to werken ful avysely and with greet deliberacioun. And sir, as ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] ... wikked speche; but do wel to him that dooth thee harm, and blesse him that seith to thee harm." And in manye othere places he amonesteth pees and accord. But now wol I speke to yow of the conseil which that was yeven to yow by the men of lawe and the wyse folk, that seyden alle by oon accord as ye han herd bifore; that, over alle thynges, ye sholde doon your diligence to kepen your persone and to warnestore your hous. And seyden also, that in this caas ye oghten for to werken ful avysely and with greet deliberacioun. ...
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[continues previous] And thinkest in thy wit, that is ful cool.
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but as it were y-travailed, as who seyth, that thilke answere [continues next]
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procedeth right as thogh men travaileden, or weren bisy to enqueren, [continues next]
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[continues previous] but as it were y-travailed, as who seyth, that thilke answere
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[continues previous] procedeth right as thogh men travaileden, or weren bisy to enqueren,
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Thou shalt repente hit, that hit shal be sene!' [continues next]
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Corouned with whyte, and clothed al in grene, [continues next]
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Corouned with whyte, and clothed al in grene, [continues next]
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[continues previous] Corouned with whyte, and clothed al in grene,
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[continues previous] Corouned with whyte, and clothed al in grene,
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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 so lyte. Usage of labour is a greet thing; for it ... [continues next]
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Ageyns these points that ye han to him meved; [continues next]
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Melibee's Tale: 31
'Lo, lo!' quod dame Prudence, 'how lightly is every man enclyned to his owene desyr and to his owene plesaunce! Certes,' quod she, 'the wordes of the phisiciens ne sholde nat han been understonden in this wyse. For certes, wikkednesse is nat contrarie to wikkednesse, ne vengeaunce to vengeaunce, ne wrong to wrong; but they been semblable. And therfore, o vengeaunce is nat warisshed by another vengeaunce, ne o wrong by another wrong; but everich of hem encreesceth and aggreggeth other. But ... [continues next]
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[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 quyteth every good dede, be it never so lyte. Usage of labour is a greet thing; for it maketh, as seith ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 1: 61
delver of the feeld ne understoden nat that the gold sholde han [continues next]
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Ne it ne sholde nat semen to us, that god is elder thanne [continues next]
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[continues previous] 'Lo, lo!' quod dame Prudence, 'how lightly is every man enclyned to his owene desyr and to his owene plesaunce! Certes,' quod she, 'the wordes of the phisiciens ne sholde nat han been understonden in this wyse. For certes, wikkednesse is nat contrarie to wikkednesse, ne vengeaunce to vengeaunce, ne wrong to wrong; but they been semblable. And therfore, o vengeaunce is nat warisshed by another vengeaunce, ne o wrong by another wrong; but everich of hem encreesceth and aggreggeth other. ...
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parties; ne the savinge of obedient thinges ne sholde nat be.'
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in scripture and in remembraunce. For touching the lettres falsly [continues next]
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maked, by whiche lettres I am accused to han hoped the fredom [continues next]
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[continues previous] maked, by whiche lettres I am accused to han hoped the fredom
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 338
[continues previous] This man to yow may wrongly been accused,
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[continues previous] Or elles, sir, for that this man is nyce,
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... comth accusinge, as 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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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 338
[continues previous] This man to yow may wrongly been accused,
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... humilitee in herte, and another humilitee in his mouth; the thridde in hise werkes. The humilitee in herte is in foure maneres: that oon is, whan a man holdeth him-self as noght worth biforn god of hevene. Another is, whan he ne despyseth noon other man. The thridde is, whan he rekketh nat thogh men holde him noght worth. The ferthe is, whan he nis nat sory of his humiliacion. Also, the humilitee of mouth is in foure thinges: in attempree speche, and in humblesse of speche, and whan he biknoweth with his owene mouth that he is swich as him ... [continues next]
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... and that is good conscience and good loos; that is to seyn, good conscience to thyn owene persone inward, and good loos for thy neighebore outward." And he that trusteth him so muchel in his gode conscience, that he displeseth and setteth at noght his gode name or loos, and rekketh noght though he kepe nat his gode name, nis but a cruel cherl. [continues next]
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[continues previous] ... humilitee in herte, and another humilitee in his mouth; the thridde in hise werkes. The humilitee in herte is in foure maneres: that oon is, whan a man holdeth him-self as noght worth biforn god of hevene. Another is, whan he ne despyseth noon other man. The thridde is, whan he rekketh nat thogh men holde him noght worth. The ferthe is, whan he nis nat sory of his humiliacion. Also, the humilitee of mouth is in foure thinges: in attempree speche, and in humblesse of speche, and whan he biknoweth with his owene mouth that he is swich as him thinketh that he is in his herte. ... [continues next]
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 343
[continues previous] And takth non heed of what matere he take;
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 347
Of som persone, and durste hit nat with-seye; [continues next]
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[continues previous] ... necessarie and nedefulle, and that is good conscience and good loos; that is to seyn, good conscience to thyn owene persone inward, and good loos for thy neighebore outward." And he that trusteth him so muchel in his gode conscience, that he displeseth and setteth at noght his gode name or loos, and rekketh noght though he kepe nat his gode name, nis but a cruel cherl.
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[continues previous] ... in his mouth; the thridde in hise werkes. The humilitee in herte is in foure maneres: that oon is, whan a man holdeth him-self as noght worth biforn god of hevene. Another is, whan he ne despyseth noon other man. The thridde is, whan he rekketh nat thogh men holde him noght worth. The ferthe is, whan he nis nat sory of his humiliacion. Also, the humilitee of mouth is in foure thinges: in attempree speche, and in humblesse of speche, and whan he biknoweth with his owene mouth that he is swich as him thinketh that he is in his ...
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 347
[continues previous] Of som persone, and durste hit nat with-seye;
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 2: 28
wolde doon, thou nilt nat douten that he ne hath had power to
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Parson's Tale: 22
Now sith man understondeth generally, which is venial sinne, thanne is it covenable to tellen specially of sinnes whiche that many a man per-aventure ne demeth hem nat sinnes, and ne shryveth him nat of the same thinges; and yet nathelees they been sinnes. Soothly, as thise clerkes wryten, this is to seyn, that at every tyme that a man eteth or drinketh more than suffyseth to the sustenaunce of his body, in certein he dooth sinne. And eek whan he speketh more than nedeth, it is sinne. Eke whan he herkneth nat benignely the compleint of the povre. Eke whan he is in ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] Now sith man understondeth generally, which is venial sinne, thanne is it covenable to tellen specially of sinnes whiche that many a man per-aventure ne demeth hem nat sinnes, and ne shryveth him nat of the same thinges; and yet nathelees they been sinnes. Soothly, as thise clerkes wryten, this is to seyn, that at every tyme that a man eteth or drinketh more than suffyseth to the sustenaunce of his body, in certein he dooth sinne. And eek whan he speketh more than nedeth, it is sinne. Eke whan he herkneth nat benignely the compleint of the povre. Eke whan he is in ...
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 351
[continues previous] As thogh that he of malice wolde endyten
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Parson's Tale: 64
What difference is bitwixe an ydolastre and an avaricious man, but that an ydolastre, per aventure, ne hath but o mawmet or two, and the avaricious man hath manye? For certes, every florin in his cofre is his mawmet. And certes, the sinne of Mawmetrye is the firste thing that God deffended in the ten comaundments, as bereth witnesse Exodi, capitulo xxº: 'Thou shall have no false goddes bifore me, ne thou shall make to thee no grave thing.' Thus is an avaricious man, that loveth his tresor biforn god, ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] What difference is bitwixe an ydolastre and an avaricious man, but that an ydolastre, per aventure, ne hath but o mawmet or two, and the avaricious man hath manye? For certes, every florin in his cofre is his mawmet. And certes, the sinne of Mawmetrye is the firste thing that God deffended in the ten comaundments, as bereth witnesse Exodi, capitulo xxº: 'Thou shall have no false goddes bifore me, ne thou shall make to thee no grave thing.' Thus is an avaricious man, that loveth his ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 5: 53
is that, with-outen doute, the frutes of the erthe owen to ben to
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 373
For they ben half-goddes in this world here — [continues next]
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 371
[continues previous] As hit is right and skilful that they be
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This shal he doon, bothe to pore [and] riche, [continues next]
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'Certes,' quod dame Prudence, 'this were a cruel sentence, and muchel agayn resoun. For ye been riche y-nough, and han no nede of other mennes good; and ye mighte lightly in this wyse gete yow a coveitous name, which is a vicious thing, and oghte been eschewed of every good man. For after the sawe of the word of the apostle: "coveitise is rote of alle harmes." And therfore, it were bettre for yow to lese so muchel good of your owene, than for to taken of hir good in this manere. For bettre it is ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] 'Certes,' quod dame Prudence, 'this were a cruel sentence, and muchel agayn resoun. For ye been riche y-nough, and han no nede of other mennes good; and ye mighte lightly in this wyse gete yow a coveitous name, which is a vicious thing, and oghte been eschewed of every good man. For after the sawe of the word of the apostle: "coveitise is rote of alle harmes." And therfore, it were bettre for yow to lese so muchel good of your owene, than for to taken of hir good in this manere. For bettre it is to lesen good ...
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 387
[continues previous] To dampne a man with-oute answere or word;
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... 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 drede swich a Iugement, 'ther-as we shullen been alle,' as seint Poul seith, 'biforn the sete of oure lord Iesu Crist'; wher-as he shal make a general congregacion, wher-as no man may been absent. For certes, there availleth noon essoyne ne excusacion. ... [continues next]
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 391
[continues previous] And profreth him, right in his bare sherte,
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[continues previous] ... 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 drede swich a Iugement, 'ther-as we shullen been alle,' as seint Poul seith, 'biforn the sete of oure lord Iesu Crist'; wher-as he shal make a general congregacion, wher-as no man may been absent. For certes, there availleth noon essoyne ne excusacion. And nat only that oure defautes ...
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 405
He made the book that hight the Hous of Fame, [continues next]
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[continues previous] And eek the Deeth of Blaunche the Duchesse,
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... also of Fame; The book of the nynetene Ladies; The book of the Duchesse; The book of seint Valentynes day of the Parlement of Briddes; The tales of Caunterbury, thilke that sounen in-to sinne; The book of the Leoun; and many another book, if they were in my remembrance; and many a song and many a lecherous lay; that Crist for his grete mercy foryeve me the sinne. But of the translacion of Boece de Consolacione, and othere bokes of Legendes of seintes, and omelies, and moralitee, and devocioun, that thanke I oure lord Iesu Crist and his blisful moder, and alle the seintes of hevene; bisekinge hem ...
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 425
[continues previous] And he shal sweren yow, and that as blyve,
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 476
[continues previous] And telle of false men that hem bitrayen,
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[continues previous] And telle of false men that hem bitrayen,
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[continues previous] That I yow knew so charitable and trewe,
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Melibee's Tale: 28
'My lord,' quod she, 'I biseke yow in al humblesse, that ye wol nat wilfully replye agayn my resouns, ne distempre your herte thogh I speke thing that yow displese. For god wot that, as in myn entente, I speke it for your beste, for your honour and for your profite eke. And soothly, I hope that your benignitee wol taken it in pacience. ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] 'My lord,' quod she, 'I biseke yow in al humblesse, that ye wol nat wilfully replye agayn my resouns, ne distempre your herte thogh I speke thing that yow displese. For god wot that, as in myn entente, I speke it for your beste, for your honour and for your profite eke. And soothly, I hope that your benignitee ...
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Legend of Good Women Prologue B: 116
And, as I coude, this fresshe flour I grette; [continues next]
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Treatise on the Astrolabe 2: 40
... Capricorne; and thanne sette I the point of F upward in the same signe, bycause that the latitude was north, up-on the latitude of Venus, that is to seyn, in the 6 degree fro the heved of Capricorne; and thus have I 2 degrees by-twixe my two prikkes. Than leide I doun softely my compas, and sette the degree of the longitude up-on the orisonte; tho tok I and wexede my label in maner of a peyre tables to resceyve distinctly the prikkes of my compas. Tho tok I this forseide label, and leide it fix over the degree of my longitude; tho tok I up my ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] And, as I coude, this fresshe flour I grette;
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[continues previous] ... the point of F upward in the same signe, bycause that the latitude was north, up-on the latitude of Venus, that is to seyn, in the 6 degree fro the heved of Capricorne; and thus have I 2 degrees by-twixe my two prikkes. Than leide I doun softely my compas, and sette the degree of the longitude up-on the orisonte; tho tok I and wexede my label in maner of a peyre tables to resceyve distinctly the prikkes of my compas. Tho tok I this forseide label, and leide it fix over the degree of my longitude; tho tok I up ...
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 451
That han me holpen, and put in swich degree. [continues next]
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[continues previous] That han me holpen, and put in swich degree.
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Legend of Good Women Prologue B: 489
[continues previous] For in your world that is now holde a game.
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Melibee's Tale: 28
'My lord,' quod she, 'I biseke yow in al humblesse, that ye wol nat wilfully replye agayn my resouns, ne distempre your herte thogh I speke thing that yow displese. For god wot that, as in myn entente, I speke it for your beste, for your honour and for your profite eke. And soothly, I hope that your benignitee wol taken it in pacience. Trusteth me wel,' quod she, 'that your conseil as in this caas ne sholde nat, as to speke properly, be called a conseilling, but ... [continues next]
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 460
[continues previous] Or of the Rose; what-so myn auctour mente,
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Melibee's Tale: 28
[continues previous] 'My lord,' quod she, 'I biseke yow in al humblesse, that ye wol nat wilfully replye agayn my resouns, ne distempre your herte thogh I speke thing that yow displese. For god wot that, as in myn entente, I speke it for your beste, for your honour and for your profite eke. And soothly, I hope that your benignitee wol taken it in pacience. Trusteth me wel,' quod she, 'that your conseil as in this caas ne sholde nat, as to speke properly, be called a ...
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Parson's Tale: 12
... thise foure thinges sholde have lordshipe over that other; as thus: god sholde have lordshipe over reson, and reson over sensualitee, and sensualitee over the body of man. But sothly, whan man sinneth, al this ordre or ordinance is turned up-so-doun. And therfore thanne, for-as-muche as the reson of man ne wol nat be subget ne obeisant to god, that is his lord by right, therfore leseth it the lordshipe that it sholde have over sensualitee, and eek over the body of man. And why? For sensualitee rebelleth thanne agayns reson; and by that wey leseth reson the lordshipe over sensualitee and over the body. For ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] ... thise foure thinges sholde have lordshipe over that other; as thus: god sholde have lordshipe over reson, and reson over sensualitee, and sensualitee over the body of man. But sothly, whan man sinneth, al this ordre or ordinance is turned up-so-doun. And therfore thanne, for-as-muche as the reson of man ne wol nat be subget ne obeisant to god, that is his lord by right, therfore leseth it the lordshipe that it sholde have over sensualitee, and eek over the body of man. And why? For sensualitee rebelleth thanne agayns reson; and by that wey leseth reson the lordshipe over sensualitee and over the body. For ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 9: 120
seye that thou art blisful, yif thou putte this ther-to that I [continues next]
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Melibee's Tale: 65
... hise enemys. For Salomon seith: "leveth me, and yeveth credence to that I shal seyn; I seye," quod he, "ye peple, folk, and governours of holy chirche, to thy sone, to thy wyf, to thy freend, ne to thy brother ne yeve thou never might ne maistrie of thy body, whyl thou livest." Now sithen he defendeth, that man shal nat yeven to his brother ne to his freend the might of his body, by a strenger resoun he defendeth and forbedeth a man to yeven him-self to his enemy. And nathelees I conseille you, that ye mistruste nat my lord. For I wool wel and knowe verraily, ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 93
hem that ben anguissous. O ye mortal folk, what seke ye thanne [continues next]
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Parson's Tale: 77
... eschaufinges of the ordure of this sinne. And this is in two maneres, that is to seyn, chastitee in mariage, and chastitee of widwehode. Now shaltow understonde, that matrimoine is leefful assemblinge of man and of womman, that receyven by vertu of the sacrement the bond, thurgh which they may nat be departed in al hir lyf, that is to seyn, whyl that they liven bothe. This, as seith the book, is a ful greet sacrement. God maked it, as I have seyd, in paradys, and wolde him-self be born in mariage. And for to halwen mariage, he was at a weddinge, where-as he turned water in-to wyn; ...
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[continues previous] hem that ben anguissous. O ye mortal folk, what seke ye thanne
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 2: 40
that thou ne holde nat that I do thee wronge thogh thou [continues next]
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 485
[continues previous] Go now thy wey, thy penance is but lyte.'
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 486
The god of love gan smyle, and than he seyde, [continues next]
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 487
'Wostow,' quod he, 'wher this be wyf or mayde, [continues next]
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 487
[continues previous] 'Wostow,' quod he, 'wher this be wyf or mayde,
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[continues previous] Quod Love, 'and that thou knowest wel, pardee,
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Treatise on the Astrolabe 2: 44
... tyme that thou come to 20, or 40, or 60. And that thou findest in directe wryte in thy slate under thy rote, and adde hit to-geder, and that is thy mene mote, for the laste meridian of the December, for the same yere whiche that thou hast purposed. And if hit so be that hit passe 20, consider wel that fro 1 to 20 ben anni expansi, and fro 20 to 3000 ben anni collecti; and if thy nombere passe 20, than take that thou findest in directe of 20, and if hit be more, as 6 or 18, than take that thou findest in directe there-of, that is to sayen, signes, degrees, minutes, and secoundes, and adde to-gedere un-to thy rote; and thus to make rotes; and note, that if hit so be that the yere of oure lord be lasse than the rote, whiche is the yere of oure lord 1397, than shalt thou wryte in the same wyse furst thy rote in thy slate, and after entere in-to thy table in the same yere that be lasse, as I taught be-fore; and than consider how many signes, degrees, minutes, and secoundes thyn entringe conteyneth. And so be that ther be 2 entrees, than adde hem togeder, and after with-drawe hem from the rote, the yere of oure lord 1397; and the residue that leveth is thy mene mote fro the laste meridie of December, the whiche thou hast purposed; and if hit so be that thou wolt weten thy mene mote for any day, or for any fraccioun of day, in this maner thou shalt worche. Make thy rote fro the laste day of Decembere in the maner as I have taught, and afterward behold how many monethis, dayes, and houres ben passid from the meridie ...
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Treatise on the Astrolabe 2: 45
... the signes, degrees, minutes, and secoundes that thou findest y-write in directe of thy monethes, and adde to signes, degrees, minutes, and secoundes that thou findest with thy rote the yere of oure lord 1400, and the residue that leveth is the mene mote for that same day. And note, if hit so be that thou woldest wete the mene mote in ony yere that is lasse than thy rote, withdrawe the nombere of so many yeres as hit is lasse than the yere of oure lord a 1397, and kepe the residue; and so many yeres, monethes, and dayes entere in-to thy tabelis of thy ...
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Melibee's Tale: 29
... alwey finde a gretter nombre of foles than of wyse men, and therfore the conseils that been at congregaciouns and multitudes of folk, ther-as men take more reward to the nombre than to the sapience of persones, ye see wel that in swiche conseillinges foles han the maistrie.' Melibeus answerde agayn, and seyde: 'I graunte wel that I have erred; but ther-as thou hast told me heer-biforn, that he nis nat to blame that chaungeth hise conseillours in certein caas, and for certeine Iuste causes, I am al redy to chaunge my conseillours, right as thow wolt devyse. The proverbe seith: ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] ... shal alwey finde a gretter nombre of foles than of wyse men, and therfore the conseils that been at congregaciouns and multitudes of folk, ther-as men take more reward to the nombre than to the sapience of persones, ye see wel that in swiche conseillinges foles han the maistrie.' Melibeus answerde agayn, and seyde: 'I graunte wel that I have erred; but ther-as thou hast told me heer-biforn, that he nis nat to blame that chaungeth hise conseillours in certein caas, and for certeine Iuste causes, I am al redy to chaunge my conseillours, right as thow wolt devyse. The proverbe seith: that "for to do sinne is mannish, ...
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 506
[continues previous] Now knowe I hir! And is this good Alceste,
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Legend of Good Women Prologue B: 299
[continues previous] Hir whyte coroun berth the witnessinge!'
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[continues previous] For which the whyte coroun, above the grene,
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[continues previous] For which the whyte coroun, above the grene,
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[continues previous] Swich were the floures of hir coroun whyte.
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[continues previous] First sat the god of love, and than this quene
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 526
[continues previous] Was hit to thee, to write unstedfastnesse
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[continues previous] This balade, which that I shal yow devyse.
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 6: 18
(i. pape!) I wondre gretly, certes, why that thou art syk, sin
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Of goodnesse, for she taughte of fyn lovinge, [continues next]
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 539
[continues previous] That in thy Legend thou make of this wyf,
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The felawes of Abstinence been Attemperaunce, that holdeth the mene in alle thinges: eek Shame, that eschueth alle deshonestee: Suffisance, that seketh no riche metes ne drinkes, ne dooth no fors of to outrageous apparailinge of mete. Mesure also, that restreyneth by resoun the deslavee appetyt of etinge: Sobrenesse also, that restreyneth the outrage of drinke: Sparinge also, that restreyneth the delicat ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] Ne in alle thy bokes coudest thou nat finde
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[continues previous] The felawes of Abstinence been Attemperaunce, that holdeth the mene in alle thinges: eek Shame, that eschueth alle deshonestee: Suffisance, that seketh no riche metes ne drinkes, ne dooth no fors of to outrageous apparailinge of mete. Mesure also, that restreyneth by resoun the deslavee appetyt of etinge: Sobrenesse also, that restreyneth the outrage of drinke: Sparinge also, that restreyneth ...
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Melibee's Tale: 14
... Prudence: 'I purpose nat,' quod he, 'to werke by thy conseil, for many causes and resouns. For certes every wight wolde holde me thanne a fool; this is to seyn, if I, for thy conseilling, wolde chaungen thinges that been ordeyned and affermed by so manye wyse. Secoundly I seye, that alle wommen been wikke and noon good of hem alle. For "of a thousand men," seith Salomon, "I fond a good man: but certes, of alle wommen, good womman fond I never." And also certes, if I governed me by thy conseil, it sholde seme that I hadde yeve to thee over me the maistrie; and god forbede that it ... [continues next]
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... the trouthe of thinges and the profit been rather founden in fewe folk that been wyse and ful of resoun, than by greet multitude of folk, ther every man cryeth and clatereth what that him lyketh. Soothly swich multitude is nat honeste. As to the seconde resoun, where-as ye seyn that "alle wommen been wikke," save your grace, certes ye despysen alle wommen in this wyse; and "he that alle despyseth alle displeseth," as seith the book. And Senek seith that "who-so wole have sapience, shal no man dispreise; but he shal gladly techen the science that he can, with-outen presumpcioun or pryde. And ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] ... he, 'to werke by thy conseil, for many causes and resouns. For certes every wight wolde holde me thanne a fool; this is to seyn, if I, for thy conseilling, wolde chaungen thinges that been ordeyned and affermed by so manye wyse. Secoundly I seye, that alle wommen been wikke and noon good of hem alle. For "of a thousand men," seith Salomon, "I fond a good man: but certes, of alle wommen, good womman fond I never." And also certes, if I governed me by thy conseil, it sholde seme that I hadde yeve to thee over me the maistrie; and god forbede ...
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 543
And so forth; and my love so shalt thou winne.' [continues next]
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 543
[continues previous] And so forth; and my love so shalt thou winne.'
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 544
[continues previous] And with that word of sleep I gan a-awake,
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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 3 Prose 11: 37
'Hast thou nat knowen wel,' quod she, 'that al thing that is [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 122
[continues previous] by ful manye demonstraciouns, as I wot wel, that the sowles of
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 5: 46
yif thou woldest forleten it, thou mayst nat eschuen it? But [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 2: 3
performe that thou bihetest. But I preye thee only this, that [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 5: 47
[continues previous] whether swiche men ben frendes at nede, as ben conseyled by
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 2: 2
[continues previous] so grete thinges; ne I ne doute nat that thou ne mayst wel
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 2: 3
[continues previous] performe that thou bihetest. But I preye thee only this, that
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 509
[continues previous] That bothe after hir deeth, and in hir lyf,
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Legend of Good Women Prologue B: 521
[continues previous] That bothe after hir deeth, and in hir lyf,
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 544
[continues previous] And with that word of sleep I gan a-awake,