Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Envoy to Bukton to Geoffrey Chaucer

This pardoner answerde nat a word;

So wrooth he was, no word ne wolde he seye.

Right so fare I, and therfor I yow preye, [continues next]

[continues previous] That can unnethes any word expresse,

[continues previous] Right so fare I, and therfor I yow preye,

To speke of wo that is in mariage; [continues next]

That it is short which that I to yow wryte; [continues next]

[continues previous] For, lordinges, sith I twelf yeer was of age,

[continues previous] That it is short which that I to yow wryte;

[continues previous] I dar not, ther I am, wel lettres make,

Were it for holinesse or for dotage, [continues next]

I can nat seye, but swich a greet corage [continues next]

Allas, that swich a cas me sholde falle! [continues next]

[continues previous] I can nat seye, but swich a greet corage

And if that he wol seyn it is nat thus,

I wol it preve, and finde good witnesse,

I can nat seyn if that hit be possible,

[continues previous] They wol seyn, in as muche as in me is,

But, I dar seyn, an hundred on a rewe; [continues next]

[continues previous] But, I dar seyn, an hundred on a rewe;

But I dar seyn, I am hir trewest man

For this dar I seyn, out of drede,

Helpeth bringe Gamelyn out of prisoun.'

Than seyde an abbot sorwe on his cheeke!

Ey, nyce cherl, god lete him never thee!

Algate my spirit shal never dissever

Fro your servyse, for any peyne or wo.

Herkne what is the sentence of the wyse: —

'Bet is to dyën than have indigence;'

Than thou shalt brenne in greet martyr; [continues next]

... 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 ... [continues next]

[continues previous] Than thou shalt brenne in greet martyr;

[continues previous] For thou shalt brenne as any fyr.

[continues previous] ... 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 ...

To been unknowen of folk that weren wyse, [continues next]

Thou art so wys, it nedeth thee nat teche; [continues next]

... 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. Somtyme, of ...

[continues previous] Ne finde excuse aright that may suffyse,

If he among the Grekes knowen were;

[continues previous] Thou art so wys, it nedeth thee nat teche;

... speces and circumstances; and that he have comprehended in his minde the nombre and the greetnesse of hise sinnes, and how longe that he hath leyn in sinne; and eek that he be contrit of hise sinnes, and in stedefast purpos, by the grace of god, nevere eft to falle in sinne; and eek that he drede and countrewaite him-self, that he flee the occasiouns of sinne to whiche he is enclyned. Also thou shalt shryve thee of alle thy sinnes to o man, and nat a parcel to o man and a parcel to another; that is to understonde, in ... [continues next]

[continues previous] ... or of envye, and so forth of the speces and circumstances; and that he have comprehended in his minde the nombre and the greetnesse of hise sinnes, and how longe that he hath leyn in sinne; and eek that he be contrit of hise sinnes, and in stedefast purpos, by the grace of god, nevere eft to falle in sinne; and eek that he drede and countrewaite him-self, that he flee the occasiouns of sinne to whiche he is enclyned. Also thou shalt shryve thee of alle thy sinnes to o man, and nat a parcel to o man and a parcel to another; that is to understonde, in ...

'Brethren,' quod he, 'tak kepe what I seye; [continues next]

[continues previous] 'Brethren,' quod he, 'tak kepe what I seye;

[continues previous] My wit is greet, though that I bourde and pleye.

The Wyf of Bathe, if ye han understonde, [continues next]

[continues previous] Of mariage, which we have on honde,

So blisful cause as me, my lyf to lede [continues next]

[continues previous] In alle Ioye and seurtee, out of drede.