 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1868 - 784 pages
.../ and by composición 848 As ye han herd / what nedeth wordes mo An whan this goode man / saugh fat it was so As he / that wys was and obedient* To kepe his foreward / by his free assent1 852 He seyde / syn I shal bigynne the' game "What1 welcome be the cut... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1869 - 308 pages
...soth is this, the cut fil to the knight, 845 Of which ful blithe and glad was every wight ; And telle he moste his tale as was resoun, By forward and by...moo ? And whan this goode man seigh that it was so, 850 As he that wys was and obedient To kepe his forward by his fre assent, He seyde : ' Syn I schal... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1869 - 304 pages
...soth is this, the cut fil to the knight, 845 Of which ful blithe and glad was every wight ; And telle he moste his tale as was resoun, By forward and by composicioun, As _ye han herd ; what needeth wordes moo ? And whan this goode man seigh that it was so, 850 As he that... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Bernhard ten Brink - 1871 - 48 pages
...The sooth is this, the cut fil to the knyght, Of which ful blithe and glad was every wight; And telle he moste his tale, as was resoun By forward and by composicioun, As ye han herd; what needeth wordes mo? And whan this good man saugh that it was so, As he that wys was and obedient To keepe his forward... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1871 - 134 pages
...844.—Aventure; luck; sort (L. sors), lot; cas, chance. LINE 847.—As was resoun ; as was reasonable. As ye han herd; what needeth wordes moo ? And whan this goode man seigh that it was so, 850 As he that wys was and obedient To kepe his forward by his fre assent, He seyde : ' Syn I schal... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1871 - 168 pages
...soth is this, the cut fil to the knight, S45 Of which full glad and blithe was every wight ; And telle he moste his tale as was resoun, By forward and by composicioun, services of the church, and meaning, if you are resolved in the morning to keep the promise made over... | |
 | Stephen Haskins Carpenter - 1872 - 344 pages
...knight, 845 Of which ful blithe and glad was every wight; And telle he moste his tale as was rcsoun, By forward and by composicioun, As ye han herd ; what needeth wordes moo? And whan this goode man scigh that it was so, 850 As he that wys was and obedient To kepe his forward by his frc assent, He... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Stephen Haskins Carpenter - 1872 - 342 pages
...soth is this, the cut fil to the knight, 845 Of which ful blithe and glad was every wight ; And telle he moste his tale as was resoun, By forward and by composicioun, As_ye han herd ; what needeth wordes moo? And whan this goode man seigh that it was so, 850 As he that... | |
 | Alexander Monfries - 1875 - 152 pages
...soth is this, the cut fil to the knight, Of which f ul glad and blithe was every wight ; 840 And telle he moste his tale as was resoun, By forward and by...seigh that it was so, As he that wys was and obedient 845 To kepe his forward by his fre assent, 827. who so be — if any one be. Note the omission of he... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 pages
...paas,1 Unto the waterynge of seint Thomas. And there oure ost bigan his hors areste, 820 And t> ili he moste his tale as was resoun, By forward and by...han herd ; what needeth wordes moo ? And whan this good man saugh that it was go, As he that wys was and obedient To kepe his forward by his fre assent,... | |
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Of which ful blythe and glad was every wight ; And telle he moste his tale, as was resoun, By forward and by composicioun, As ye han herd ; what nedeth wordes mo ? And whan this... 
