 An anlaas, and a gipser al of silk, Heeng at his girdel, whit as morne milk; A shirreve hadde he been, and a countour. Was nowher such a worthy vavasour.  The Prologue - Page 13by Geoffrey Chaucer - 1903 - 116 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Bernhard ten Brink - 1871 - 48 pages
...tyme he was knyght of the shire. An anlas and a gipser al of silk Heeng at his girdel, whit as rnorne milk. A shirreve hadde he been and a countour; Was nowher such a worthy vavasour. An HABERDASSHERE and a CARPENTER, A WEBBE, a DYERE, and a TAPYCER Were with us, cloothed alle in o... | |
 | John Earle - English language - 1871 - 644 pages
...gardener, grocer, miller, Tucker, vintner. Already in Chaucer we have four of them in two lines : — 'An Haberdasshere and a Carpenter, A Webbe, a Dyere, and a Tapycer.* 1 At p. 184 of Mr. Kitchin's Translation, in the Clarendon Press Series, 1869. Here the only term which... | |
 | John Earle - English language - 1873 - 736 pages
...Fletcher, gardener, grocer, vintner. Already in the Prologue we have four of them in two lines :— ' An Haberdasshere and a Carpenter, A Webbe, a Dyere, and a Tapycer.' Here the only term which is not in -er, is, oddly enough a curt form of the Saxon webbere, weaver.... | |
 | Richard Francis Weymouth - English language - 1874 - 172 pages
...sessions there was he lord and sire 355 Ful ofte tyme | he was knyght of the shire An Anlaas | and a gipser al of silk Heeng at his girdel | whit as morne Milk | A shirreue hadde he been and [a] Countour Was nowher | such a worthy Vauasour ***** A Somonour was ther... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1880 - 766 pages
...sessiouns ther was he lord and sire ; Ful ofte tyme he was knyght of the shire. An anlaas,1 and a gipser 2 al of silk, Heeng at his girdel whit as morne milk ; A shirreve hadde he been and countour.8 Was nowher such a worthy vavasour.4 360 AN HABERDASSHERE, and a CARPENTER, A WEBBE, a DYERE,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - English poetry - 1879 - 742 pages
...sessiouns ther was he lord and sire ; Ful ofte tyme he was knyght of the shire. An anlaas,1 and a gipser a al of silk, Heeng at his girdel whit as morne milk ; A shirreve hadde he been and couptour.8 Was nowher such a worthy vavasour.4 360 AN HABERDASSHERE, and a CARPENTER, A WEBBE, a DYERE,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1879 - 824 pages
...whit as morne mylk1 A Shirreue hadde he been / and Countour Was nowheer / swich a worthy vauasour ^T An haberdasshere / and a Carpenter A 'Webbe / a Dyere / and a Tapycer And they weere clothed alle / in oo lyueree Of a solempne / and a greet fraternytee fful fressli and newo /... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1879 - 712 pages
...day At sessions ther was he lord and sire fful ofte tyme / he was knygtt of the shiro An Anlaas / and a gipser al of silk" Heeng at his girdel / whit as morne Milk / A shirreue hadde he been and Countour Was nowher / such a worthy Vauasour AN haberdassfiere and a Carpenter... | |
 | Horace Hills Morgan - English literature - 1880 - 474 pages
...was Epicurus owene sone, That heeld opinioun that pleyn delit Was verraily felicitee parflt. ***** An Haberdasshere and a Carpenter, A Webbe, a Dyere, and a Tapycer, jas And they were clothed alle in o lyveree Of a solempne and a greet fraternitee ; ***** A Coke they... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1882 - 44 pages
...whit, as morne milk. A shirreue hadde he been and a countour. 360 Was nowher such a worthy vauasour. AN haberdasshere and a carpenter, A webbe, a dyere and a tapycer Wer with us eek clothed in o lyuree Of a solempne and greet fraternitee. 365 Ful fressh and newe hir... | |
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