 Of the equynoxial in thilke toun; For whan degrees fiftene weren ascended, Thanne crew he that it myghte nat been amended. His coomb was redder than the fyn coral...  The Nun's Priest's Tale - Page 4by Geoffrey Chaucer - 1915 - 67 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Harold Herford - English poetry - 1902 - 366 pages
...knew he eche ascencioun Of the equynoxial in thilke toun; For whan degrees fiftene weren ascended,1 Thanne crew he that it myghte nat been amended. His...fyn coral, And batailled as it were a castel wal; His byle was blak, and as the jeet it shoon ; Lyk asure were his legges and his toon ; His nayles whiter... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - English language - 1902 - 366 pages
...logge, Than is a clokke, or an abbey orlogge. By nature he knew ech ascencioun0 4045 Of equinoxial in thilke toun ; For whan degrees fiftene weren ascended, Thanne crew he that it mighte nat ben amended. His comb was redder than the fyn coral And batailled as it were a castel wal... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - English language - 1902 - 388 pages
...logge, Than is a clokke, or an abbey orlogge. By nature he knew ech ascencioun0 4045 Of equinoxial in thilke toun ; For whan degrees fiftene weren ascended, Thanne crew he that it mighte nat ben amended. ' His comb was redder than the fyn coral And batailled as it were a castel... | |
 | German philology - 1903 - 400 pages
...is, perhaps, most manifest in the description of the cock, Chauntecleer, in the Nun's Priest's Tale: His coomb was redder than the fyn coral, And batailled as it were a castle wal ; His byle was blak, and as the jeet it shoon, Lyk asure were his legges and his toon. His... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1905 - 344 pages
...his crowyng in his logge " Than is a clokke, or an abbey orlogge. g By nature knew he eche ascencibun 4045 Of the equynoxial in thilke toun ; For whan degrees...was blak, and as the jeet it shoon ; Lyk asure were hise legges and his toon ; *" ^ Hise nayles whiter than the lylye flour, And lyk the burned gold was... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1907 - 536 pages
...; Wel sikerer was his crowyng in his logge Than is a clokke, or an abbey orlogge. By nature knew he eche ascencioun 4045 Of the equynoxial in thilke toun...coral, And batailled as it were a castel wal ; 4050 His byle.was blak, and as the jeet it shoon ; Lyk asure were hise legges and his toon ; Hise nayles whiter... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1907 - 352 pages
...toun; For whan degrees fiftene were ascended, Than crew he, that it mighte nat ben amended. His comb was redder than the fyn coral, And batailled as it were a castel wal. 40 His byle was blak, and as the jeet it shoon ; Lyk asur were his legges and his toon; His nayles... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1910 - 448 pages
...toun; For whan degrees fiftene were ascended, Thanne crew he, that it myghte nat been amended. His comb was redder than the fyn coral, And batailled as it were a castel wal. 40 His byl was blak, and as the jeet it shoon; Lyk asure were his legges and his toon; His nayles whiter... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1911 - 330 pages
...; For whan degrees fiftene were ascended, is Than crew he that it myghte nat been amended. His comb was redder than the fyn coral, And batailled as it were a castel wal ; (40) His byl? was blak, and as the jeet it shoon ; Lyk asure were his legges and his toon ; jo His... | |
 | Edward William Edmunds - Poets, English - 1914 - 234 pages
...was his crowyng in his logge Than is a clokke, or an abbey orlogge. By nature knew he eche ascencioun Of the equynoxial in thilke toun ; For whan degrees...the fyn coral, And batailled as it were a castel wal ; His byle was blak, and as the jeet it shoon ; Lyk asure were his legges and his toon ; His nayles... | |
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