 A trewe swynkere and a good was he, Lyvynge in pees and parfit charitee. God loved he best, with al his hoole herte, At alle tymes, thogh him gamed or smerte, And thanne his neighebore right as hymselve.  The Prologue - Page 19by Geoffrey Chaucer - 1903 - 116 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1911 - 346 pages
...hoole herte, At alle tymes, thogh him gamed or smerte, And thanne his neighebor right as hymselve. He wolde thresshe, and therto dyke and delve, For Cristes sake, for every poure wight, 5 Withouten hire, if it lay in his myght. His tithes payde he ful faire and wel, Bothe of his propre... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon, Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson - English poetry - 1911 - 792 pages
...hole herte At alle tymes, thogh him gamed or smerte, And thanne his neighebour right as him-selve. He wolde thresshe, and ther-to dyke and delve, For Cristes sake, for every povre wight, Withouten hyre, if it lay in his might. 540 His tythes payed he ful faire and wel, Bothe... | |
 | Arthur Donald Innes - Great Britain - 1912 - 398 pages
...his hole herte At alle tymes, thogh him gamed or smerte, And thanne his neighebour right as himselve. He wolde thresshe, and therto dyke and delve, For Cristes sake, for every povre wight, Withouten hyre, if it lay in his might. His tythes payed he ful faire and wel, Both of... | |
 | William Stebbing - English poetry - 1913 - 426 pages
...hole herte At alle tyrues, thogh him gamed or smerte, And thanne his neighebour right as him-selve. He wolde thresshe, and ther-to dyke and delve, For Cristes sake, for every povre wight, Withouten hyre, if it lay in his might.11 Admiration is not to be sought for Chaucer by... | |
 | Edward William Edmunds - Poets, English - 1914 - 234 pages
...hoole herte, At alle tymes, thogh him gamed or smerte, And thanne his neighebore right as hymselve. He wolde thresshe, and therto dyke and delve, For...Withouten hire, if it lay in his myght. His tithes payde he ful faire and wel, Bothe of his propre swynk and his catel. In a tabard he rood upon a mere.... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - English literature - 1915 - 854 pages
...herte, At alle tymes. thogh him gamed or smerte,80 534 And thanne his neighebore right as hymselve. ince 'tis hard payde he ful faire and wel, 539 Bothe of his propre swynk and his catel.sl In a tabdrd22 he rood upon... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - English literature - 1915 - 852 pages
...herte, At allé tymés, thogh him gamed or smerte,20 534 And thanne his neighebore right as hymselve. true, and all men's suffrage. But these ways 5 Were...the paths I meant unto thy praise; For silliest ig lav in his myght. His tithes paydo he fui faire and wel, 539 Bothe of his propre swynk and his catel.21... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 566 pages
...tymes, thogh him gamed 15 or fother; 13 530 smerte, 16 And thanne his neighebour right as himselve. 535 He wolde thresshe, and ther-to dyke" and delve, For Cristes sake, for every povre wight, Withouten hyre, if it lay in his might. His tythes payed he ful faire and wel, Bothe of... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1921 - 570 pages
...his hole herte At alle tymes, thogh him gamed or smerte, And than his neighebour right as him-selve. He wolde thresshe, and ther-to dyke and delve, For Cristes sake, for every povre wight, Withouten hyre, if it lay in his might. His tythes payed he ful faire and wel, Bothe of... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1921 - 574 pages
...his hole herte At alle tymes, thogh him gamed or smerte, And than his neighebour right as him-selve. He wolde thresshe, and ther-to dyke and delve, For Cristes sake, for every povre wight, Withouten hyre, if it lay in his might. His tythes payed he ful faire and wel, Bothe of... | |
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