 With lokkes crulle, as they were leyd in presse. Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene lengthe, And wonderly deliver, and greet of strengthe.  The Prologue - Page 4by Geoffrey Chaucer - 1903 - 116 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 924 pages
...ther was his sone, a yong Swn.it, Squyer. A lovyero, and a lusty bachelor, 80 With lokkes crnlle, ns they were leyd in presse. Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene lengthc, And wonderly deliver, and greet of strengthe. Andhe hod been aomtymo in chivachye, 85 In Flaundres,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 918 pages
...him ther was his soné, a yong SCOTER! Squyer A lovyere, and a lusty bacheler, 80 With lokkes crullo, as they were leyd in presse. Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of ovone lengthc, And wonderly deliver, and greet of strengthe. And he had been somtyme inchivachye, 85... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1861 - 472 pages
...squier, A lover, and a lusty bacheler, With lockes crull äs they were laide in presse Of twenty yere of age, he was, I gesse, Of his stature he was of even lengthe, And wonderly deliver, and grete of strengthe - , And he hadde be sometime in chevachie,... | |
 | June Hall Martin - Aucassin et Nicolette - 1972 - 186 pages
...regularly expected of a young courtly lover». M He was, Chaucer tells us, A lovyere and a lusty bacheler, With lokkes crulle as they were leyd in presse. Of...was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene lengthe, Of wonderly delyvere, and of greet strengthe. 2' And to top it all off, Chaucer does not fail to include... | |
 | Mann - Literary Criticism - 1973 - 356 pages
...manner. The 'bon corps sain et appert' corresponds to Chaucer's description of the Squire's physique: Of his stature he was of evene lengthe, And wonderly delyvere, and of greet strengthe. (83-4) And this physical fitness is also required by the chivalric ideal that Lordre... | |
 | J. Kerkhof - Literary Criticism - 1982 - 524 pages
...Squier A lovyere and a lusty bacheler, 1. The earliest quotation of its in OED is dated 1598. VJith lokkes crulle as they were leyd in presse. Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse. (I-79/82) b. Ther was also a Nonne, a Prioresse, That of h_ir smylyng was ful symple and coy: Hir gretteste... | |
 | William Allan Neilson, Kenneth Grant Tremayne Webster - English poetry - 1916 - 460 pages
...yong SQUYER, A lovyere, and a lusty bacheler,8 80 With lokkes crulle, as they were leyd in presse.9 Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene 10 lengthe, And wonderly deliver,11 and greet of strengthe. And he had been somtyme in chivachye,12... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...worthynesse. (1. 43-50) 8 With hym ther was his sone, a yong squier, A lovyere and a lusty bacheler, of suns left,) You shall no longer take things at...hand, nor look through the eyes of the dead, nor feed of greet strengthe. (1. 79-84) 9 And born hym weel, as of so litel space, In hope to stonden in his... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 332 pages
...and a lusty bachiler, 80 With lokkes crulle as they weere leyd in presse. Of xx yeer he was of age, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene lengthe, And wonderly delyvere, and of greet strengthe. And he hadde been somtyme in chivachye 85 In Flaundres, in Artoys and Picardye,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 324 pages
...doon his pilgrymage. With hym ther was his sone, a yong SQUIER, 80 A lovyere and a lusty bacheler, With lokkes crulle as they were leyd in presse. Of...he was of evene lengthe, And wonderly delyvere, and of greet strengthe. 85 And he hadde been somtyme in chyvachie In Raundres, in Artoys, and Pycardie,... | |
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