 The reule of seint Maure or of seint Beneit, By-cause that it was old and som-del streit,— This ilke Monk leet olde thynges pace, And heeld after the newe world the space. He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen That seith that hunters beth nat hooly men...  Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: The Prologue - Page lxxiby Geoffrey Chaucer - 1903 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1889 - 632 pages
...Beneyt, Bycause that it was old and somdel streyt, This like monk leet olde thinges pace, And held after the newe world the space. He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen*, That seith, that hunters been noon holy men ; Ne that a monk, whan he is recche'les" Is likned to a fissch that is waterles... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Reading - 1889 - 334 pages
...By-cause that it was old and som-del streit, This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace, 1 7; And held6 after the newe world the space. He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters been* nat holy men; Ne that a monk, whan he is cloisterlees 6, Is likned til a fish that is waterlees;... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - English poetry - 1891 - 116 pages
...seint Bendit, By-cause that it was old and som-del streit, This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace, 175 ; And heeld after the newe world the space. He yaf nat...of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters been nat holy men ;, 151. E. semyly. E. wympul; Hn. wympel. 160. E. Hn. brooch; rest broche. 170. Hl.... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - English language - 1891 - 338 pages
...it was old and som-del streit, This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace, 175 And held3 after the nejve world the space, He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters been4 nat holy men; Ne that a monk, whan he is cloisterlees 5, Is likned til a fish that is waterlees;... | |
 | Henry Sweet - English language - 1892 - 138 pages
...seint Beneit, by cause that it was gld, and somdgl streit, this ilke monk leet [it] forby him pace, 175 and heeld after the newe world the space. He yaf nat...of that text a pulled hen, that seith that hunters been nat hgoly men, ne that a monk, whan he is recchelffs, is likned til a fissh that z's waterlogs;... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer, William Calder - 1892 - 308 pages
...Beneyt, Bycause that it was old and somdel streyt, This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace, And held after the newe" world the space. He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters been noon holy men ; Ne that a monk, whan he is reccheles Is likned to a fissch that is waterles ;... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1892 - 348 pages
...Beneit, By-cause that it was old and som-del streit, This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace, 175 And held3 after the newe world the space. He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters been4 nat holy men; Ne that a monk, whan he is cloisterlees 5, Is likned til a fish that is waterlees;... | |
 | James Baldwin - English poetry - 1892 - 316 pages
...Beneyt, Bycause that it was old and somdel streyt, This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace, And held after the newe world the space. He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen,31 That seith, that hunters been noon holy men ; Ne that a monk, whan he is reccheles Is likned... | |
 | Emma Elizabeth Thoyts, Charles Trice Martin - Diplomatics - 1893 - 182 pages
...who made the celebrated pilgrimage to Canterbury — ' An outrydere that lovede venerye. * * HC- * «He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen That seith that hunters been nat holy men.' And perhaps the forester had good reason to complain of him. But in the account... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 920 pages
...Beneit, By-cause that it was old and som-del streit, This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace, 175 And held after the newe world the space. He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters been nat holy men ; This is to seyu, a monk out of his cloistre. But thilke text held he nat worth... | |
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