Chaucer: The Prologue, the Knightes Tale the Nonne Preestes Tale From Canterbury Tales
Richard Morris
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(Forgotten Books, Jan. 15, 2019)
Excerpt from Chaucer: The Prologue, the Knightes Tale the Nonne Preestes Tale From Canterbury TalesAnd by his covenaunt yaf the rekening, Sin that his lord was twenty yeer of age Ther coude no man bringe him m a Ther 1123 baillif, ne herde ne' other That he' ne knew his ltighte and his covyne Theym were adrad of him, as of the deeth His woning was ful fair up-ou an heeth, With grene treés shadwed 5 was his place. He coude bettre than his lord purchacé. Ful riche he was adored prively, k 7 His lord wel coude he pleeeh To yeve and lene him of hi And have a thank; and yet a cote and hood. In youthe he lerned badde a good mister He was a wel good wrighte, a carpenter. This reve sat up-on a ful good Stot, That was al pom gr j, and highte Soot A long surcote o n he hade, And by his syde he bar 11 a rusty blade. Of Northfolk was this reve, of which I telle, Bisyde a toun men clepen Baldeswelle. Tukked he was, as is a frere, aboute, 'and evere he mod the hindreste of our route. A somnour 1' was ther with us in that place, That hadde a fyr-reed cherubinnes face, For sawceflem he was, with eyen narwe. [and quik] he was, and [chirped] as a sparwe.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.