Books with title The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Vol. 6

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Excerpt from The Works of Geoffrey ChaucerI A 1e ar' Henry Bradshaw. Fellow of King's College. Cambridge. And University Librarian. By G. W. Prothero (london: Kegan Paul. Trench and Co. Page 108.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.

And specially, from every schires ende Of Engelond, to Canturbury they wende, The holy blisful martir for to seeke, That hem hath holpcn whan that they were seeke. Byfel that, in that sesoun on a day, In Southwerk at the Tabbard as I la ,20 Redy to wenden on my pilgrimage To Canturbury with ful devout corage, At night was come into that hostelrie Wei nyne and twenty in a companye, Of sondry folk, by aventure i-falle In felawschipe, and pilgryms were thei alio, That toward Canturbury wolden ryde. The chambres and the stables weren wydc, And wel we weren esud atte beste. And schortly, whan the sonne was to reste, 30 So hadde I spoken with hem everychon, That I was of here felawschipe anon, And made forward erly to aryse, To take oure weye theras I yow devyse. But natheles, whiles I have tyme and space, Or that I ferthere in this tale pace, Me thinketh it acordant to resoun, To telle yow alle the condicioun Of eche of hem, so as it semede me, And which they weren, and of what degre ;40 And eek in what array that they were inne: And at a knight than wol I first bygynne. AK night ther was, and that a worthy man, That from the tyme that he ferst bigan To ryden out, he lovede chyvalrye, Trouthe and honour, fredom and curtesie.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at

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Excerpt from The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer I A 1e ar' Henry Bradshaw. Fellow of King's College. Cambridge. And University Librarian. By G. W. Prothero (london: Kegan Paul. Trench and Co. Page 108. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.