It shal) be don 5), if that ye wol) it here"), Now, good men, quod he, herkeneth ) everich on 9). THE DOC TOURES TALE. Ther was, as telleth Titus Livius, A knight that cleped 10) was Virginius, And strong of frendes, and of gret richesse 1). This knight a doughter hadde by his wif; No children had he mo 12) in all his lif Whan that me list 17): who can me contrefete 18)? Apelles, Xeuxis, shulden 21) werche 22) in vain For he that is the former principal Hath maked 24) me his vicaire general To forme and peinten erthly creatures Right as me list; and eche 25) thing in my cure 26) is 4) shal shall. 5) don done. 6) wol, v. auxil. Sax. to will. 7) here v. Sax. to hear. ") herken to hearken. 9) everich on every one. 10) clepe v Sax. to call. 11) richesse riches. 12) mo more. 13) wight a person male or female. 14) soveraine excellent in a high degree. 15) Y-formed for formed, y-blessed, blessed. 16) hire, her. 17) list, liste, luste, please. 18) contrefete to counterfeit, to imitate. 19) ay ever. 20) bete to beat. 21) shulden should. 22) werche, werke to work. 23) other either. 24) maked made. 25) eche every one. 26) cure care. 27) mone moon., 28) wane to de crease. And for my werk right 29) nothing wol 30) I axe 31): I made hire to the worship of my lord,' What colour that they han 33) or what figures. This maid of age twell yere was and tway 34) And red a rose, right with swiche peinture 1) hete. Er 37) she was borne upon hire limmes 38) free, With mesure *4) eke of being 45) and array. Though she were wise as Pallas, dare I sain, To semen wise, but after hire degree *7), She spake, and all hire wordes more and lesse Souning ) in vertue and in gentilesse, Shamefast) she was in 50) maidens shamefastnesse, 29) right, adv. exactly, truly, rightly etc. it is frequently joined to adjectives, to augment their force. 30) wol to will. 31) axe ask. 32) ben are. 33) han have. 34) tway two. 35) swiche such. 36) delit delight. 37) er ere. 3) limmes limbs. 39) die to tinge.. 40) stremes the rays of the sun. 4) burned burnished. 42) hire her. ") ne not. 4) to preise to praise, to value. +4) mesure moderation. 45) bering behaviour. 4) facounde eloquence. 47) degree rank in life. soune to sound. 49) shamefast modest. 50) in with. 48) Constant in herte, and ever in besinesse As men in fire wol casten oile and grese 53). She hath hireself ful often sike 34) yfeined, As is at festes, at revels 57), and at dances, And ye maistresses 6*), in your olde lif, To teche hem 70) vertue loke that ye ne slake 1). His likerousnesse 3) and all his olde craft, Can kepe 74) a forest best of any man: acts 51) slogardie sloth. 52) maistrie power, superiority. 537 grese grease. 5) sike sick. 55) Aleen to flee. 56) trete to treat, to discourse. 57) revel sport, festivity; entertainment properly during the night. 5a) daliance, an interchange of caresses, of fondness. 59) for, pro Lat., pour Fr.; it is frequently prefixed to verbs in the infinitive mode in the French manner. 6) to sone too soon. 61) yore of a long time. 62) lore knowledge, doctrine. 63) woxen grown. 4) maistresse mistress, governess. 65) displesance displeasure. 66) other either. 67) elles else. 63) freeltee frailty. *) The French have the same phrase: elle sait assez de la vieille danse. 70) hem them. 71) slake to fail. 72) forlaft left off entirely. 73) likerous gluttonous. 74) kepe to take care. Now kepeth hem wel, for if ye wol ye can. Lest ye be damned for your wikke 75) entent 7), Ye fathers, and ye mothers eke also, That they ne perish, for I dare wel saye If that they don ye shul it dere 2) abeye 3). The wolf hath many a shepe and lamb to-rent 4). For I mote 5) turne agen to my matere, 8 This maid, of which I tell my tale expresse, As in a book, every good word and dede For which the fame out sprong on every side Both of hire beautee and hire bountee wide, That thurgh 90) the lond 9) they preised hire ech one 92) That loved vertue, sauf 93) Envie alone, That sory is of other mannes wele 94) 1 And glad is of his sorwe 95) and his unhele 96). The Doctour maketh this descriptioun. This maiden on a day went in the toun 75) wikke wikked. 76) entent intention. 77) kepe care, 79) hir their. 82) dere dear. attention. 78) wight, a person male or female. 3) surveance superintendance. ) beth be ye. 3) abeye to suffer for. ) to-rent rent in pieces. 85) mote must. ) kepe to take care. 87) nede is generally used as an impersonal. a) rede to read. 9) long to belong. 99) thurgh through. 9) lond land. 92) ech one every one. 93) sauf safe: 4) wele prosperity. 95) sorwe sorrow. 96) unhele misfortune. : Toward a temple, with hire mother dere 97), Upon this maid, avising 99) here ful fast As she came forth by ther 100) this juge stood: So was he caught with beautee of this maid, This maiden shal be min for 101) any man. Anon the fend 102) into his herte ran, For which with gret deliberatioun He sent after a cherl 109) was in the toun, In secree wise, and made him to ensure 1) And if he did he shulde lese 112) his hede. And whan assented was this cursed rede 113) 'Glad was the juge, and maked him gret chere 114), And yaf) him yeftes 116) precious and dere. Whan shapen 1) was all hir conspiracie Fro point to point, how that his lecherie 97) dere dear. 98) manere behaviour. 99) avise to observe. 100) ther there, in that place, is frequently used in the sense of where. 101) for sometimes signifies: against. 102) fend an enemy, the devil. 103) soden sudden. 10+) sleight contrivance. Ios) winnen to gain. 106) mede reward. 197) to spede to dispatch. 108) wist knew. 109) cherl a man of mean 110) sotil artfully. 11) ensure tó assure. 112) lese to lose, 113) rede advice, counsel. 114) chere good cheer, entertainment. 115) yaf gave. 116) yefte a gift. 117) shape to form. birth and condition. |