• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

considere what that thow art that dost that sȳne , whedyr thow be male or femele , ȝong . or old , gentil . or thral , fre. or seruaunt . hol or sek , weddit or sengele , ordered

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

wt hire wil , hyre entencioū sche was wondirly glad , in hire herte , seyde , there is an old prouer be , quod sche , that seyth That the goodnesse that thow mayght don this day do it

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

ek smoke And chydyng wyf makyth men to fle Out of here owene hous a bñdicite What eylyth swich an old man to chyde þè seyst þt we wyuis wele oure vicis hyde Til we ben fast þāne we wele

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

leggis feet so clene fayre That al myn herte I ȝaf vnto his hold He was I trowe twenty wȳtyr old And I was fourty ȝif I schal sey sooth And ȝit I hadde alway a coltys toth Gat tothid

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

good lat myn body goo Nay þāne Ï sche I be schrewe vs boþe too For þow I be foul old pore I nolde for al þõ metal ne for ore That vndyr þe erþe is graue or lyth a

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

may Amendit Ï this knyȝt allas nay nay It wele not been a mendit neuere mo Thow art so loothly old so pore also And þerto comyn of so low a kynde That lytyl wondir ist þow I walwe wynde

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

I schulde wynne Ne haue I not .xij. pens wiþinne myn hold ȝe knowen wel þat I am pore and old Kithe ȝour almes on me pore wrecche Nay þan quod he þe foule fend me fecche If I þexcuse

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

me þat vilonye and all oþere to doo me anoþer vilonye For it is writen Tak no vengeaunce of an old vilonye þou suffrest þin aduersarie do þe a newe vilonye . and also for my suffraūce men wolde do

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

, of hir good That hadde almoost as leef to lese hir nekke Brother quod he , here woneth an old rebekke This Somnour , to his brother gan to rowne Whan that they coomen , som what out of

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

þt I haue seyd bifore , that is to seye , þt they be tre- we , wise , of old experience , for al be it so , þt thow first ne telle thy conseil , but to afewe

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

youre messages , swiche as been discrete wise abide nat ne delaye it nat til tomorwe , Ther is an old prouerbe quod she , seith that the goodnesse þt thow maist do this day , do it she was

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

sendeþ here As meeke as any lombe was to ȝowe And wiþ þat worde anone þer gan a pere An old man clad wiþ white cloþes clere And had abooke wiþ lr~es of gold in honde And gan beforne valerian

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

of honoure Seine þat men scholde an old wife do fauoure And sertes clepe her moder for her gentillesse An Auctours schal .I. finde as .I. gesse Nowe þere ȝe seine þat .I. am foule olde þan drede ȝowe nouht

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

þè take no vengeaūce , of an old vileynye , þè sompnest þine aduersaries , to do the a newe vileynye , And also for my suffraūce , men wolden do me , so muche vileynye , þt I myght

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

accorde wt hir wille and hir entencioū she was wonderly glad in hir herte , and seyde Ther is an old prouerbe quod she seith . That the goodnesse þt thou mayst do this day , do it and abide

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

, that I haue seyd before , þt is to seye , that they been trewe , wyse , of old exper- ience , For al be it so , that thow ne telle thȳ conseyl but to a fewe

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

expouned euerydel His sweuen and bad him for to kepe him wel For traisoun for he nas but seuen ȝer old And þerfore litel tale haþ he told Of eny drem so holy was his hert By god I hadde

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

of his herte and subuertith his herte and his soule Of ire comeþ þese stynkynge engendrures First hate þat is old wraþþe discord þurgh which a mā forsakiþ his olde frend þat he haþ loued ful longe . and þanne

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

synne . þou schalt considre what þou art þat dost þe synne wheþir þat þou be mal or femal . old oþer ȝong gen- til or þral . fre or seruaūt hool or seek . weddid or sengle . or-

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

I myghte neither bere it ne sustene , for it is writen , If thow take no vengeance of an old vileynye ; thow som nest thyne Aduersaries , to do thee a newe vileynye I. somne , or warne