...londes ; And specially from Every shire's ende Of Englelond to Canterbury the wende, The holy blissful martyr for to seke That hem hath holpen whan that they were seke.w Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, You will see that we have italicised the principal words that...

...made. First, though the sounds are the same, the sense is frequently different. For example : — " The holy blisful martyr for to seke, That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke." So in old French poetry : — " Lors qu' ./Eneas receut dedans son port, N'eut tell" richesse, honneur,...

...from every shire's ende Of Englelond to Canterbury they wende, The holy blissful martyr for to seke.i That hem hath holpen whan that they were seke. Befelle that in that seson on a day, In Southwerk at the Tabard1 as I lay, Redy to wenden on my pilgrimage To Canterbury with devoute courage, At night was...

...londes; And specially, from every shires ende Of Englelond, to Canterbury they wende, The holy, blissful martyr for to seke That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke. What a merry troup is that to which he then introduces us—thofe " nine and twenty in a company" who...

...sundry londes ; Ami *pecially, from every shires ende Of Englelond, to Canterbury they wende, Th'. holy blisful martyr for to seke, That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke. BeMIe, that, in that RC-son on a day, In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay, fiv to wenden on my pilgrimage...

...to the Bull (Taurus) about the 19th of April. — 8) Monosyllable. < The holy blissful martyr for 80 to seke That hem hath holpen" whan that they were seke" Befelle") that in that seson on a day, 20. In Southwerk at The Tabard as I lay, Redy 33 to wenden on my pilgrimage To Canterbury with devoute...

...And lo ! here silver,' he seide, 'For salve to his woundes.'" Vision of Pierce Ploughman, line 11014. "Befelle, that, in that seson on a day, In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay, Redy to weuden on my pilgrimage ' To Canterbury with devoute corage, At night was come in that hostelrie...

...lo! here silver,' he seide, 'For salve to his woundes."' Vision, of Pierce Ploughman, line 11514. " Befelle, that, in that seson on a day, In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay, Redy to weuden on my pilgrimage To Canterbury with devoute corage, At night was come in that hostelrie...

...lo! here silver,' he seide, 'For salve to his woundes.'" Vision of Pierce Ploughman, line 11514. " Befelle, that, in that seson on a day, In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay, Eedy to weuden on my pilgrimage To Canterbury with devoute corage, At night was come in that hostelrie...

...And lo! here silver,' he seide, 'For salve to his woundes.'" Vision of Pierce Ploughman, line 11514. "Befelle, that, in that seson on a day, In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay, Redy to wenden on my pilgrimage To Canterbury with devoute corage, At night was come in that hostelrie....