RSIT Library. Of California. FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS. GEOFFREY CHAUCER. 1328-1400. CANTERBURY TALES. Ed. Tyrwhitt. WHANNE that April with his shoures sote Prologue. Line 1. And smale foules maken melodie, Line 9. And of his port as meke as is a mayde. Line 69. He was a veray parfit gentil knight. Line 72. He coude songes make, and wel endite. Line 95. Ful wel she sange the service devine, And Frenche she spake ful fayre and fetisly, For Frenche of Paris was to hire unknowe. Line 122. [Canterbury Tales continued. A Clerk ther was of Oxenforde also. Prologue. Line 287. For him was lever han at his beddes hed Line 295. And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche. Line 310. Nowher so besy a man as he ther n' as, His studie was but litel on, the Bible. For gold in phisike is a cordial; Wide was his parish, and houses fer Line 323. Line 440. Line 445. asonder. Line 493. This noble ensample to his shepe he yaf, Line 498. But Cristes lore, and his apostles twelve, Line 529. And yet he had a thomb of goid parde.1 Line 565. 1 In allusion to the proverb, "Every honest miller has a golden thumb.” Canterbury Tales continued.] Who so shall telle a tale after a man, He moste reherse, as neighe as ever he can, All speke he never so rudely and so large; For May wol have no slogardie a-night. Up rose the sonne, and up rose Emelie. Ibid. To maken vertue of necessite. Ibid. Line 2275. Line 3044. And brought of mighty ale a large quart. The Milleres Tale. Line 3497. Yet in our ashen cold is fire yreken. The Reves Prologue. Line 3880. So was hire joly whistle wel ywette. The Reves Tale. 4153. And for to see, and eek for to be seye.1 Line 6134. Loke who that is most vertuous alway, Line 6695. 1 Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsae. Ovid, Art of Love, 1. 99. |