 I seye this, be ye redy with good herte To al my lust, and that I frely may, As me best thynketh, do yow laughe or smerte, And nevere ye to grucche it nyght ne day, And eek whan I sey ye, ne sey nat nay, Neither by word, ne frownyng contenance?  Transactions of the Philological Society - Page lxviiby Philological Society (Great Britain) - 1891Full view - About this book
 | Percy Society - 1848 - 404 pages
...be doon in hasty wyse, Wol ye assent, or elles yow avyse ? " I say this, be ye redy with good hert To al my lust, and that I frely may As me Best liste do yow laughe or smert, And never ye to gruch it, night ne day ; And eek whan I say ye, ye say not nay, Neyther by word,... | |
 | Percy Society - 1848 - 408 pages
...be doon in hasty wyse, Wol ye assent, or elles yow avyse ? " I say this, be ye redy with good hert To al my lust, and that I frely may As me best liste do yow laughe or smert, And never ye to gruch it, night ne day ; 8230 And eek whan I say ye, ye say not nay, Neyther... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1853 - 248 pages
...be doon in hasty wyse, Wol ye assent, or elles vow avyse? " I' say this, be ye redy with good hert To al my lust, and that I frely may As me best liste do yow laugne or smert, And never ye to gruch it, night ne day; 8230 And eek whan I say ye, ye say not nay,... | |
 | Bernhard Freiherr von Tauchnitz - 1860 - 468 pages
...schal be doon in hasty wyse, Wol ye assent, or elles yow avyse? "I say this, be ye redy with good hert To al my lust, and that I frely may As me best liste do yow laughe or smert , And never ye to gruch it, night ce day; And eek whan I say ye, ye say not nay, Neyther by word,... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1872 - 420 pages
...schal be doon in hasty wyse; Wol ye assent, or elles yow avyse? " I say this, be ye redy with good hert To al my lust, and that I frely may As me best liste do yow laughe or smert, And never ye to gruch it, night ne day; THE MARRIAGE OF PATIENT GRISSEL. And cek whan I say... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1874 - 406 pages
...quod he, ' That, sith it shal be doon in hastif wyse, Wol ye assente or elles yow auyse ? 350 I seye this, be ye redy with good herte To al my lust, and that I frely may, As me best thinketh, do yow laughe or smerte, And neuer ye to grucche it, nyght ne day? And eek whan I sey ' ye,'... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1879 - 738 pages
...first," quod he, " That sith it shal be doon in hastif wyse, Wol ye assente or elles yow avyse ? I seye this, be ye redy with good herte To al my lust, and that I frely may 12,688 As me best thynketh do yow laughe or smerte, And nevere ye to grucche it nyght ne day ? And... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1880 - 766 pages
...first," quod he, " That sith it shal be doon in hastif wyse, Wol ye assente or elles yow avyse ? I seye this, be ye redy with good herte To al my lust, and that I frely may 12,688 As me best thynketh do yow laughe or smerte, And nevere ye to grucche it nyght ne day ? And... | |
 | Sir Thomas Elyot - 1883 - 680 pages
...Chaucer often uses this form of the word, as in The ClerkS s Tale : f I say this, be ye redy with goode herte To al my lust, and that I frely may As me best liste do yow laughe or smerte, And never ye v> ¿ruck it, night ne day.' Poet. Works, vol. ¡ip 289. And in The Persones Tale: 'After backbyting... | |
 | Sir Thomas Elyot - 1883 - 682 pages
...often uses this form of the word, as in The Clerk's Tale : ' I say this, be ye redy with goode hertc To al my lust, and that I frely may As me best liste do yow laughc or smerte, And never ye lofruch it, night ne day.' Pott. Works, vol. ii p. 289. And in The Persones... | |
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