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1. [AnoChan159] gentilesse and kyndenesse ~e whiche hit
hath lik
2. [Cha2Can102] now of youre gentilesse That we with
pitous herte u
3. [Cha2Can226]autee and thy gentilesse, For al thy song
and al th
4. [Cha2Can231]y, agayns his gentilesse, quiten hym So
vileynsly t
5. [ChaTroi138]gh, and ek of gentilesse --If she be
fayre, thow wo
6. [ChaTroi160]uthe and alle gentilesse,Wisdom, honour,
fredom, an
7. [ChaTroi184]ap and ek his gentilesse,But moost hire
fauour was
8. [ChaTroi186]te and ek his gentilesse,And thus she
seyde, "al we
9. [ChaTroi218]nere, and his gentilesse,So wel that
neuere, sith
10. [ChaTroi256]f trouthe and gentilesse,As I wel mene,
ek menen we
11. [ChaTroi260]ully maad thi gentilesse triste,That al
shal ben ri
12. [ChaTroi268]ost, calle it gentilesse,Compassioun, and
felawship
13. [ChaTroi294]bounte don ne gentilesse." Q
14. [ChaTroi300]use I for the gentilesse. "
15. [ChaTroi306]el meneth but gentilesse. B
16. [ChaTroi318]souneth in-to gentilesse. ChaTroi320[ChaTroi326]His gentilesse, and how she
with hym mette,How myght a
wight in torm
18. [ChaTroi546]uthe and alle gentilesse. ChaTroi548[Gower1.75 ]yhthod and of gentilesse,And how he stod of cous
19. [Gower1.82 ]that for pure gentilesse,As he hire
couthe best
20. [Gower1.239]I wot, of hir gentilesseThat sche me
wolde wel ex
21. [Gower1.269]Withoute pite gentilesse,Withoute
mercy wommanhe
22. [Gower1.360]anhode and of gentilesse,For the
gentils ben mos
23. [Gower1.360]t the name of gentilesseUpon the
fortune of rich
24. [Gower1.362]6>Where I mai gentilesse finde.For
lacke of vert
25. [Gower1.362]i that wel be gentilesse,Which yifth
so gret a s
26. [Gower1.363]wther good ne gentilesseMai helpen him
whiche yd
27. [Gower1.441]ove and ek of gentilesse,Of worldes
lust and of
28. [Gower2.172]manhede, hire gentilesse,Myn herte is
full of suc
29. [Gower2.407]he is of gret gentilesse.Hise dedes ben
therof wi
30. [Gower2.460]l n=8.2741>Of gentilesse and pure troutheI herde
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[AnoChan158]
o concidre thes premisses and theruppon to graunte a writte sub pena
directe to the
19 same william Rachedale to apper by fore you Att A certeyn day be
you to be lemytedd ther to be examined vppon thes premisses
20 as good feithe & concience requireth for the loue of god & way of
charte Plegium de prosecutio Radnus Clerk Iohanes Bernewell
[over erasure]
"text" n=129
DATE: 1435 REFERENCE: SC1/44/45
LETTER OF RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK, POSSIBLY TO JOHN FRANK, MASTER OF ROLLS
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pg 159
1 Right trusty & entierly welbeloued frende / I grete you often tymes
wel / And thanke you with al myn hert of ~e grete
2 gentilesse and kyndenesse ~e whiche hit hath liked vnto you / to
shewe herebefore aswel vnto me / as vnto myn officers &
3 seruantes atte reuerence of me / Prayeng you hertily of good
continuance / And for asmuche / as for suche materes
4 and ~inges as I shal haue adoo and to poursue in oure souuerain
lordes courtes in Irlande / hit is right nedeful
5 for me to haue certaine personnes ~ere and to haue auctorite and
power of ~e kyng oure saide souuerain
6 lord forto bee myn attournees / I pray you with al myn hert / ~at
hit like you / forto doo make lettres patentes
7 vnder ~e kyng oure saide souuerain lordes seel in deue fourme /
forto endure iiij. ye
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AN ANTHOLOGY OF CHANCERY ENGLISH
ANONYMOUS
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Available from: Oxford Text Archive, U-1676-B
Date: 1993
AN ANTHOLOGY OF CHANCERY ENGLISH
John H. Fisher, Malcolm Richardson, Jane L. Fisher
xvii, 416 p., 6 p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
University of Tennessee Press
Knoxville
Date: 1984
Includes bibliographical references (p. 52-62) and index
The original text contains illustrations
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Date: 1384-1462
Middle English
prose; Non-fiction
Date: January 1994
David Seaman, University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center
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Edward Gaynor,University of Virginia Library, Cataloging ServicesDept.
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Date: November 1993
Peter-john Byrnes,University of Virginia Library Electronic TextCenter
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Date: September 3, 1993
Heidi Synnatzschke-Cochran, University of Virginia Library, Cataloging
Services Dept.
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Date: July 1993
David Gants, University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center
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Date: 1992
John Price-Wilkin
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[ChaTroi138]
i138
869 And with that word he gan hym for to shake,
870 And seyde, "thef, thow shalt hyre name telle."
871 But tho gan sely Troilus for to quake,
872 As though men sholde han led hym in to helle,
873 And seyde, "allas, of al my wo the welle,
874 Thanne is my swete fo called Criseyde."
875 And wel neigh with the word for feere he deide.
876 And whann that Pandare herde hire name neuene,
877 Lord, he was glad, and seyde, "frende so deere,
878 Now fare aright, for Ioues name in heuene,
879 Loue hath byset the wel; be of good cheere,
880 ffor of good name and wisdom and manere
881 She hath ynough, and ek of gentilesse --
882 If she be fayre, thow woost thy self, I gesse.
883 "Ny neuere saugh a more bountevous
884 Of hire estat, na gladder, ne of speche
885 A frendlyer, na more gracious
886 ffor to do wel, ne lasse hadde nede to seche
887 What for to don; and al this bet to eche,
888 In honour, to as fer as she may strecche,
889 A kynges herte semeth by hyrs a wrecche.
890 ["And forthi loke of good comfort thow be;
891 ffor certeinly the ferste poynt is this
892 Of noble corage and wel ordeyne,
893 A man to haue pees with hym self, y-wis;
894 So oghtist thow, for nought but good it
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TROILUS AND CRISEYDE
CHAUCER, GEOFFREY, D. 1400
J.D. Burnley
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Middle English, ChaTroi
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Date: 1993
TROILUS & CRISEYDE : A NEW EDITION OF "THE BOOK OF TROILUS"
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
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Date: January 1994
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Date: November 1993
Jamie L. Spriggs,University of Virginia Library Electronic TextCenter
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Date: September 1, 1993
Michael Bernhard, University of Virginia Library, Cataloging Services
Dept.
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Date: August, 1993
David Gants, University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center
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