...proud. Brush, of course, accompanied us. CHAPTER XIII. THE ABBOT OF BATTLE. " He yavo not of the teit a pulled hen, That saith that hunters ben not holy men, Ne that a monkc when ho is rekkeles Is like to a fish that is waterles ; This is to say, a monk out of his cloistrc...

...olde thinges pace, And held after the newe world the trace. He yave not of the text a pulled hen,1 That saith, that hunters ben not holy men ; Ne that a monk, whan he is rekkeles,2 .. , %\ Is like to a fish that is waterles ; .. This is to say, a monk out of his cloistre....

...and somdelc streit, This ilke monk lette olde thinges pace, And held after the newe world the trace. He yave not of the text a pulled hen, That saith,...monk, whan he is rekkeles, Is like to a fish that is waterlos ; This is to say, a monk out of his cloistre. This ilke text held he not worth an oistre....

...somdele streit, This ilke monke lette olde thinge's pace, And held after the newe worlde the trace. He yave ' not of the text a pulled hen, That saith, that hunters ben not holy men ; Ne that a monk, when he is rekkeles,1 Is like to a fish that is waterles ; This is to say, a monk out of his cloistre....

...and somdele streit, This ilke monke lette olde thinges pace, And held after the newe world the trace. He yave not of the text a pulled hen, That saith that...hunters ben not holy men ; Ne that a monk, whan he is rekkeless, Is like to a fish that is waterless : This is to say, a monk out of his cloistre. This ilke...

...description of the monk in the Prologue to the ' Canterbury Tales,' Chaucer writes, — ' He (faf not of that text a pulled hen. That saith that hunters ben not holy men ; AV that a man*, wfian At is cloysterlis, It liknttl to afirche that is Tvattrles : This is to scyn,...

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...pace, . And held after the newe world the trace. He yave not of the text a pulled hen, That si ii li . that hunters ben not holy men ; Ne that a monk, whan he is rekkcles, Is like to a fish that is waterlcs ; This is to eay, a monk out of his cloistre. This ilke...

...vol. viii. p. 366. This ilke monk lette olde thinges pace. And held after the newe world the trace. He yave not of the text a pulled hen, That saith, that hunters ben not holy men : Next comes a friar, a mendicant, full of dalliance and fair language. He was an esy man to give penance,...

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