...rested flesh, or milk and wastel-brecd. But sore weep she if oon of hem were deed, Or if men smoot it with a yerde smerte : And al was conscience and tendre herte. Ful semely hir wimpel pinched was ; Hir nose tretys ; hir eyen greye as glas ; Hir mouth ful smal,...

...trappe, if it were deed or bledde. 145 But sore wepte she if oon of hem were deed, Or if men smoot it with a yerde smerte: And al was conscience and tendre herte. 150 Ful semely hir wimpel pynched was ; Hir nose tretys ; hir eyen greye as glas ; Hir mouth ful smal, and therto...

...rested flesh, or milk and wastel breed. But sore weep she if oon of hem were deed, Or if men smoot mercy upon me! '5 Poor Child! (18/7) SIDNEY DOBELL (1824-1874) ls° Ful semely hir wimpel pinched was; Hir nose tretys ; hir eyen greye as glas ; Hfr mouth ful smal,...

...rosted flesh, or milk and wastel-breed. But sore weep she if oon of hem were deed, Or if men smoot it with a yerde smerte : And al was conscience and tendre herte. 150 Ful semely hir wimpel pinched was ; Hir nose tretys ; hir eyen greye as glas ; Hir mouth ful smal, and ther-to...

...rosted flessh, or milk and wastel-breed ; 3 But soore wept? she if oon of hem were deed, Or if men smoot it with a yerde smerte ; And al was conscience and tendre herte. (150) Ful semyly hir wympul pynched was ; Hire nose tretys, hir eyen greye as glas, 10 Hir mouth ful smal and...

...rested flesh, or milk and wastel breed. But sore weep she if oon of hem were deed, Or if men smoot it with a yerde smerte ; And al was conscience and tendre herte. The effect of the tale upon all the Canterbury pilgrims is profound and entirely unexampled in the...

...rested flessh, or milk and wastel-breed. But soore wepte she if oon of hem were deed, Or if men smoot it with a yerde smerte; And al was conscience and tendre herte. (142-150) The irony hinges verbally on the repetition of the -word "conscience." With the "But" we...

...rosted flessh, or milk and wastel-breed. But soore wepte she if oon of hem were deed, Or if men smoot it with a yerde smerte; And al was conscience and tendre herte. (142-5o)ao The satirist traditionally contrasts excessive tenderness for animals with indifference...

...rosted flessh, or milk and wastel-breed. But soore wepte she if oon of hem were deed, Or if men smoot it with a yerde smerte — And al was conscience and tendre herte. (1. 146-150) 18 A monk ther was, a fair for the maistrie. An outridere, that lovede venerie, A manly...

...manuscript authority. Strong and weak verb forms are not differentiated in MR's CV. Or if men smoot it with a yerde smerte. And al was conscience and tendre herte. 150 Ful semely hir wympel pynched was, Hir nose tretez, hir eyen greye as glas, Hir mouth ful smal and therto softe...