...specially, from every shires ende 15 Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende, The hgly blisful martir for to seke, That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke. Bifel that, in that s?son on a day, In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay 20 Redy to wenden on my pilgrimage...

...over the sea, under the pious inspiration of Notre Dame de L'etoile de Boulogne. " The holy, blissful martyr for to seke, That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke." For although, as Chaucer tells us, they came " from every shire's end of Engelonde," the foot of the...

...wende, The holy blisful mártir for to seke, That hem hath holpeu, whan that they were seke. Bifel that, in that seson on a day, In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay 20 Redy to wenden on my pilgrimage To Caunterbnry with ful devout corage, At night was come in-to that...

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...specially, from every shires ende 15 Of Engelond, to Caunterbnry they wende, The holy blisful martir for to seke, That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke. Bit'el that, in that seson on a day, In Sonthwerk at the Tabard as I lay x> /'• -fv to wenden on...

...specially, from every shires ende ij Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende, The holy blisful martir for to seke, That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke. Bifel that, in that seson on a day, In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay »o Redy to wenden on my pilgrimage...

...specially, from every shires ende 15 Of Engelond, to Cannterbury they wende, The holy blisful mártir for to seke, That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke. Bifel that, in that seson on a day, In Sonthwerk at the Tabard as I lay ao Redy to wenden on my pilgrimage...

...specially, from every shires ende 15 Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende, The holy blisful martir for to seke, That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke. Bifel that, in that seson on a day, In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay ao Redy to wenden on my pilgrimage...

...londes, And specially from every shires ende Of Englelond, to Canterbury they wende The holy blissful martyr for to seke That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke. PERHAPS in no respect does the epithet bygone so completely commend itself to us in the different points...

...of the Kingdom, some to ask aid, others to return thanks for favours granted : as Chaucer puts it : "The holy, blisful martyr for to seke, That hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke." Captives, who had been taken by the Saracens, travelled all the way from Damascus, to return...