| A...............58 | |
| MancT 110 Slepynge agayn the sonne upon a day; | 6 |
| MancT 114 And syngen that it was a melodie | 10 |
| MancT 129 Was wont to beren in his hand a bowe. | 24 |
| MancT 130 Now hadde this Phebus in his hous a crowe | 26 |
| MancT 131 Which in a cage he fostred many a day, | 26 |
| MancT 131 Which in a cage he fostred many a day, | 26 |
| MancT 132 And taughte it speken, as men teche a jay. | 28 |
| MancT 133 Whit was this crowe as is a snow-whit swan, | 28 |
| MancT 135 He koude, whan he sholde telle a tale. | 30 |
| MancT 139 Now hadde this Phebus in his hous a wyf | 34 |
| MancT 148 A good wyf, that is clene of werk and thoght, | 44 |
| MancT 151 To kepe a shrewe, for it wol nat bee. | 46 |
| MancT 152 This holde I for a verray nycetee, | 48 |
| MancT 161 As to destreyne a thyng which that nature | 56 |
| MancT 162 Hath natureelly set in a creature. | 58 |
| MancT 163 Taak any bryd, and put it in a cage, | 58 |
| MancT 170 Levere in a forest that is rude and coold | 66 |
| MancT 175 Lat take a cat, and fostre hym wel with milk | 70 |
| MancT 177 And lat hym seen a mous go by the wal, | 72 |
| MancT 180 Swich appetit hath he to ete a mous. | 76 |
| MancT 183 A she-wolf hath also a vileyns kynde. | 78 |
| MancT 183 A she-wolf hath also a vileyns kynde. | 78 |
| MancT 186 In tyme whan hir lust to han a make. | 82 |
| MancT 189 For men han evere a likerous appetit | 84 |
| MancT 199 A man of litel reputacioun, | 94 |
| MancT 205 Hir lemman? Certes, this is a knavyssh speche! | 100 |
| MancT 209 If men shal telle proprely a thyng, | 104 |
| MancT 211 I am a boystous man, right thus seye I: | 106 |
| MancT 213 Bitwixe a wyf that is of heigh degree, | 108 |
| MancT 215 And a povre wenche, oother than this -- | 110 |
| MancT 219 And for that oother is a povre womman, | 114 |
| MancT 223 Right so bitwixe a titlelees tiraunt | 118 |
| MancT 224 And an outlawe or a theef erraunt, | 120 |
| MancT 230 Lo, therfore is he cleped a capitayn; | 126 |
| MancT 233 Ne brynge a contree to so greet mescheef, | 128 |
| MancT 234 Men clepen hym an outlawe or a theef. | 130 |
| MancT 235 But for I am a man noght textueel, | 130 |
| MancT 236 I wol noght telle of textes never a deel; | 132 |
| MancT 241 Biheeld hire werk, and seyde never a word. | 136 |
| MancT 246 That to myn herte it was a rejoysynge | 142 |
| MancT 255 The montance of a gnat, so moote I thryve! | 150 |
| MancT 264 His bowe he bente, and sette therinne a flo, | 160 |
| MancT 289 Allas, a thousand folk hath rakel ire | 184 |
| MancT 294 Thou songe whilom lyk a nyghtyngale; | 190 |
| MancT 298 Thus shal men on a traytour been awreke; | 194 |
| MancT 315 Techeth a man to kepen his tonge weel. | 210 |
| MancT 318 " My sone, thenk on the crowe, a Goddes name! | 214 |
| MancT 320 A wikked tonge is worse than a feend; | 216 |
| MancT 320 A wikked tonge is worse than a feend; | 216 |
| MancT 321 My sone, from a feend men may hem blesse. | 216 |
| MancT 323 Walled a tonge with teeth and lippes eke, | 218 |
| MancT 326 Hath many a man been spilt, as clerkes teche, | 222 |
| MancT 339 Wostow wherof a rakel tonge serveth? | 234 |
| MancT 340 Right as a swerd forkutteth and forkerveth | 236 |
| MancT 342 A tonge kutteth freendshipe al a-two. | 238 |
| MancT 343 A jangler is to God abhomynable. | 238 |
| MancT 348 A janglere speke of perilous mateere. | 244 |
| MancT 358 A tale of which he is now yvele apayd. | 254 |
| A-TWO...........2 | |
| MancT 341 An arm a-two, my deere sone, right so | 236 |
| MancT 342 A tonge kutteth freendshipe al a-two. | 238 |
| ABHOMYNABLE.....1 | |
| MancT 343 A jangler is to God abhomynable. | 238 |
| ABOVE...........1 | |
| MancT 217 But that the gentile, in estaat above, | 112 |
| ABSENT..........1 | |
| MancT 203 And so bifel, whan Phebus was absent, | 98 |
| ACCORDE.........1 | |
| MancT 208 The word moot nede accorde with the dede. | 104 |
| ADOUN...........1 | |
| MancT 105 Whan Phebus dwelled heere in this erthe adoun, | 0 |
| AFTER...........1 | |
| MancT 270 And after that thus spak he to the crowe: | 166 |
| AGAYN...........3 | |
| MancT 110 Slepynge agayn the sonne upon a day; | 6 |
| MancT 301 But evere crie agayn tempest and rayn, | 196 |
| MancT 354 He may by no wey clepe his word agayn. | 250 |
| AL..............18 | |
| MancT 108 In al this world, and eek the beste archer. | 4 |
| MancT 136 Therwith in al this world no nyghtyngale | 32 |
| MancT 147 But al in ydel, for it availleth noght. | 42 |
| MancT 156 This worthy Phebus dooth al that he kan | 52 |
| MancT 164 And do al thyn entente and thy corage | 60 |
| MancT 167 And keep it al so clenly as thou may, | 62 |
| MancT 178 Anon he weyveth milk and flessh and al, | 74 |
| MancT 197 Deceyved was, for al his jolitee. | 92 |
| MancT 229 And brennen hous and hoom, and make al playn, | 124 |
| MancT 239 Anon they wroghten al hire lust volage. | 134 |
| MancT 249 Phebus, " quod he, " for al thy worthynesse, | 144 |
| MancT 250 For al thy beautee and thy gentilesse, | 146 |
| MancT 251 For al thy song and al thy mynstralcye, | 146 |
| MancT 251 For al thy song and al thy mynstralcye, | 146 |
| MancT 252 For al thy waityng, blered is thyn ye | 148 |
| MancT 297 Ne nevere in al thy lif ne shaltou speke. | 192 |
| MancT 305 And made hym blak, and refte hym al his song, | 200 |
| MancT 342 A tonge kutteth freendshipe al a-two. | 238 |
| ALISAUNDRE......1 | |
| MancT 226 To Alisaundre was toold this sentence, | 122 |
| ALLAS...........4 | |
| MancT 247 To heere thy voys? Allas, what song is this? " | 142 |
| MancT 273 Allas, that I was wroght! Why nere I deed? | 168 |
| MancT 289 Allas, a thousand folk hath rakel ire | 184 |
| MancT 291 Allas! For sorwe I wol myselven slee! " | 186 |
| ALLE............4 | |
| MancT 166 Of alle deyntees that thou kanst bithynke, | 62 |
| MancT 187 Alle thise ensamples speke I by thise men | 82 |
| MancT 308 And for this caas been alle crowes blake. | 204 |
| MancT 330 At alle tymes, but whan thou doost thy peyne | 226 |
| ALSO............1 | |
| MancT 183 A she-wolf hath also a vileyns kynde. | 78 |
| ALTHOUGH........1 | |
| MancT 168 Although his cage of gold be never so gay, | 64 |
| AM..............3 | |
| MancT 211 I am a boystous man, right thus seye I: | 106 |
| MancT 235 But for I am a man noght textueel, | 130 |
| MancT 316 But, as I seyde, I am noght textueel. | 212 |
| AMONGES.........1 | |
| MancT 361 Whereso thou come, amonges hye or lowe, | 256 |
| AMPHIOUN........1 | |
| MancT 116 Certes the kyng of Thebes, Amphioun, | 12 |
| AMYS............3 | |
| MancT 216 If it so be they werke bothe amys -- | 112 |
| MancT 248 " By God, " quod he, " I synge nat amys. | 144 |
| MancT 278 O rakel hand, to doon so foule amys! | 174 |
| AN..............5 | |
| MancT 137 Ne koude, by an hondred thousand deel, | 32 |
| MancT 224 And an outlawe or a theef erraunt, | 120 |
| MancT 232 And may nat doon so greet an harm as he, | 128 |
| MancT 234 Men clepen hym an outlawe or a theef. | 130 |
| MancT 341 An arm a-two, my deere sone, right so | 236 |