| AFFERMETH.........1 | |
| NPT 3125 Affermeth dremes, and seith that they been | 304 |
| AFFRAYED..........2 | |
| NPT 3278 As man that was affrayed in his herte. | 458 |
| NPT 3285 Be ye affrayed of me that am youre freend? | 464 |
| AFFRIKE...........1 | |
| NPT 3124 In Affrike of the worthy Cipioun, | 304 |
| AFRIGHT...........1 | |
| NPT 2895 Right now that yet myn herte is soore afright. | 74 |
| AFTER.............7 | |
| NPT 3028 After his felawe he bigan to calle. | 208 |
| NPT 3065 Right in the nexte chapitre after this -- | 244 |
| NPT 3126 Warnynge of thynges that men after seen. | 306 |
| NPT 3132 Warnynge of thynges that shul after falle. | 312 |
| NPT 3186 And after wol I telle his aventure. | 366 |
| NPT 3235 After the opinioun of certein clerkis. | 414 |
| NPT 3381 Ha, ha! The fox! " and after hym they ran, | 560 |
| AGAST.............3 | |
| NPT 2889 She was agast and seyde, " Herte deere, | 68 |
| NPT 2916 Ne hym that is agast of every tool, | 96 |
| NPT 2921 Allas! And konne ye been agast of swevenys? | 100 |
| AGASTE............1 | |
| NPT 3088 `No dreem,' quod he, `may so myn herte agaste | 268 |
| AGAYN.............6 | |
| NPT 3072 But on a day, agayn the even-tyde, | 252 |
| NPT 3078 Hym mette a wonder dreem agayn the day. | 258 |
| NPT 3214 Now wol I torne agayn to my sentence. | 394 |
| NPT 3269 Agayn the sonne, and Chauntecleer so free | 448 |
| NPT 3374 Now wole I turne to my tale agayn. | 554 |
| NPT 3409 `Turneth agayn, ye proude cherles alle! | 588 |
| AGE...............1 | |
| NPT 2821 A povre wydwe, somdeel stape in age, | 0 |
| AGO...............1 | |
| NPT 3206 God woot that worldly joye is soone ago; | 386 |
| AGON..............1 | |
| NPT 3030 And seyde, `Sire, your felawe is agon. | 210 |
| AGRIEF............1 | |
| NPT 2893 I pray yow that ye take it nat agrief. | 72 |
| AGU...............1 | |
| NPT 2960 Or an agu that may be youre bane. | 140 |
| AL................22 | |
| NPT 2838 Attempree diete was al hir phisik, | 18 |
| NPT 2847 A yeerd she hadde, enclosed al aboute | 26 |
| NPT 2850 In al the land, of crowyng nas his peer. | 30 |
| NPT 2866 Sevene hennes for to doon al his plesaunce, | 46 |
| NPT 2910 Now han ye lost myn herte and al my love! | 90 |
| NPT 2977 That al the revers seyn of this sentence, | 156 |
| NPT 3049 The dede man, that mordred was al newe. | 228 |
| NPT 3149 But thilke tale is al to longe to telle, | 328 |
| NPT 3157 " Now let us speke of myrthe, and stynte al this. | 336 |
| NPT 3162 It maketh al my drede for to dyen; | 342 |
| NPT 3163 For al so siker as In principio, | 342 |
| NPT 3166 `Womman is mannes joye and al his blis.' | 346 |
| NPT 3168 Al be it that I may nat on yow ryde, | 348 |
| NPT 3191 Bifel that Chauntecleer in al his pryde, | 370 |
| NPT 3229 That broghtest Troye al outrely to sorwe! | 408 |
| NPT 3303 Certes, it was of herte, al that he song. | 482 |
| NPT 3341 And on a Friday fil al this meschaunce. | 520 |
| NPT 3344 And in thy servyce dide al his poweer, | 524 |
| NPT 3406 In al his drede unto the fox he spak, | 586 |
| NPT 3415 And as he spak that word, al sodeynly | 594 |
| NPT 3432 Al wilfully, God lat him nevere thee! " | 612 |
| NPT 3441 For Seint Paul seith that al that writen is, | 620 |
| ALDAY.............1 | |
| NPT 3092 Men dreme alday of owles and of apes, | 272 |
| ALLAS.............10 | |
| NPT 2909 Allas, " quod she, " for, by that God above, | 88 |
| NPT 2921 Allas! And konne ye been agast of swevenys? | 100 |
| NPT 3045 Harrow! Allas! Heere lith my felawe slayn!' | 224 |
| NPT 3169 For that oure perche is maad so narwe, allas -- | 348 |
| NPT 3284 Seyde, " Gentil sire, allas, wher wol ye gon? | 464 |
| NPT 3325 Allas, ye lordes, many a fals flatour | 504 |
| NPT 3339 Allas, that Chauntecleer fleigh fro the bemes! | 518 |
| NPT 3340 Allas, his wyf ne roghte nat of dremes! | 520 |
| NPT 3419 " Allas! " quod he, " O Chauntecleer, allas! | 598 |
| NPT 3419 " Allas! " quod he, " O Chauntecleer, allas! | 598 |
| ALLE..............14 | |
| NPT 2883 As Chauntecleer among his wyves alle | 62 |
| NPT 2913 We alle desiren, if it myghte bee, | 92 |
| NPT 3000 That us governeth alle as in commune. | 180 |
| NPT 3007 In alle haste com to me!' he sayde. | 186 |
| NPT 3131 Wher dremes be somtyme -- I sey nat alle -- | 310 |
| NPT 3173 For it was day, and eke his hennes alle, | 352 |
| NPT 3183 And to hym rennen thanne his wyves alle. | 362 |
| NPT 3224 As gladly doon thise homycides alle | 404 |
| NPT 3268 Lith Pertelote, and alle hire sustres by, | 448 |
| NPT 3360 As maden alle the hennes in the clos, | 540 |
| NPT 3372 For that hir husbondes losten alle hir lyves -- | 552 |
| NPT 3402 Now, goode men, I prey yow herkneth alle: | 582 |
| NPT 3409 `Turneth agayn, ye proude cherles alle! | 588 |
| NPT 3445 As seith my lord, so make us alle goode men, | 624 |
| ALMOOST...........1 | |
| NPT 2906 Yet of his look for feere almoost I deye; | 86 |
| ALSO..............4 | |
| NPT 2937 Of othere humours koude I telle also | 116 |
| NPT 3134 His bakere and his butiller also, | 314 |
| NPT 3189 Was compleet, and passed were also, | 368 |
| NPT 3211 This storie is also trewe, I undertake, | 390 |
| ALTERCACIOUN......1 | |
| NPT 3237 That in scole is greet altercacioun | 416 |
| ALWAY.............1 | |
| NPT 3051 Lo, how that thou biwreyest mordre alway! | 230 |
| AM................5 | |
| NPT 3014 Cam, as hym thoughte, and seide, `I am now slawe. | 194 |
| NPT 3170 I am so ful of joye and of solas, | 350 |
| NPT 3285 Be ye affrayed of me that am youre freend? | 464 |
| NPT 3288 I am nat come youre conseil for t' espye, | 468 |
| NPT 3411 Now I am come unto the wodes syde; | 590 |
| AMEN..............1 | |
| NPT 3446 And brynge us to his heighe blisse! Amen. | 626 |
| AMENDED...........1 | |
| NPT 2858 Thanne crew he that it myghte nat been amended. | 38 |
| AMONG.............3 | |
| NPT 2883 As Chauntecleer among his wyves alle | 62 |
| NPT 3274 Among the wortes on a boterflye, | 454 |
| NPT 3313 Among his vers, how that ther was a cok, | 492 |
| AN................9 | |
| NPT 2845 Seynd bacoun, and somtyme an ey or tweye, | 24 |
| NPT 2854 Than is a clokke or an abbey orlogge. | 34 |
| NPT 2900 Was lyk an hound, and wolde han maad areest | 80 |
| NPT 2960 Or an agu that may be youre bane. | 140 |
| NPT 3004 And seyde, `Allas, for in an oxes stalle | 184 |
| NPT 3039 And with an hardy herte he gan to crye | 218 |
| NPT 3071 That stood ful myrie upon an haven-syde; | 250 |
| NPT 3082 Thow shalt be dreynt; my tale is at an ende.' | 262 |
| NPT 3239 And hath been of an hundred thousand men. | 418 |
| AND...............212 | |
| NPT 2827 For litel was hir catel and hir rente. | 6 |
| NPT 2829 She foond hirself and eek hir doghtren two. | 8 |
| NPT 2830 Thre large sowes hadde she, and namo, | 10 |
| NPT 2831 Three keen, and eek a sheep that highte Malle. | 10 |
| NPT 2832 Ful sooty was hire bour and eek hir halle, | 12 |
| NPT 2839 And exercise, and hertes suffisaunce. | 18 |
| NPT 2839 And exercise, and hertes suffisaunce. | 18 |
| NPT 2843 Hir bord was served moost with whit and blak -- | 22 |
| NPT 2844 Milk and broun breed, in which she foond no lak, | 24 |
| NPT 2845 Seynd bacoun, and somtyme an ey or tweye, | 24 |
| NPT 2848 With stikkes, and a drye dych withoute, | 28 |
| NPT 2860 And batailled as it were a castel wal; | 40 |
| NPT 2861 His byle was blak, and as the jeet it shoon; | 40 |
| NPT 2862 Lyk asure were his legges and his toon; | 42 |
| NPT 2864 And lyk the burned gold was his colour. | 44 |
| NPT 2867 Whiche were his sustres and his paramours, | 46 |
| NPT 2868 And wonder lyk to hym, as of colours; | 48 |
| NPT 2871 Curteys she was, discreet, and debonaire, | 50 |
| NPT 2872 And compaignable, and bar hyrself so faire | 52 |
| NPT 2872 And compaignable, and bar hyrself so faire | 52 |
| NPT 2881 Beestes and briddes koude speke and synge. | 60 |
| NPT 2881 Beestes and briddes koude speke and synge. | 60 |
| NPT 2882 And so bifel that in a dawenynge, | 62 |
| NPT 2885 And next hym sat this faire Pertelote, | 64 |
| NPT 2888 And whan that Pertelote thus herde hym roore, | 68 |
| NPT 2889 She was agast and seyde, " Herte deere, | 68 |
| NPT 2892 And he answerde, and seyde thus: " Madame, | 72 |
| NPT 2892 And he answerde, and seyde thus: " Madame, | 72 |
| NPT 2897 And kepe my body out of foul prisoun! | 76 |
| NPT 2898 Me mette how that I romed up and doun | 78 |
| NPT 2900 Was lyk an hound, and wolde han maad areest | 80 |
| NPT 2901 Upon my body, and wolde han had me deed. | 80 |
| NPT 2902 His colour was bitwixe yelow and reed, | 82 |
| NPT 2903 And tipped was his tayl and bothe his eeris | 82 |
| NPT 2903 And tipped was his tayl and bothe his eeris | 82 |
| NPT 2910 Now han ye lost myn herte and al my love! | 90 |
| NPT 2914 To han housbondes hardy, wise, and free, | 94 |
| NPT 2915 And secree -- and no nygard, ne no fool, | 94 |
| NPT 2915 And secree -- and no nygard, ne no fool, | 94 |
| NPT 2920 Have ye no mannes herte, and han a berd? | 100 |
| NPT 2921 Allas! And konne ye been agast of swevenys? | 100 |
| NPT 2924 And ofte of fume and of complecciouns, | 104 |
| NPT 2924 And ofte of fume and of complecciouns, | 104 |
| NPT 2930 Of arwes, and of fyr with rede lemes, | 110 |
| NPT 2932 Of contek, and of whelpes, grete and lyte; | 112 |
| NPT 2932 Of contek, and of whelpes, grete and lyte; | 112 |
| NPT 2944 Up peril of my soule and of my lyf, | 124 |
| NPT 2946 That bothe of colere and of malencolye | 126 |
| NPT 2947 Ye purge yow; and for ye shal nat tarie, | 126 |
| NPT 2950 That shul been for youre hele and for youre prow; | 130 |
| NPT 2951 And in oure yeerd tho herbes shal I fynde | 130 |
| NPT 2953 To purge yow bynethe and eek above. | 132 |
| NPT 2958 And if it do, I dar wel leye a grote, | 138 |
| NPT 2963 Of lawriol, centaure, and fumetere, | 142 |
| NPT 2967 Pekke hem up right as they growe and ete hem yn. | 146 |
| NPT 2978 And han wel founden by experience | 158 |
| NPT 2987 And happed so, they coomen in a toun | 166 |
| NPT 2989 Of peple, and eek so streit of herbergage, | 168 |
| NPT 2994 And ech of hem gooth to his hostelrye, | 174 |
| NPT 2995 And took his loggyng as it wolde falle. | 174 |
| NPT 3001 " And so bifel that, longe er it were day, | 180 |
| NPT 3004 And seyde, `Allas, for in an oxes stalle | 184 |
| NPT 3010 He turned hym and took of this no keep. | 190 |
| NPT 3013 And atte thridde tyme yet his felawe | 192 |
| NPT 3014 Cam, as hym thoughte, and seide, `I am now slawe. | 194 |
| NPT 3015 Bihoold my bloody woundes depe and wyde! | 194 |
| NPT 3017 And at the west gate of the toun,' quod he, | 196 |
| NPT 3022 And tolde hym every point how he was slayn, | 202 |
| NPT 3024 And truste wel, his dreem he foond ful trewe, | 204 |
| NPT 3027 And whan that he cam to this oxes stalle, | 206 |
| NPT 3030 And seyde, `Sire, your felawe is agon. | 210 |
| NPT 3034 And forth he gooth -- no lenger wolde he lette -- | 214 |
| NPT 3035 Unto the west gate of the toun, and fond | 214 |
| NPT 3039 And with an hardy herte he gan to crye | 218 |
| NPT 3040 Vengeance and justice of this felonye: | 220 |
| NPT 3042 And in this carte he lith gapyng upright. | 222 |
| NPT 3044 `That sholden kepe and reulen this citee. | 224 |
| NPT 3047 The peple out sterte and caste the cart to grounde, | 226 |
| NPT 3048 And in the myddel of the dong they founde | 228 |
| NPT 3050 " O blisful God, that art so just and trewe, | 230 |
| NPT 3053 Mordre is so wlatsom and abhomynable | 232 |
| NPT 3054 To God, that is so just and resonable, | 234 |
| NPT 3058 And right anon, ministres of that toun | 238 |
| NPT 3059 Han hent the carter and so soore hym pyned, | 238 |
| NPT 3060 And eek the hostiler so soore engyned, | 240 |
| NPT 3062 And were anhanged by the nekke-bon. | 242 |
| NPT 3064 And certes in the same book I rede, | 244 |
| NPT 3073 The wynd gan chaunge, and blew right as hem leste. | 252 |
| NPT 3074 Jolif and glad they wente unto hir reste, | 254 |
| NPT 3075 And casten hem ful erly for to saille. | 254 |
| NPT 3080 And hym comanded that he sholde abyde, | 260 |
| NPT 3081 And seyde hym thus: `If thou tomorwe wende, | 260 |
| NPT 3083 He wook, and tolde his felawe what he mette, | 262 |
| NPT 3084 And preyde hym his viage for to lette; | 264 |
| NPT 3087 Gan for to laughe, and scorned him ful faste. | 266 |
| NPT 3091 For swevenes been but vanytees and japes. | 270 |
| NPT 3092 Men dreme alday of owles and of apes, | 272 |
| NPT 3093 And of many a maze therwithal; | 272 |
| NPT 3096 And thus forslewthen wilfully thy tyde, | 276 |
| NPT 3097 God woot, it reweth me; and have good day!' | 276 |
| NPT 3098 And thus he took his leve, and wente his way. | 278 |
| NPT 3098 And thus he took his leve, and wente his way. | 278 |
| NPT 3102 And ship and man under the water wente | 282 |
| NPT 3102 And ship and man under the water wente | 282 |
| NPT 3105 And therfore, faire Pertelote so deere, | 284 |
| NPT 3116 His sweven, and bad hym for to kepe hym weel | 296 |
| NPT 3118 And therfore litel tale hath he toold | 298 |
| NPT 3125 Affermeth dremes, and seith that they been | 304 |
| NPT 3127 And forthermoore, I pray yow, looketh wel | 306 |
| NPT 3130 Reed eek of Joseph, and ther shul ye see | 310 |
| NPT 3134 His bakere and his butiller also, | 314 |
| NPT 3150 And eek it is ny day; I may nat dwelle. | 330 |
| NPT 3153 Adversitee; and I seye forthermoor | 332 |
| NPT 3157 " Now let us speke of myrthe, and stynte al this. | 336 |
| NPT 3166 `Womman is mannes joye and al his blis.' | 346 |
| NPT 3170 I am so ful of joye and of solas, | 350 |
| NPT 3171 That I diffye bothe sweven and dreem. " | 350 |
| NPT 3172 And with that word he fley doun fro the beem, | 352 |
| NPT 3173 For it was day, and eke his hennes alle, | 352 |
| NPT 3174 And with a chuk he gan hem for to calle, | 354 |
| NPT 3178 And trad hire eke as ofte, er it was pryme. | 358 |
| NPT 3180 And on his toos he rometh up and doun; | 360 |
| NPT 3180 And on his toos he rometh up and doun; | 360 |
| NPT 3183 And to hym rennen thanne his wyves alle. | 362 |
| NPT 3186 And after wol I telle his aventure. | 366 |
| NPT 3189 Was compleet, and passed were also, | 368 |
| NPT 3190 Syn March [was gon], thritty dayes and two, | 370 |
| NPT 3195 Twenty degrees and oon, and somwhat moore, | 374 |
| NPT 3195 Twenty degrees and oon, and somwhat moore, | 374 |
| NPT 3196 And knew by kynde, and by noon oother loore, | 376 |
| NPT 3196 And knew by kynde, and by noon oother loore, | 376 |
| NPT 3197 That it was pryme, and crew with blisful stevene. | 376 |
| NPT 3199 Fourty degrees and oon, and moore ywis. | 378 |
| NPT 3199 Fourty degrees and oon, and moore ywis. | 378 |
| NPT 3202 And se the fresshe floures how they sprynge; | 382 |
| NPT 3203 Ful is myn herte of revel and solas! " | 382 |
| NPT 3207 And if a rethor koude faire endite, | 386 |
| NPT 3220 Was wont, and eek his wyves, to repaire; | 400 |
| NPT 3221 And in a bed of wortes stille he lay | 400 |
| NPT 3238 In this mateere, and greet disputisoun, | 418 |
| NPT 3239 And hath been of an hundred thousand men. | 418 |
| NPT 3258 And made Adam fro Paradys to go, | 438 |
| NPT 3259 Ther as he was ful myrie and wel at ese. | 438 |
| NPT 3264 And what they seyn of wommen ye may heere. | 444 |
| NPT 3265 Thise been the cokkes wordes, and nat myne; | 444 |
| NPT 3268 Lith Pertelote, and alle hire sustres by, | 448 |
| NPT 3269 Agayn the sonne, and Chauntecleer so free | 448 |
| NPT 3272 How that they syngen wel and myrily). | 452 |
| NPT 3273 And so bifel that, as he caste his ye | 452 |
| NPT 3277 But cride anon, " Cok! cok! " and up he sterte | 456 |
| NPT 3296 And eek youre mooder, of hire gentillesse, | 476 |
| NPT 3298 And certes, sire, ful fayn wolde I yow plese. | 478 |
| NPT 3304 And for to make his voys the moore strong, | 484 |
| NPT 3307 And stonden on his tiptoon therwithal, | 486 |
| NPT 3308 And strecche forth his nekke long and smal. | 488 |
| NPT 3308 And strecche forth his nekke long and smal. | 488 |
| NPT 3309 And eek he was of swich discrecioun | 488 |
| NPT 3315 Upon his leg whil he was yong and nyce, | 494 |
| NPT 3318 Bitwixe the wisedom and discrecioun | 498 |
| NPT 3319 Of youre fader and of his subtiltee. | 498 |
| NPT 3326 Is in youre courtes, and many a losengeour, | 506 |
| NPT 3332 Strecchynge his nekke, and heeld his eyen cloos, | 512 |
| NPT 3333 And gan to crowe loude for the nones. | 512 |
| NPT 3334 And daun Russell the fox stirte up atones, | 514 |
| NPT 3335 And by the gargat hente Chauntecleer, | 514 |
| NPT 3336 And on his bak toward the wode hym beer, | 516 |
| NPT 3341 And on a Friday fil al this meschaunce. | 520 |
| NPT 3344 And in thy servyce dide al his poweer, | 524 |
| NPT 3350 Why ne hadde I now thy sentence and thy loore, | 530 |
| NPT 3354 For Chauntecleres drede and for his peyne. | 534 |
| NPT 3357 Was wonne, and Pirrus with his streite swerd, | 536 |
| NPT 3359 And slayn hym, as seith us Eneydos, | 538 |
| NPT 3365 And that the Romayns hadde brend Cartage. | 544 |
| NPT 3366 She was so ful of torment and of rage | 546 |
| NPT 3368 And brende hirselven with a stedefast herte. | 548 |
| NPT 3375 This sely wydwe and eek hir doghtres two | 554 |
| NPT 3376 Herden thise hennes crie and maken wo, | 556 |
| NPT 3377 And out at dores stirten they anon, | 556 |
| NPT 3378 And syen the fox toward the grove gon, | 558 |
| NPT 3379 And bar upon his bak the cok away, | 558 |
| NPT 3380 And cryden, " Out! Harrow and weylaway! | 560 |
| NPT 3380 And cryden, " Out! Harrow and weylaway! | 560 |
| NPT 3381 Ha, ha! The fox! " and after hym they ran, | 560 |
| NPT 3382 And eek with staves many another man. | 562 |
| NPT 3383 Ran Colle oure dogge, and Talbot and Gerland, | 562 |
| NPT 3383 Ran Colle oure dogge, and Talbot and Gerland, | 562 |
| NPT 3384 And Malkyn, with a dystaf in hir hand; | 564 |
| NPT 3385 Ran cow and calf, and eek the verray hogges, | 564 |
| NPT 3385 Ran cow and calf, and eek the verray hogges, | 564 |
| NPT 3387 And shoutyng of the men and wommen eeke | 566 |
| NPT 3387 And shoutyng of the men and wommen eeke | 566 |
| NPT 3394 Certes, he Jakke Straw and his meynee | 574 |
| NPT 3398 Of bras they broghten bemes, and of box, | 578 |
| NPT 3399 Of horn, of boon, in whiche they blewe and powped, | 578 |
| NPT 3400 And therwithal they skriked and they howped. | 580 |
| NPT 3400 And therwithal they skriked and they howped. | 580 |
| NPT 3404 The hope and pryde eek of hir enemy! | 584 |
| NPT 3407 And seyde, " Sire, if that I were as ye, | 586 |
| NPT 3413 I wol hym ete, in feith, and that anon!' " | 592 |
| NPT 3415 And as he spak that word, al sodeynly | 594 |
| NPT 3417 And heighe upon a tree he fleigh anon. | 596 |
| NPT 3418 And whan the fox saugh that the cok was gon, | 598 |
| NPT 3422 Whan I yow hente and broghte out of the yerd. | 602 |
| NPT 3424 Com doun, and I shal telle yow what I mente; | 604 |
| NPT 3427 And first I shrewe myself, bothe blood and bones, | 606 |
| NPT 3427 And first I shrewe myself, bothe blood and bones, | 606 |
| NPT 3430 Do me to synge and wynke with myn ye; | 610 |
| NPT 3437 And necligent, and truste on flaterye. | 616 |
| NPT 3437 And necligent, and truste on flaterye. | 616 |
| NPT 3439 As of a fox, or of a cok and hen, | 618 |
| NPT 3443 Taketh the fruyt, and lat the chaf be stille. | 622 |
| NPT 3446 And brynge us to his heighe blisse! Amen. | 626 |