 | Chaucer Society - 1868 - 728 pages
...And fis fugure he addede eek / fer-to That1 if1 gold ruste what1 schal Iren do 500 ffor if1 a prest1 be foul on whom we truste No wonder is a lewed man to Ruste And schame it is if1 a prest1 take kepe A schiten schepperde and a clene schepo 504 Wel ought1 a prest1... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1869 - 304 pages
...caughte, And this figure he addede eek therto, That if gold ruste, what schal yren doo? 500 For if a prest be foul, on whom we truste, No wonder is a lewed man to ruste ; And schame it is, if that a prest take kepe, A [foul] schepherde [to se] and a clene schepe ; Wei oughte... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Bernhard ten Brink - 1871 - 48 pages
...wordes caughte, And this figure he added yit ther too, That if gold ruste, what shal iren doo? 500 For if a preest be foul, on whom we truste, No wonder is a leewed man to ruste; And shame it is, if that a preest take keep, A shitcn shepherde and a cleene sheep.... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Stephen Haskins Carpenter - 1872 - 342 pages
...caughte, And this figure he addede eek therto, That if gold ruste, what schal yren doo? 500 For if a prest be foul, on whom we truste, No wonder is a lewed man to ruste ; And schame it is, if that a prest take kepe, A [foul] schepherde and a clene schepe ; Wei oughte a prest... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 pages
...noble ensample to his sheep he yaf , That first he wroughte, and after that he taughte, Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte, And this figure he added eek therto, That if gold ruste, what shulde yren doo ? 600 For if a prcest be foul, on whom we truste, No wonder is a lew£d man to ruste... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1879 - 734 pages
...tho wordes caughte, And this figure he added eek ther to, That if gold ruste what shal iren doo ? 500 For if a preest be foul on whom we truste, No wonder is a lewec^ man to ruste ; And shame it is, if that a prest take keepe,2 A shiten shepherde and a clene... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1879 - 266 pages
...And fis fugure he addede eek / fer-to That1 if1 gold ruste what1 schal Iren do 500 ffor if1 a presf be foul on whom we truste No wonder is a lewed man to Euste And schame it is if1 a presf take kepe A schiten schepperde and a clene schepe 504 Wel ought1... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1880 - 108 pages
...And this figure lie addede eek therto That if gold ruste, what schal yren doo ? 500 For if a prest be foul, on whom we truste, No wonder is a lewed man to ruste ; And schame it is, if that a prest take kepe, A [foul] schepherde [to se] and a clene sohepe ; Wei oughte... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 632 pages
...caughte, And this figure he addede eek therto, That if gold ruste, what schal yren doo ? For if a prest be foul, on whom we truste, No wonder is a lewe'd man to ruste ; And schame it is, if that a prest tak keep, A [filthy] schepherde and a clene scheep ; Wel oughte a prest... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 634 pages
...caughte, And this figure he addede eek therto, That if gold ruste, what schal yren doo ? For if a prest be foul, on whom we truste, No wonder is a lewe'd man to ruste ; And schame it is, if that a prest tak keep, A [filthy] schepherde and a clene scheep ; Wel oughte a prest... | |
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Up-on his feet, and in his hand a staf. This noble ensample to his sheep he yaf, That first he wroghte, and afterward he taughte; Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte; And this figure he added eek ther-to, That if gold ruste, what shal iren do? 
