Excerpt from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: Nach Dem Ellesmere Manuscript Mit Lesarten, Anmerkungen Und Einem Glossar This ilke worthy knyght' hadde been also 64 Somtyme with the lord of Palatye Agayn another hethen in Turkye And eueremoore he badde a souereyn prys And though pat he were worthy he was wys And of his port as meeke as is a mayde He neuere yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf vn to no maner Wight1 He was a verray parfit gentil knyght fl But for to tellen yow of his array His hors weren goode but he was nat gay Of ffustian he wered a gypon) A1 bismotered with his habergeon) fibr he was late ycome from his viage And wente for to doon his pilgrymage With bym ther was his sone a yong Squier 11 Squier A louyere and a lusty Bacheler With lokkes crulle as they were loyd in presse Of twenty yeer of Age he was I gesse Of his stature he was of euene lengthe And wonderly delyuere and of greet strengthe And he hadde been somtyme in chyuachie In fliaundres in Artoys and Pycardie And born bym weel as of so litel space In hope to stonden in his lady grace Embrouded was he as it were a meede AI ful of fressh'e fioures whyte and reede Syngynge he was or fioytynge al the day He was as fressh as in. The Monthe of May is 92 Short was his gowns with sleues longe and wyde Wel koude he sitte on hors and faire ryde He koude songes make and wel endite Iu'ste and eek daunce and weel purtreye and write 96 So boote he louede that by nyghtertale [leaf 6] He slepte namoore than dooth a nyghtyngale Curteis he was lowely and seruysable ellesmere 34 group A. I general prologue. Ellesmere ms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.