 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1888 - 45 pągines
...laste aspied I, And found that hit was everydeel, 1 130 A roche of yse, and not of steel. 40 Thoughte I: 'By seynt Thomas of Kent, This were a feble fundament. To bilden on a place hye, He oughte him lylel glorifye, 1135 That her on bilte, God so me save!' Tho sawgh I al the half ygrave... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1895
...redcly. But at the laste espied I, And founde that hit was everydele, A roche of yse, and not of stele. Thought I, ' By seynt Thomas of Kent,* This were a feble fundament, To bilden on a place hyc ; He ought him lytel glorifye That heron bilte, God so uie save !' * Tho saugh I the halfe1 ygrave... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1910
...But at the laste espied I, And founde that hyt was, every dele, A roche of yse and not of stele. 255 Thought I, "By Seynt Thomas of Kent, This were a feble fundament To bilden on a place hye ! He oughte him lytel glorifye That her-on bilt, God so me save!" 260 Tho sawgh I the halfe y-grave With... | |
 | 1871
.../ aspied I And founde that hit/ was euerydele n»" A roche of yse / and not of stele 1 130 Thougfit I / by seynt Thomas of kent This were a feble / fundament To bilden / on) a place hye He oughf him / lytel glorifye 1134 That her' on) bilt / god so me saue Tho sawgh I / the halfe y-graue... | |
 | Hans Kurath - 1966 - 128 pągines
...(Add) 28/l08: -Wip my chartre here in present I make heron confirmament. cl450(cl380) Chaucer HF ll35: This were a feble fundament To bilden on a place hye; He ought him lytel glorifye That hereon but. (al460) Veqetius(2) 20l3: God loueth this, his throne & sapience Is sette heron, justice... | |
 | Alastair J. Minnis - 1982 - 200 pągines
...inferred from The House of Fame, in which Fame's dwelling is said to be made of glass and built Thoughte I, 'By seynt Thomas of Kent! This were a feble fundament...bilden on a place hye. He ought him lytel glorifye That hereon bilt, God so me save!' (1131-5) Some of the virtuous people who approach the 'gentil lady Fame'... | |
 | Piero Boitani - 1984 - 252 pągines
...understand why Chaucer's Castle-Palace of Fame is built on ice18* and why Geoffrey exclaims: Thoughte I, 'By seynt Thomas of Kent! This were a feble fundament To bilden on a place hye. He oughte him lytel glorifye That hereon bill, God so me save!' (1131-5; Italics mine). Indeed, the image... | |
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By seynt Thomas of Kent ! This were a feble fundament To bilden on a place hye. He ought him lytel glorifye That her-on bilt, God so me save... 
