 | Bernard Felix Hupp? - 1964 - 260 pàgines
...hadde power of confessioun, As seyde hymself, moore than a curat, For of his ordre he was licenciat. Ful swetely herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun: He was an esy man to yeve penaunce, Ther as he wiste to have a good pitaunce. (I, 218-224) Note that the Friar boasts of... | |
 | Mann - 1973 - 356 pàgines
...Ful swetely herde he confessioun, 48 And plesaimt was his absolution!! : He was an esy man to yeve penaunce, Ther as he wiste to have a good pitaunce. For unto a povre ordre for to yive Is signe that a man is wel yshrive ; For if he yaf , he dorste make avaunt, He wiste that a man... | |
 | Dieter Mehl, Mehl Dieter - 1986 - 260 pàgines
...in his own words, or at least from the point of view of an observer who shares his moral standpoint: Ful swetely herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun: He was an esy man to yeve penaunce, Ther as he wiste to have a good pitaunce. For unto a povre ordre for to yive Is signe... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1996 - 324 pàgines
...power of confessioun, As seyde hymself, moore than a curat, 220 For of his ordre he was licenciat. Ful swetely herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun: He was an esy man to yeve penaunce, Ther as he wiste to have a good pitaunce. 225 For unto a povre ordre for to yive Is... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1928 - 760 pàgines
...contree, 216 And with worthy vvommen of the toun; For he hadde power of confessioun, As seyde hymself, moore than a curat, For of his ordre he was licenciat. 220 Ful swetely herde he confession, And plesaunt was his absolucion; He was an esy man to yeve penaunce Ther-as he wiste to... | |
 | Michael Haren - 2000 - 280 pàgines
...Sommei, 39. ' : See eg Chaucer, Canterhury Tales, ed. FN Robinson lLondon. i066l, L lAl aet-a: Fitl swetely herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun. He was an esi man to veve penaunce, Ther as he wiste to have a good pitaunce. '' See CV it. toi8. Cf ibid. i077.... | |
 | Alan T. Gaylord - 2001 - 474 pàgines
...they appear only in rime position accentuates the importance he places on sound rather than meaning: Ful swetely herde he confessioun And plesaunt was his absolucioun. He was an esy man to yeve penaunce 224 Ther as he wiste to have a good pitaunce. The emphasis of vowel-sound (assonance)... | |
 | 2005 - 334 pàgines
...hadde power of confessioun, As seyde hymself, moore than a curat, For of his ordre he was licenciat. Ful swetely herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun: He was an esy man to yeve penaunce, Ther as he wiste to have a good pitaunce. For unto a povre ordre for to yive (...) Greet... | |
 | 224 pàgines
...contree, And [eek] with worthy wommen of the toun; For he hadde power of confessioun, . As seyde hymself, moore than a curat, For of his ordre he was licenciat. 220 Ful swetely herde he confessioun, And pieasaunt was his absolucioun. He was an esy man to geve penaunce Ther as he wiste to have a good pitaunce,... | |
 | 328 pàgines
...contree, And [eek] with worthy wommen of the toun; For he hadde power of confessioun, As seyde hymself, moore than a curat, For of his ordre he was licenciat. 220 Ful swetely herde he confessioun, And pieasaunt was his absolucioun. He was an esy man to geve penaunce Ther as he wiste to have a good pitaunce,... | |
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For if he yaf, he dorste make avaunt, He wiste that a man was repentaunt; For many a man so hard is of his herte, He may nat wepe, althogh hym soore smerte. 
