 I saw his sieves purfiled at the bond With gris, and that the finest of the lond. And for to fasten his hood under his chinne, He hadde of gold ywrought a curious pinne : A love-knotte in the greter end ther was. His bed was balled, and shone as any glas,...  The Works of Walter Scott, Esq: Sir Tristram - Page 301by Walter Scott - 1813Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1880 - 532 pages
...birthplace of King Arthur. See p. 322. Fowe and grits.— P. 203, st. 9. Fowe, from the French,./b«rwe, signifies furs in general ; Griis, a particular kind...high esteem. The Monk of Chaucer had " his sleeves purflled, at the bond, With gris, and that the finest of the lond.'l In the beautiful Lay of Launfal,... | |
 | Johannes Scherr - 1880 - 894 pages
...pricking and of hunting for the hare Was all his lust, for no cost wolde lie spare. 1 saw his sieves purfiled at the bond With gris, and that the finest of the lond, And for to fasten his hood under his chinne He hadde of gold y wrought a curious pinne: A love-knotte... | |
 | John Edward Stocks, W. B. Bragg - 1890 - 292 pages
...Grice, gris. ' Precyowse furrure.' See Prompt. Parv., i. 2ir, note 2, reference to Chaucer. ' I saw his sleeves purfile"d at the bond With gris, and that the finest of the lond.' Prologue to Canterbury Tales— The Monk. meorum ut de eisdem disponant prout eis coram deo melius... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1892 - 384 pages
...flight ; Of pricking and of hunting for the hare Was all his lust, for no cost wolde he spare. ' I saw his sleeves purfiled at the bond With gris, and that the finest of the lond. And for to fasten his hood under his chinne, He had of gold ywrought a curious pinne : A love-knotte... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1928 - 374 pages
...pricking and of hunting for the hare Was all his lust, for no cost wolde he spare. I saw his sieves purfiled at the bond With gris, and that the finest of the lond. And for to fasten his hood under his chinne, He had of gold ywrought a curious pinne : A love-knotte... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1875 - 822 pages
...careful examination of these set all doub'J at rest, and sceptics were silenced. » Chaucer's Monk had— — ' His sleeves purfiled at the bond With gris, and that the finest of the lend ; And for to fasten his hood under his chin no He had of gold ywrought a curious pinne : A love-knotte... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 440 pages
...pricking and of hunting for the hare Was all his lust, for no cost wolde he spare. I saw his sieves purfiled at the bond With gris, and that the finest of the lond. And for to fasten his hood under his chinne, He hadde of gold y wrought a curious pinne ; A love-knotte... | |
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