 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 794 psl.
...re-Terence Don you plefance leful, as 1 can ; But trufteth wel 1 am a fothcrne man ; I cannot gcfte, rom, ram, ruf, by my letter. And, God wote, rime hold I but litcl better : And therfore if you lift, I wol not glofc, I wol you tell a litel Tale in profe To knitte... | |
 | Thomas (of Ercildoune, called the Rhymer.) - 1804 - 514 psl.
...northern poets. His Persone says, But trusteth wel, I am a sotherne man, I cannot geste, rem, ram, ryf, by my letter, And, God wote, rime hold I but litel better. In these romances there does not appear the least trace of a French original; and it seems probable... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 766 psl.
...reverence Don you plesance leful, as I can. But trusteth wel, I am a sotbernc man, I cannot gestc, rom, ram, ruf, by my letter, And, God wote, rime hold...litel better. And therfore if you list, I wol not glosc, I wol you tell a litel tale in prose, To knitte up all this feste, and make an ende: And Jesu... | |
 | Thomas (the Rhymer) - 1811 - 568 psl.
...the northern poets. His Personne says, But trusteth wel, I am a sotherne man, I cannot geste, rent, ram, ruf, by my letter, And, God wote, rime hold I but litel better. In these romances there does not appear the least trace of a French original ; and it seems probable,... | |
 | 1817 - 258 psl.
...But, regularly and strictly speak* Chaucer's Pai sone apologises for not reciting a piece of poetryBut trusteth wel I am a sotherne man, I cannot geste, rom, ram, ruf, by my letter, ing, they, as well as the city of Edinburgh, (Edwins-Burgh,) may be considered as part of England.... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Tyrwhitt - 1822 - 360 psl.
...Cristes reverence Don you plesance leful, as I can. But trusteth wel, I am a sotherne man, I cannnot geste, rom, ram, ruf, by my letter, And, God wote, rime hold I but litel better. And therfore if youlist, I wol not glose, 17356 I wol you tell a litel tale in prose, 17357 To knitte up all this feste,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1830 - 364 psl.
...wretchednesse. Why shuld I sowen draf out of my fist, Whan I may sowen whete, if that me list ? i7«7 For which I say, if that you list to here Moralitee,...better. And therfore if you list, I wol not glose, 173*1 I wol you tell a litel tale in prose, 17337 To knitte up all this feste, and make an ende : And... | |
 | William Tyndale - 1831 - 620 psl.
...of Tyndale &c. It is a coincidence worth noticing that Chaucer's Persone was no friend to " rime." " I cannot geste, rom, ram, ruf, by my letter, And God...better. And therfore if you list, I wol not glose, I wol you tell a litel tale in prose." Ch. CT v. 17354—7. There is another curious fact recorded... | |
 | William Tyndale - 1831 - 622 psl.
...is a coincidence worth noticing that Chaucer's Fersone was no friend to " rime." " I cannot gcste, rom, ram, ruf, by my letter, And God wote, rime hold I but litel better. And therfore if you list, Iwolnot glose, I wol you tell a litel tale in prose." Ch. CT v. 17354—7. There is a'nother curious... | |
 | William Tyndale - 1831 - 622 psl.
...of Tyndale &c. It is a coincidence worth noticing that Chaucer's Persone was no friend to " rime." " I cannot geste, rom, ram, ruf, by my letter, And God wote, rime hold I but litcl better. And therfore if you list, Iwolnot glose, I wol you tell a litel tale in prose." Ch. CT... | |
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But trusteth wel, I am a sotherne man, I cannot geste, rom, ram, ruf, by my letter, And, God wote, rime hold I but litel better. 
