_Canterbury Tales. The Nonnes Preestes Tale. Line 15058._

But all thing which that shineth as the gold
Ne is no gold, as I have herd it told.[5-2]

_Canterbury Tales. The Chanones Yemannes Tale. Line 16430._

The firste vertue, sone, if thou wilt lere,
Is to restreine and kepen wel thy tonge.

_Canterbury Tales. The Manciples Tale. Line 17281._

The proverbe saith that many a smale maketh a grate.[5-3]

_Canterbury Tales. Persones Tale._

Of harmes two the lesse is for to cheese.[5-4]

_Troilus and Creseide. Book ii. Line 470._

Right as an aspen lefe she gan to quake.

_Troilus and Creseide. Book ii. Line 1201._

For of fortunes sharpe adversite,
The worst kind of infortune is this,--
A man that hath been in prosperite,
And it remember whan it passed is.

_Troilus and Creseide. Book iii. Line 1625._

He helde about him alway, out of drede,
A world of folke.

_Troilus and Creseide. Book iii. Line 1721._

One eare it heard, at the other out it went.[6-1]

_Troilus and Creseide. Book iv. Line 435._

Eke wonder last but nine deies never in toun.[6-2]

_Troilus and Creseide. Book iv. Line 525._

I am right sorry for your heavinesse.

_Troilus and Creseide. Book v. Line 146._

Go, little booke! go, my little tragedie!

_Troilus and Creseide. Book v. Line 1798._

Your duty is, as ferre as I can gesse.

_The Court of Love. Line 178._

The lyfe so short, the craft so long to lerne,[6-3]
Th' assay so hard, so sharpe the conquering.

_The Assembly of Fowles. Line 1._

For out of the old fieldes, as men saithe,
Cometh al this new corne fro yere to yere;
And out of old bookes, in good faithe,
Cometh al this new science that men lere.

_The Assembly of Fowles. Line 22._

Nature, the vicar of the Almightie Lord.

_The Assembly of Fowles. Line 379._

O little booke, thou art so unconning,
How darst thou put thy-self in prees for drede?

_The Flower and the Leaf. Line 59._

Of all the floures in the mede,
Than love I most these floures white and rede,
Soch that men callen daisies in our toun.

_Prologue of the Legend of Good Women. Line 41._

That well by reason men it call may
The daisie, or els the eye of the day,
The emprise, and floure of floures all.

_Prologue of the Legend of Good Women. Line 183._