Book, Chapter

 1    1,  1|           sayd, I pray you, that began to tell your tale even now,
 2    1,  2|       But turning me to him that began his tale, I pray you (quoth
 3    1,  2|         face in miserable sort), began to say.~
 4    1,  4|      since the poore woman first began to swell, and now shee is
 5    1,  5|       about midnight, and then I began to slumber. But alas, behold
 6    1,  5|        thought for the Gallowes, began to say Alasse what shall
 7    1,  5|        filthy odour, and then he began gently to enquire, how that
 8    1,  5|         give no credit unto him, began to say, Verily there was
 9    2,  8|      night was past, and the day began to spring, I fortuned to
10    2, 11|          and placed in order, we began to talke, to laugh, and
11    2, 11|     intent I would not sleepe, I began to sing, and so I passed
12    2, 11|   likewise. At length the cockes began to crow, declaring that
13    2, 11|      incontinently the dead body began to receive spirit, his principall
14    2, 11|          cold members of my body began by little and little and
15    3, 12|          when it was granted, he began his oration in this sort.~
16    3, 13|         with both his hands, and began to beat me with a great
17    3, 15|          use.~When I was a bed I began to call to minde all the
18    4, 19|        halters at the dore, they began to chide with an old woman
19    4, 20|          a good courage. Thus we began our subtility, and then
20    4, 21|        rendring out like sighes, began to speake in this sort:
21    4, 21|         thy spirits. And so shee began in this manner.~
22    4, 22|        she came upon the sea she began to cal the gods and goddesses,
23    4, 22|          his daughter. Then they began to lament and weep, and
24    4, 22|        had embraced her sweetly, began to say, Is it thus that
25    4, 22|        her whereupon one of them began and sayd, Because that wee
26    4, 22|  reprehending her son. But Venus began to cry and sayd, What hath
27    4, 22|       When Venus spied her, shee began to laugh, and as angry persons
28    4, 22|    againe before Venus; then she began to laugh againe, saying:
29    4, 22|         replenished, and Jupiter began to speake in this sort:
30    4, 23|        got upon my backe. Then I began to runne, and shee gently
31    4, 23|          the griefe of my hoofe, began to shake my head, and to
32    4, 23|         them. At which time they began to devise with themselves
33    5, 24|      bignesse in body, his beard began to burgen, but hee was poorely
34    5, 25|        stayed.~After supper they began to talke, and declare unto
35    5, 25|    brothels and bawdy Merchants, began to wax joyfull, and smiled
36    5, 25|        smiled with herself. Then began I to deeme evill of the
37    6, 32|         company of the servants, began to declare many terrible
38    6, 32|   Charites, awaking from sleepe, began to renew her dolour, to
39    6, 34| approaching nigh to our company, began to weepe and complaine saying:
40    6, 36|        that no man would buy me, began to mocke me saying, To what
41    6, 36|        that it was an Asse, they began to provoke him, saying that
42    6, 36|         at our first entrie they began to hurle themselves hither
43    6, 36|          a few pottage, when hee began to discover their beastly
44    7, 38|         which was under the tub, began to stirre and rustle himselfe,
45    7, 39|          this dreadfull sight, I began to feare, least I should
46    7, 40|       which knew well to babble, began to tell as followeth.~
47    7, 41|          tale, his impudent wife began to curse and abhorre the
48    7, 41|     conjuration. The Bakers wife began to intreate her, promising
49    7, 41|         her abhominable science, began to conjure and to make her
50    7, 41|         person gave answer, they began to mistrust, insomuch that
51    7, 43|          my shadow, whereupon he began to cry, saying: that hee
52    8, 44|         This woman when her love began first to kindle in her heart,
53    8, 44|   weeping eyes and covered face, began boldly to speake unto him
54    8, 44|         his former subtility, he began to deny all that was said,
55    8, 45|           I was more hardier and began to devoure the whole messes
56    8, 45|       the theefe. At length they began to accuse one another of
57    8, 45|        skin waxed soft, my haire began to shine, and was gallant
58    8, 46|          that stood next to her, began to annoint all her body
59    8, 46|       jealous of her husband and began to suspect the young woman
60    8, 46|          such time as the poyson began to worke in him, and then
61    8, 46|        finish the damnable plot, began to stretch out her bloody
62    8, 46|        retire to his place, then began the triumph to appeare.
63    8, 46|          to battell; this maiden began to dance and shake her head,
64    8, 46|  pleasantnesse of the triumph, I began to thinke and devise for
65    9, 47|         short, my head and mouth began round, my long eares were
66    9, 47|        no where: then the people began to marvaile, and the religious
67    9, 47|         of the holy college, and began to reade out of a booke,
68    9, 48|        gates, then I went in and began to pray before the face
69    9, 48|          supplication. Then they began to sing the mattens of the
70    9, 48|     soone as he perceived me, he began first to say: O Lucius now
71    9, 48|          to behold me: then they began to solemnize the feast of
72    9, 48|          with my face, whereby I began so greatly to weepe and
73    9, 48|        as devouring my prayer, I began to say in this sort: O holy
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