MIDDLE ENGLISH NICEA

“God ________,” quod he, “laboured I have ful sore; 

And specially for thy ________________

woot, savacioun

Have I said many a precious _________________, 

And for oure othere _____________, God _____________ blesse.

orisoun, frendes, hem

________________ is a glorious thing, ______________,

For lettre _______________, so as we clerkes sayn. 

glosing, certayn, sleeth

“To ______________ tendrely a conscience. 

In _____________, in preaching is my diligence

grope, shrifte

To sprede his word is set al ___________ _____________.

myn entente

Oure _____________ been more effectuel, 

And more we seen of Cristes _____________things

Than __________ folk, although they were kinges.

orisons, secree, burel

We _________ this worldes ___________ al in despit.

han, lust

Lazar and Dives _______________ diversly,

And divers ______________ hadde they thereby

liveden, guerdon

Men may conseile a women to be __, But conseiling __ no comandement. (66-67)

oon, nis

And every night and day was his custume, (682) To___ in this book of _   __ (685).

reden, wikked wives

But now to purpos why I tolde thee That I was ___ for a book, pardee (711-12).

beten

Sampson lost his ___ … His lemman ___ it with hir sheres, Thrugh which ____loste he both his _ (721, 23).

heres, kitte, treson, eyen

He saugh a maide…Of which maide anon, ___ hir ___,  By verray force he ___ hir maidenheed (886-888).

maugree, heed, rafte

[The Queen said]: “I graunte thee___ if thou canst____me What thing it is that women most _” (904-05).

lif, tellen, desiren

_ that he saugh bifore him ride A gay_ under a forest ___.

Happed, yeman, side

Where _ under this greene shawe? Saide this yemen. “_ ___ today?

ridestou, wiltou fer

This somnour him answerede and saide “Nay: Here ___ by, quod he, “is myn ___ To ___ for to raise up a rente

faste, entente, riden

That ___ to my lordes duetee.”

duetee

___ thanne a bailly?”

Artou

“Ye,” quod he: He ___ nat, for verray filthe and ___, Saye that he was a ___, for that name.

dorste, shame, somnour

Of thyn ___ I wolde praye thee, And eek of bretherhede if that thee ___.

aquaintance, leste

___ in otheres hand his ___ laith For to be sworne brethren til they ___.

everich, trouthe, deye

In ___ they ridden forth and playe.

daliance