Criseyde
Britishnoun
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"Go, litel book!" wrote Chaucer at the end of Troilus and Criseyde, sending his work on a journey that no man could complete.
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But certeyn is, er Troilus him leyde, Deiphebus had him prayed, over night, To been a freend and helping to Criseyde.
From Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer
Criseyde, which that alle these thinges say, To telle in short, hir lyked al y-fere His personne, his array, his look, his chere ...
From Chaucer and His Times by Grace E. Hadow
Charles I., translated "Troilus and Criseyde," Cartwright congratulated him that he had at length made it possible to read Chaucer without a dictionary.
From Adventures in Criticism by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Quod tho Criseyde, `Lat me som wight calle.'
From Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer
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