35. _natheles_, nevertheless; lit. 'no the less'; cf. A. S. _n[=a]_, no. _whyl_, whilst. The form in _-es_ (_whiles_, the reading of some MSS.) is a comparatively modern adverbial form, and may be compared with M. E. _hennes_, _thennes_, hence, thence; _ones_, _twyes_, _thryes_, once, twice, thrice; of which older forms are found in _-enne_ and _-e_ respectively. 37. 'It seemeth to me it is reasonable.' _Me thinketh_ = _me thinks_, where _me_ is the dative before the impersonal vb. _thinken_, to appear, seem; cp. _me liketh_, _me list_, it pleases me. So the phrase _if you please_ = if it _please you_, you being the _dative_ and not the nominative case. _semed me_ = it seemed to me, occurs in l. 39. The personal verb is properly _thenken_, as in the Clerkes Tale, E. 116, 641; or _thenchen_, as in A. 3253. _accordaunt_, accordant, suitable, agreeable (to). 40. _whiche_, what sort of men; Lat. _qualis_. 41. _inne._ In M. E., _in_ is the preposition, and _inne_ the adverb. THE KNIGHT. 43. _Knight._ It was a common thing in this age for knights to seek employment in foreign countries which were at war. Cf. Book of the Duchesse, 1024, and my note. Tyrwhitt cites from Leland's _Itinerary_, v. iii. p. cxi., the epitaph of a knight of this period, Matthew de Gourney, who had been at the battle of Benamaryn, at the siege of Algezir, and at the Battles of Crecy, Poitiers, &c. See note to l. 51. _worthy_, worthy, is here used in its literal signification of distinguished, honourable. See ll. 47, 50. Pron. (wur·dhi). For notes on the dresses, &c. of the pilgrims, see Todd's Illustrations of Chaucer, p. 227; Fairholt's Costume in England, 1885, i. 129; and Saunders, on the Canterbury Tales, where some of the MS. drawings are reproduced. Also Warton, Hist. Eng. Poetry, sect. 17. 45. _chivalrye_ (chiv·alrii·[*e]), knighthood; also the manners, exercises, and exploits of a knight. 47. _in his lordes werre_, i. e. in the king's service. 'The knight, by his tenure, was obliged to serve the king on horseback in his wars, and maintain a soldier at his own proper charge,' &c.; Strutt, Manners and Customs, iii. 15. _werre_, war. [6] 48. _therto_, moreover, besides that; see l. 153 below, _ferre_, the comp. of _fer_, far. Cf. M. E. _derre_, dearer (A. 1448); _sarre_, sorer, &c. 49. _hethenesse_, heathen lands, as distinguished from _Cristendom_, Christian countries. The same distinction occurs in English Gilds, ed. Toulmin Smith, p. 36, l. 1. 50. Pron. ([*e]nd ae·vr onuu·red for iz wur·dhines·s[*e]).