And busily gan bokès to purveyè
For hem that yeve him wherwith to scoleyè.[117]
Of glossaryès took he hede and curè[118];
And when he spyèd had, by aventurè,
A word that semèd him or strange or rarè,
To henten[119] it anon he noldè sparè,[120]
But wolde it on a shrede[121] of paper wrytè,
And in a cheste he dide his shredès whytè,
And preyèd every man to doon the samè;