unknowe

For Frensh of Paris was to hir unknowe, who imitated the style of the Court, and, consequently,

A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand

Beginning with Chaucer, his "Canterbury Pilgrims" is English, both in scene and character; it is even mentioned of the Abbess that "Frenche of Paris was to her unknowe"; but his "Legende of Goode Women" might, so far as its subject-matter is concerned, have been written by a French, a Spanish, or an Italian

Confessions and Criticisms Julian Hawthorne 1890

Frenche she spake ful fayre, 1. of Paris was to hire unknowe, 1.

Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862

The Frenche of Paris was to hire unknowe, "it may be inferred that we were greatly edified by the service.

Gala-days Gail Hamilton 1864

-- And so, if so boystus a stone dothe so great wonders, none shuld be dispisid for foule colour without, while the vertu that is within is unknowe. "

Notes and Queries, Number 67, February 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Various 1852