Dear Rouspeteur: blessings on you, this is the sort of thing I was looking for. The only part I am not sure of is
keeping track of the negatives in:

Chaucer's L.G.W. (MS. Gg. 4. 27) 258 Thow+thynkist in thyn wit that is ful cole That he nys but a verray propre fole That louyth paramouris to harde and hote

Only a complete cad would think it desirable to be cool in that connection (sic) Bill Hunt