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3. THE NUN'S PRIEST'S END-LINK.
[Camb. Univ. MS Dd. 4. 24, on leaf 195.]
[Sire Nonnes Preest / oure hoost seide a-noon
I-blissed be thy breche / & euery ston
This was a murie tale / of Chauntecleer
But by my trouthe / if þou were seculer
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Thow woldest ben a tredfoul / a right
ffor if þou haue corage / as þou hast myght
The were nede of hennes / as I wene
Ȝa / moo than seuene tymes / seuentene
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Se which braunes / hath this gentil Preest [Camb. Univ. MS Dd. 4. 24 folio 195b]
So gret a nekke / & swich a large breest
He loketh as a sparhauke / with hise eyen
Him nedeth nat / his colour for to dyghen
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With brasile / ne with greyn of Portyngale
Now sire / faire falle ȝow / for ȝoure tale
And after that / he with ful merie chere
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Seide vn-to a nother / as ȝe shuln heere] [[Camb. Dd. 4. 24 ex|tract stops]] [[Group G (Second Nun and Canon's Yeoman) imperfect, follows in the MS.]]