The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

                                
                                     [6-text p 305] 
                                  
                                  And of hir owene vertu / vnconstreyned
                                
                                  She hath ful ofte tyme / syk hir feyned
                                
                                  ffor þat she wolde / fleen the compaignye
                                
                                  Where likly was / to treten of folye
                                  Line 64 
                                
                                  As is at festes / reuels / and at daunces
                                
                                  That been occasions / of daliaunces
                                
                                  Swich thyng maken children for to be
                                
                                  To soone rype / and boold / as men may se
                                  Line 68 
                                
                                  Which is ful perilous / and hath be yoore
                                
                                  ffor al to soone / may they lerne loore
                                
                                  Of boldnesse / whan she woxe is a wyf/
                                
                                  ¶ And ye Maistresses / in youre olde lyf
                                  Line 72 
                                
                                  That lordes doghtres / han in gouernance
                                
                                  Ne taketh of my wordes / no displesance
                                
                                  Thenketh / þat ye been set in gouernynges
                                
                                  Of lordes doghtres / oonly for two thynges
                                  Line 76 
                                
                                  ¶ Owther / for ye han kept youre honestee [folio 192b] 
                                
                                  Or ellis / ye han falle in freletee
                                
                                  And knowen wel ynow / the olde daunce
                                
                                  And han forsaken fully / swich meschaunce
                                  Line 80 
                                
                                  ffor euere mo / therfore / for Cristes sake
                                
                                  To teche hem vertu / looke þat ye ne slake
                                
                                  ¶ A theef of venyson / that hath forlaft
                                
                                  His likerousnesse / and al his olde craft
                                  Line 84 
                                
                                  Kan kepe a fforest best of any man
                                
                                  Now kepeth wel / for if ye wole ye kan
                                
                                  Looke wel þat ye / vn-to no vice assente
                                
                                  Lest ye be dampned / for youre wikke entente
                                  Line 88 
                                
                                  ffor who so dooth / a traytour is certeyn
                                
                                  And taketh kepe / of that þat I shal seyn
                                
                                  Of alle treson / souerayn pestilence [¶ nota] 
                                
                                  Is / whan a wight bitrayseth Innocence
                                  Line 92 
                                
                                  ¶ Ye fadres / and ye modres eek also
                                
                                  Thogh ye han children / be it oon or mo
                                
                                  Youre is the charge / of al hir surueance
                                
                                  Whil þat they been / vnder youre gouernance

                                  Line 96

Pages

Index

About this Item

Title: The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Canvas: Page 442
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner,; 1868-1879.

Technical Details

Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
Link to this Item: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8233.0001.001
Link to this scan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/agz8233.0001.001/468:10

Rights and Permissions

The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials are in the public domain. If you have questions about the collection, please contact [email protected]. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact [email protected].

DPLA Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States

IIIF

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/api/manifest/cme:agz8233.0001.001

Cite this Item

Full citation: "The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8233.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2025.

The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

Annotations Tools

Actions

About this Item

Technical Details

Rights and Permissions

Related Links

IIIF

Cite this Item