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

                                
                                  ¶ Than seide the maister / kyng of outlawes.
                                
                                  What seke ye yonge men vndir wode schawes.
                                
                                  Gamelyn answerde. the kyng with his crowne.
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                                  He most nedis walke in felde that may not walke in towne.
                                
                                  Sire we walke not here non harme to do.
                                
                                  But if we mete a deer to schete therto.
                                
                                  As men that ben hungry and mow no mete fynde.
                                
                                  ¶ And ben hard be-stad vndir wode lynde. [Harl. 1758 folio 53a] 
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                                  Of Gamelyn wordis the maister had reuthe.
                                
                                  And seide ye schall haue y-nogh haue god my treuthe.
                                
                                  He bad hem sitte doun for to take reste.
                                
                                  And bad hem ete and drynke and that of the beste.
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                                  As thei eten and dronken well and fyne.
                                
                                  Than seide oon to a nother this is Gamelyne.
                                
                                  Tho was the maister outlawe in to counseile nome./
                                
                                  And tolde how it was Gamelyn that thider was come.
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                                  A-non as he herde how it was be-falle.
                                
                                  He made hym maister vndir hym ouer hem alle.
                                
                                  With-yn the thrid wike hym come tithyng.
                                
                                  Tho the maister outlawe that was her kyng.
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                                  That he schulde come home his pees was made.
                                
                                  And of that good tithyng he was full glade.
                                
                                  Tho seide he to his yong men soth for to telle.
                                
                                  Me ben comen tithynges I may no lenger dwelle/.
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                                  Tho was Gamelyn a-non with-oute tariyng.
                                
                                  Made maister outlawe and crowned her kyng.
                                
                                  Tho was Gamelyn crowned kyng of outlawes.
                                
                                  And walkid a while vndir wode schawes.
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                                  ¶ The fals knyght his brother was schereue and sire.
                                
                                  And lete his brother endite for hate and for hire.
                                
                                  Tho were his bonde-men sory and no thyng glade.
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                                  When Gamelyn her lorde wolfes heed was cried and made.
                                
                                  And sent out of his men where thei myght hym fynde.
                                
                                  ffor to go seke Gamelyn vndir wode lynde.
                                
                                  To telle hym tithyng the wynde was went.
                                
                                  All his good reuyd and alle his men schent.

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

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