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

                                
                                  His men tolde hym of auenturis that thei had founde.
                                
                                  And Gamelyn hem tolde a-yen how he was fast bounde.
                                
                                  While Gamelyn was outlawe had he no cors.
                                
                                  Ther was no man that for hym ferde the wors.
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                                  But Abbotis and priours monk and Chanon.
                                
                                  On hem left he noght when he myght hem nome.
                                
                                  While Gamelyn and his men made myrthes ryue.
                                
                                  The fals knyght his brother euyll mote he þryue.
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                                  ffor he was fast a-boute bothe day and other.
                                
                                  ffor to hire the quest to hangen his brother/
                                
                                  ¶ Gamelyn stood on a day and behelde.
                                
                                  The wodis and the schawis and the wilde filde.
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                                  He thought on his brother how he hym be-hette.
                                
                                  That he wolde be redy whan the iustice sette.
                                
                                  He thought well he wolde with-oute delay.
                                
                                  Come a-fore the iustice to kepen his day.
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                                  And seide to his yong men dighteth you yare.
                                
                                  ffor whan the iustice sitte we moste be thare.
                                
                                  ffor I am vndir borow till that I come.
                                
                                  And my brother for me to prison schall be nome.
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                                  Be seynt Iame seide his yong men and thou rede therto.
                                
                                  Ordeyne how it schall be and it schall be do.
                                
                                  While Gamelyn was comyng ther the iustice satte.
                                
                                  The fals knyght his brother for-yate he not that.
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                                  To hire the men on his quest to hangen his brother.
                                
                                  Thogh thei had not the oon thei wolde haue the other.
                                
                                  Tho come Gamelyn fro vndir the wode rys.
                                
                                  And broght with hym yong men of prys.
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                                  I se well seide Gamelyn the Iustice is sette.
                                
                                  Go a-forn Adam and loke how it spette.
                                
                                  Adam went in to the halle and loked all a-boute.
                                
                                  He sigh ther stonde lordis grete and stoute.
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                                  And sir Ote his brother feterid full faste.
                                
                                  Tho went Adam oute of halle as he were a-gaste.
                                
                                  Adam seide to Gamelyn and to his felawis alle.
                                
                                  Sir Ote stant feterid in the mote halle./

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Title: The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Canvas: Page 23
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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