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

                                
                                  The Iustice sate stille and ros not a-non.
                                
                                  And Gamelyn in haste cleuyd his cheke bon.
                                
                                  Gamelyn toke hym in his armys and no more spak.
                                
                                  But threw him ouer the barre and his arme brak.
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                                  Durst non to Gamelyn saie but good.
                                
                                  ffor ferd of the companye that with hym oute stood.
                                
                                  Gamelyn sette hym doun in the Iustice sete.
                                
                                  And sir Ote his brother bi hym and Adam at his fete.
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                                  Whan Gamelyn was sette in the Iustice stide.
                                
                                  Herken of a bourde that Gamelyn dide.
                                
                                  He lete feter the Iustice and his fals brother/
                                
                                  And lete hem come to the barre that oon with that other/./
                                
                                  Tho Gamelyn had thus done had he no rest.
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                                  Till he had enquerid who was on the quest.
                                
                                  ffor to demyn his brother sir Ote for to honge.
                                
                                  Er he wiste whiche thei were hym thoght full longe.
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                                  But as sone as Gamelyn wiste where thei were.
                                
                                  He dide hem euerychon feter in fere. [Harl. 1758 folio 55a] 
                                
                                  And bryngen hem to the barre and setten hem in rewe.
                                
                                  Be my feith seide the Iustice the schereue is a schrewe.
                                
                                  Than seide Gamelyn to the Iustice.
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                                  Thou hast yeue domes of the worste assise.
                                
                                  And the .xij. sisouris that weren on the quest.
                                
                                  They schull be hangid this day so haue I good rest.
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                                  Than seide the schereue to yong Gamelyn.
                                
                                  Lorde I crie the mercy brother art thou myn.
                                
                                  Therfore seide Gamelyn haue thou cristes curs.
                                
                                  ffor and thou were mayster yet schulde I haue wurs.
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                                  ffor to make schort tale and noght to longe.
                                
                                  He ordeyned hym a quest of his men so stronge.
                                
                                  The Iustice and the schereue bothe hangid hye.
                                
                                  To weyuen with the ropis and with the wynde drye.
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                                  And the .xij. sisours sorw haue that rekke.
                                
                                  Alle thei were hangid fast bi the nekke.
                                
                                  ¶ Thus endid the fals knyght with his trechery.
                                
                                  That euyr had lad his lif in falsnes and foly.

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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 25
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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