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

The pike purs / and eek the pale drede The smylere / with the knyf vnder the cloke The shipne brennyng / with the blake smoke 2000 The treson / of the mordryng in the bed The open werre / with woundes al bibled Contek / with blody knyf and sharpe manace Al ful of chirkyng was that sory place 2004 ¶ The sleere of hym self / yet saugh I ther His herte blood / hath bathed al his heer The nayl ydryuen / in the shode a nyght The colde deeth / with mouth gapyng vp right 2008 Amyddes of the temple / sat meschaunce With disconfort and sory contenaunce ¶ Yet saugh I woodnesse / laughyng in his rage Armed compleynt out hees / and fiers outrage 2012 The caroyne in the bussh / with throte ycorue A thousand slayn / and noght of qualm ystorue The tiraunt with the praye / by force yraft The town destroyed / ther was no thyng laft 2016 ¶ Yet saugh I brent. the shippes hoppesteres [folio 27b] The hunte strangled / with the wilde beres The sowe freten the child / right in the Cradel The Cook yscalded / for al his longe ladel 2020 ¶ Naught was forgeten / by the Infortune of Marte The Cartere / ouer ryden / with his Carte Vnder the wheel / ful lowe he lay adown Ther were also / of Martes deuysioun 2024 The Barbour / and the Bochier and the Smyth That forgeth sharpe swerdes / on his styth ¶ And al aboue / depeynted in a tour Saugh I Conquest sittyng in greet honour 2028 With the sharpe swerd / ouer his heed Hangynge / by a subtil twynes threed ¶ Depeynted was / the slaghtre of Iulius Of grete Nero / and of Anthonius 2032 Al be / þat thilke tyme / they were vnborn
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The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner,
1868-1879.

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