The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

                                
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                                  Whhy hast thow Ianuaris thus disseyuyd
                                
                                  That haddyst hym for thyn fulle frend resceyuyd
                                
                                  And now thow hast by-raft hym bothe his Iyen
                                
                                  ffor sorwe of which desyryth he to deyen
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                                  Allas this noble Ianuarye free
                                
                                  A-mydde his lust & his prosperitee
                                
                                  Is waxen blynd / & that al sodeynly
                                
                                  He wepith & he waylyth pitously [[pitously corrected]] 
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                                  And therwithal the fyr of Ielusye
                                
                                  Lest that his wif schulde falle in sum folye
                                
                                  So brente his herte that he wolde fayn
                                
                                  That sum man bothe hym & hire hadde slayn
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                                  ffor neythir aftyr his deth ne his lyf
                                
                                  Ne wolde he that sche weere loue ne wyf
                                
                                  But euere lyue as widewe in clothis blake
                                
                                  Soul as the turtle that hat lost hire make
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                                  But at the laste aftyr a monyth or tweye
                                
                                  His sorwe gan a-swage soth to seye
                                
                                  ffor whan he wiste / he may noon oþer bee
                                
                                  He paciently takyth his aduersite
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                                  Saue out of doute he may not for-goon
                                
                                  That he was Ielous eueremor in oon
                                
                                  Whiche Ielusye it was so outrageous
                                
                                  That neythir in halle ne in noon othir hous
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                                  Ne in non othir place neuere the mo
                                
                                  He nolde suffere hire neythir to ryde or go
                                
                                  But ȝif that he hadde hand on hire alwey
                                
                                  ffor which ful ofte wepith fresche May
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                                  That louyth Damyan so benygnely
                                
                                  That sche mot othir deye sodeynly
                                
                                  Or ellys sche mote han hym as hire leste
                                
                                  Sche wayth whan hire herte wolde breste
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                                  ¶ Vp-on that othir syde ek damyan
                                
                                  By-comyn is the sorwefuleste man
                                
                                  That euere was for neythyr nyȝt ne day
                                
                                  Ne myȝte he speke a worde with frosche May

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Title: The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Canvas: Page 298
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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