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

                                
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                                  Here dremys schul not been told for me
                                
                                  fful weere here heedys of fumositee
                                
                                  That causeth drem of whiche þere is no charge
                                
                                  They slepyn tyl it was pryme large
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                                  The moste part but it were Canacee
                                
                                  Sche was ful mesurable as wemen bee
                                
                                  ffor of hire fadyr hadde sche takyn leue
                                
                                  To gon to reste sone aftyr it was eue
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                                  Hire lyste not appallid for to bee
                                
                                  Nor on the morwe onfestelyche for to se
                                
                                  And slepte hire fyrste sleep & thanne a-wok
                                
                                  ffor swich a slep sche [[? MS e]]  in hire herte tok
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                                  Bothe of hyre queynte ryng & hire Mirour
                                
                                  That twenty tyme sche  [[? MS schangede]] changede hire colour
                                
                                  And in hire sleep ryȝt for imprescioun
                                
                                  Of hire Mirour sche hadde a visioun
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                                  Where fore the sunne gan vp glyde
                                
                                  Sche clepede on hire maysteresse hire be syde
                                
                                  And seyde þat hire luste for to ryse [[s corrected]] 
                                
                                  These olde wemen that been gladly wyse
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                                  As is hire Maysteresse answerede hire a-non
                                
                                  And seyde madame wheþer wele ȝe goon
                                
                                  Thus erly for the folk been alle at reste
                                
                                  I wele quod sche a-ryse for me leste
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                                  No lengere for to slepe & walke a-boūte
                                
                                  Hire Maystresse clepid wemen a greet route
                                
                                  And vp they ryse weel a ten or twelue
                                
                                  Vp rysyth frossche Canace hire selve
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                                  As rody as brygh as doth the ȝonge sunne
                                
                                  That in the Ram is foure degreis vpronne
                                
                                  Noon heyere was he / whan sche redy was [folio 282a] 
                                
                                  And forth sche walkyth esyly a pas
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                                  A-rayed aftyr the lusty sesoun soote
                                
                                  Lyȝtely for to pleye & walke on foote
                                
                                  Not but with fyue or sexe of hyre meyne
                                
                                  And in a trench forth in the park goth sche

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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 319
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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