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

                                
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                                  As hym god wot ne neuere schal no mo
                                
                                  This lastede lengere than a ȝeer or twe
                                
                                  That I supposede of hire not but good
                                
                                  But finally thus at the laste it stood
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                                  That fortune wolde that he muste twynne [folio 284b] 
                                
                                  Out of that place which that he is inne
                                
                                  Where me was woo that is no questyoun
                                
                                  I can not make of it discripcioun
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                                  ffor on thyng dar I telle baldely
                                
                                  I knowe what is the peyne of deth therby
                                
                                  Swich harm I felte for he ne myȝte beleue
                                
                                  So on a day of me he tok his leue
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                                  So sorwefully ek that I wende verrayly
                                
                                  That he hade felt as meche harm as I
                                
                                  Whan that I herde hym speke & saw his hewe
                                
                                  But natheles I thoute he was so trewe
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                                  And ek that he repeyre schulde ageyn
                                
                                  With-inne a lytil while sotth to seyn
                                
                                  And resoun wolde ek that he moste go
                                
                                  ffor his honour as ofte it happith so
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                                  That I maade vertu of necescitee
                                
                                  And tok it weel syn that it muste bee
                                
                                  As I best myghte I hidde from hym myn sorwe
                                
                                  And tok hym by the hond seynt Iohn to borw
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                                  And seyde hym thus lo I am ȝourys al [[MS alle schalle, with le dotted under]] 
                                
                                  Beth swich as I to ȝow haue been & schal [[MS alle schalle, with le dotted under]] 
                                
                                  What he answerde it nedyth not reherce
                                
                                  Who can seye bet than he / ho can seye werse
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                                  Whan he hath al I-seyd thanne hath he don
                                
                                  Therefore byhouyth hire a ful long spon
                                
                                  That schulde ete with a feend thus haue I herd seye
                                
                                  So at the laste he mote forth his weye
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                                  And forth he flyeth til he cam there hym leste
                                
                                  Whan it cam hym to purpos for to reste
                                
                                  I trowe he hadde thilke tyxt in mynde
                                
                                  That alle thynge repeyrynge to hise kynde

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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 325
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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