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

[6-text p 322] And euere the heyere he is of 1estat1 [[1_1 corrected]] The moore is he holdyn desolat ȝif that a prynce vseth hasarderye In alle gouernaunce & polycie 600 He is as be comune opinioun I-holde the lesse in reputacioun Stilboun þat was a wys Embassadour Was sent to Corenthe in ful greet honour 604 ffrom latidomye to makyn hire allyaunce And whan he cam hym happede par chaunce That alle the gretteste that were of that lond Pleyinge at the hasard he hem fond 608 ffor which as soone as it myghte be He stal hym hom a-geyn in-to his cuntre ¶ And seyde there wel I nat leese myn name Nay wil nat take on me so greet diffame 612 Ȝow for to a-lye vn-to none hasardourys Sendyth othere wyse embassadourys ffor be myn trouthe me were leuere dye Than I ȝow schulde to hasardourys alye 616 ffor ȝe that been so gloryous in honourys Schal not a-lye ȝow to hasardourys By myn wil ne as bi myn tretee This wyse philisophere thus seyde he 620 Loke ek that to the kyng demetryus The kyng of Parthes as the bok seyth vs Sente hym a payre of deis of gold in scorn ffor he hadde vsed hasard there by-forn 624 ffor which he held his glorye or his renoun At no valu or reputacioun ¶ Lordis may fynde other maner pley Honeste I-now to dryue the day a-wey 628 Now wele I speke of othes false & greete A word or two as olde bokys trete Greet swerynge is a thyng abhominable And fals swerynge 2is ȝit2 [[2_2 corrected]] more repreuable 632
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The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) 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 K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,
1868-1879.

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