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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 666] . . . . . [no gap in the MS.] his peple / for they leuyn of the peple. . . . . [no gap in the MS.] [895] Prestis been aungellys / as by the dignetee of here mysterie but forsothe seynt Poule seyth that Sathanas transformede hym in an angel of lyght. [896] Sothly that preest that hauntyth dedly synne he may been lykkened to the aungel of derknesse transformed hym in to the aungel of lygh. he semyth Aungel of lyght but forsothe he is aungel of derknesse [897] Sweche prestis been the sonys of belyal as seyth in the book of kyngis / that they weere the sonys of Belyal that is the deuyl. [898] Belial is to seyne with-outyn Iuge / And so farn they. hem thynkyth they been free and haue no Iuge no moore. than hath a fre [folio 436a] bole / that takyth euery cow of the toun that hym likyth / [899] So farn they be wemen / for riȝt as on fre bole is I-nowgh for al a toun; righ so is a wekkede prest corupcioun I-now for al a parisch or for al a cuntre / [900] these prestis as seyth the bok ne kunne not mynystre the mysterie of presthode to the peple / ne god ne knowe they not / they ne helde hem nat a-payed / as seith the book of sodyn flesch that was to hem offered; but they take by forse the flesch tat is raw. / [901] Sertis so these schrewis / ne holde hem nat apayed / of rostede flesch & sode flesc[h] with whiche the peple fedyth hem with greet reuerence / but they wele haue raw flesch of folkys wyuys / And here douȝteris / [902] And sertis these wemen that consentyn to here harloterye; doon gret wrong to crist & to holy cherche & alle halwys & to alle soulis. for they bereue alle these hym that schulde worschepe cryst & holy cherche & preye for cristene soulys [903] And therfore han sweche prestis / & here lemanys ek that consentyn to here lecherye; the malysoun of al the court cristene til they come to a-mendement.
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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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