The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

The Cook of london whil þe Reue spak ffor ioye he þoughte he clawed him on þe bak ha ha quod he for cristes passioun This meller haþ a scharp conclusioun Line 4328 vpon his argument of herbergage We[l] seide Salamon in his langage/ Ne bryng nat euery man in to þin hous ffor herberwyng be night is perilous Line 4332 Wel oughte a man auysed for to be Whom þat he broughte in to his priuite I praie to god so yeue me sorwe and care If euere sithen I highte hogge of of ware Line 4336 herde I mellere bettre y-set a werke he hadde a Iape of malice in þe derke/ And þerfore if ȝe vouche sauf to heere/ But god forbede þat we stynte heere Line 4340 A tale of me þat am a pouere man I wol yow telle as wel as euer I can A litel Iape þat fil in oure Citee Oure oost answerde and seide I graunte it þe Line 4344 Now telle on Roger loke þat it be good ffor many a paste hast þou latyn blood And many a Iakke of Douer hast þou sold That haþ ben twyes hoot and twyes cold Line 4348 Of many pilgrym hastow cristes curs ffor of þy persely ȝit þey fare þe wors þat þei haue eten wiþ þe stubbul goos ffor in þy schoppe is many a flye loos Line 4352 Now tel on gentil Roger by þi name But yet I preye þe be not wroþ for game A man may say ful soth in game and play Thou seist ful soþ quod Roger by my fay [folio 61b] Line 4356

Line 4356 But soþ play quad play as þe flemyng seith And þerfore herry baillyf by þi feith Be þou nouȝt wroth or we departen heere Though þat my tale be of an Ostelleere Line 4360 But naþeles I wol not tellen it ȝit But or we parte I-wys þou schalt be quyt And þer wiþ al he lough and made cheere/ And saide his tale as ȝe schal after heere [[No gap in the MS.]] Line 4364