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

                                
                                     [6-text p 469] 
                                  
                                  I ȝiue it ȝow makeþ Chartres as ȝou leste
                                
                                  This schal be do to morwe er sonnes reste
                                
                                  So wisly god my soule bringe in blisse
                                
                                  And preye ȝou on couenaunt þat ȝe me kisse
                                  Line 2176 
                                
                                  And þough þat I be Ielous wyte me nouȝt
                                
                                  ȝe ben so deepe enprynted in my þouȝt
                                
                                  þat whan þat I considere ȝour beaute
                                
                                  And þer wiþ al þe vnlikly elde of me
                                  Line 2180 
                                
                                  I may nouȝt certes þough I schulde deye
                                
                                  ffor-bere to ben out of ȝour companye
                                
                                  ffor verray loue þis is wiþouten doute
                                
                                  Now kisse me wijf and let vs rome aboute
                                  Line 2184 
                                
                                  ¶ This freissche may whan sche þis wordes herde/
                                
                                  Benignely to Ianuarye answerde
                                
                                  But first and forward sche bygan to weepe
                                
                                  I haue quod sche a soule for to keepe
                                  Line 2188 
                                
                                  As wel as ȝe and also myn honour
                                
                                  And of my wifhede þilke tendre flour
                                
                                  Which þat I haue asseured in ȝour hand
                                
                                  Whan þat þe prest to yow my body band
                                  Line 2192 
                                
                                  Wher-fore I wol answere in þis manere
                                
                                  Wiþ þe leue of ȝou my lord so deere
                                
                                  I pray god þat neuer dawe þat day
                                
                                  þat I ne sterue as foule as womman may
                                  Line 2196 
                                
                                  If euer I do vnto my kynne þat schame /
                                
                                  Oþer elles I empeyre so my name /
                                
                                  þat y be fals and if I do þat lak
                                
                                  To strype me and putte me in a sakk [folio 157b] 
                                  Line 2200 
                                
                                  And in þe nexte ryuer do me drenche
                                
                                  I am a gentil womman and no wenche
                                
                                  Why speke ȝe þus but men ben euer vntrewe
                                
                                  And wommen han reproef of ȝou ay newe
                                  Line 2204 
                                
                                  ȝe can non oþer contynaunce I leeue
                                
                                  But speke to vs as vntriste and in repreue
                                
                                  And wiþ þat word sche saugh wher damyan
                                
                                  Sat in þe bussh and knelen he bigan

                                  Line 2208

Pages

Index

About this Item

Title: The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Canvas: Page 347
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,; 1868-[1869]

Technical Details

Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
Link to this Item: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8235.0001.001
Link to this scan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/agz8235.0001.001/374:7

Rights and Permissions

The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials are in the public domain. If you have questions about the collection, please contact [email protected]. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact [email protected].

DPLA Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States

IIIF

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/api/manifest/cme:agz8235.0001.001

Cite this Item

Full citation: "The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8235.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2025.

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

Annotations Tools

Actions

About this Item

Technical Details

Rights and Permissions

Related Links

IIIF

Cite this Item