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

                                
                                     [6-text p 564] 
                                  
                                  he bad his seruant fechen him his þing
                                
                                  And he al redy was at his biddyng
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                                  And wente him forþ and cam anon agayn
                                
                                  Wiþ þis quyk siluer schortly for to sayn
                                
                                  And tok þis vnces þre to þe Chanon
                                
                                  And he it leyde faire and wel a doun
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                                  And bad þe seruant coles for to bringe
                                
                                  þat he anon mighte go to his worchinge
                                
                                  The coles right anon weren y-fette
                                
                                  And þis chanon tok out a crosselette
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                                  Of his bosom and schewed it þe prest
                                
                                  This Instrument quod he which þat þou seest
                                
                                  Tak in þin hond and put þiself þer Inne
                                
                                  Of þis quyk siluer an vnce and here bygynne
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                                  In þe name of crist to wexe a Philosophre
                                
                                  Ther ben ful fewe which þat I wolde profre
                                
                                  To schewen hem þus mochel of my science
                                
                                  ffor ȝe schuln seen heere by experience
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                                  þat þis quyk siluer I wol mortefye
                                
                                  Right in ȝoure sight anon wiþoute lye
                                
                                  And make it as good siluer and as fyn
                                
                                  As þer is ony in ȝoure purs or myn
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                                  Or elles where and make it malliable/
                                
                                  And elles holde me fals and vnable
                                
                                  Amonges folk euere to appere
                                
                                  I haue a poudre here þat coste me deere
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                                  schal make al good for it is cause of all
                                
                                  My connynge which þat I ȝou schewe schall [folio 186a] 
                                
                                  Voydeth ȝoure man and lat him be þeroute /
                                
                                  And schitte þe dore whiles we ben aboute /
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                                  Oure pryuyte þat noman vs espie
                                
                                  Whiles we werken in þis philosophie /
                                
                                  Al as he bad fulfilled was in dede /
                                
                                  This ilke seruant anon right out ȝede
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                                  And his maistrer schitte þe dore anon
                                
                                  And to here labour speedily þey gon

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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 414
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,; 1868-[1869]

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