The Lansdowne ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

                                
                                  To speken of a seruant propurlye
                                
                                  Wiþ circumstance al trewlye [X. 62.] 
                                  Line 2788 
                                
                                  That is to seine treuþe honour knyhthede
                                
                                  Wisdome humblesse estat and hihe kinrede
                                
                                  ffredom and al þat longeþ to þat arte
                                
                                  So Iupiter haue of my soule parte
                                  Line 2792 
                                
                                  As in þis werlde riht nowe knowe .I. none [X. 63.] 
                                
                                  So worþi to be loued as Palamone
                                
                                  That serueþ ȝou and wele done al his lyue
                                
                                  And ȝef þat euer ȝe schall be a wiue
                                  Line 2796 
                                
                                  ffor-ȝete not Palamon þe gentilman [. . . 'egli è gentile' (X. 62).] 
                                
                                  And wiþ þat worde his speche faile gan
                                
                                  ffor frome his fete vn to his breste was come [X. 111, 112.] 
                                
                                  The colde of deþe þat had him ouercome
                                  Line 2800 
                                
                                  And ȝite more ouer for in his armes tuo
                                
                                  The vital strengeþ is loste and al a-go
                                
                                  Onely þe intellecte wiþthe-owten more
                                
                                  That dwelled in his hert sik and sore
                                  Line 2804 
                                
                                  Gan faylen whan þe hert felte þe deþe
                                
                                  Busked his yen two and failed breþe
                                
                                  But on his lady ȝit kaste he his eye
                                
                                  His laste worde was mercy Emelye
                                  Line 2808 
                                
                                  His sprete chaungede house and wente þere [See XI. 1-3, and the end of Troilus & Cressida.] 
                                
                                  As .I. cam neuer .I. can nouht tel where
                                
                                  There-fore .I. stinte .I. am no diuinistre
                                
                                  Of soules fynde .I. nouht in þis registre
                                  Line 2812 
                                
                                  Ne me ne liste þilke opinions to telle
                                
                                  Of hem. þouhe þat þei wreten where þei dwelle
                                
                                  Arcite is colde lat mars his soule guye
                                
                                  ¶ Nowe wil .I. speken forþe of Emelye
                                  Line 2816 
                                
                                  Shrighte. Emelye and houleþ Palamone [XI. 6.] 
                                
                                  And Theseus his suster he toke anone
                                
                                  Swonynge and bare hire fro þe cors awaie
                                
                                  What helpeþ it to tarien forþe þe daie
                                  Line 2820 
                                
                                  To telle howe sche wepe boþe eue and morwe
                                
                                  ffor in suche caas wemmen han suche sorwe

Pages

Index

About this Item

Title: The Lansdowne ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Canvas: Page 80
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner,; 1867-1879.

Technical Details

Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
Link to this Item: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8236.0001.001
Link to this scan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/agz8236.0001.001/108:3

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:agz8236.0001.001

Cite this Item

Full citation: "The Lansdowne ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8236.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2025.

The Lansdowne ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

Annotations Tools

Actions

About this Item

Technical Details

Rights and Permissions

Related Links

IIIF

Cite this Item