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

                                
                                  Iohn myne eldest son schal haue ploues fiue
                                
                                  þat was my faders heritage while he was on lyue
                                
                                  And my Meddelest son fiue plowhes of londe
                                
                                  That .I. helpe for to geten wiþ my riht honde
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                                  And al myn oþere purchas of londes and of ledes
                                
                                  That .I. be-quethe Gamelyne and al my goode stedes
                                
                                  And .I. be-seeke ȝowe good men þat lawe conne of londe
                                
                                  ffor Gamelyn loue þat my quest stonde
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                                  ¶ Thus dalte þe knyht his londe be his daye
                                
                                  Riht on his deþe bed seke þere he laye
                                
                                  And sone afterward he laye stone still
                                
                                  And deide whan time came as it was cristes will
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                                  Anone as he was dede and vnder gars graue
                                
                                  Sone þe alder broþer giled þe ȝonge knaue
                                
                                  And toke in-to his honde his londe and his lede
                                
                                  And Gamelin him selfe to cle and to fede
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                                  He cloþed him and fedde yuel. and eke wroþe
                                
                                  And lete his for fare and his houseȝ bothe
                                
                                  His Parkes and his wodes and dide no þinge wel
                                
                                  And seþþen he it abouhte on his faire fel
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                                  So longe was Gamelin in his broþers hall
                                
                                  ffor þe strongest of good will þei douten him all
                                
                                  Ne was þere none þer-inne ȝonge ne olde
                                
                                  That wold wreþþe ware he neuer so bolde
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                                  ¶ Gamelyn stode vp on a daie in his broþere ȝerde [folio 55b] 
                                
                                  And be-gan wiþ his honde to handel his berde
                                
                                  He þouhte on his londes þat layen vnsawe
                                
                                  And his faire Okes þat doune were drawe
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                                  His parkes were broken and his dere reuede
                                
                                  Of all his goode stedes was none him be-leuede
                                
                                  His howses weren vnhelde and ful yuel y-diht
                                
                                  Tho þouht Gamelyn it wente nouht a-riht
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                                  Afterwarde cam his broþer walkinge þere
                                
                                  And seide to Gamelin is oure mete ȝere
                                
                                  þo him wreþþed Gamelyn and suore be goddes boke
                                
                                  Thou schalt go bake þi selfe .I. wil nouȝt be þi koke

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Title: The Lansdowne ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Canvas: Page 131
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner,; 1867-1879.

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