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

Whan .I. twynke on þe loke for to gone And cast awaie þi fetters and com to me anone Adam seide Gamelin blissed be þi bones That is a good counsel ȝiuen for þe nones 456 If þei werne me to bringe me oute of bendes .I. wil sett good strokes riht on here lendes Tho þe sondaie was comen and folk to þe feste ffaire þei were welcome boþe lest and meste 460 And euer as þei att þe hall dore cam inne Thei keste þeire eye on ȝonge Gameline The false knyht his broþer and ful of trecherie Al þe gestes þat þer were att þe Mangerie 464 Of Gamelyn his broþer he tolde hem be mouþe Al þe harme and þe schame þat he telle couþe Whan þei were serued of mete iche mese after oþe [folio 60a] Than seid Gamelin howe serue ȝe me þat am ȝoure broþe It is nouht wele serued be god þat al maade Þat .I. schal sitt fastinge and oþer men maak glade Þe false knyht his broþer þer þat he stode Told al his gestes þat Gamelyne was woode 472 And Gamelin stode still and anseward nouht Bot Adames wordes he held in his þouht Tho Gamelin gan spek dolfoly wiþ all To þe grete lordes þat saten in þe hall 476 Lordes he seide for cristes passione Helpe to bringe Gamelin oute of prisone ¶ Than seide Abbote sorwe on his cheke He schall haue cristes curse and seint Maries eke 480 That þe oute of prison beggeþ oþer borwe Bot euer worþe him wele þat doþ þe muche sorwe Affter þat Abbot þan spak a-noþer .I. wolde þin hede wer of þouh þou were my broþer 484 Al þat þe borwe foul mote þaym fall Thus þei seiden al þat weren in þe all Than seide A prioure yuel mote he þriue It is muche sorwe and scaþe boþe þat þou art a liue 488
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The Lansdowne ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner,
1867-1879.

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