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

                                
                                     [6-text p 491] 
                                  
                                  Of fremed londe and euer-more as sche stode
                                
                                  Sche swowned now and now for lak of blode
                                
                                  Til wel nyhe is sche fallen fro þe tree
                                
                                  This faire kinges douhter þis Canace
                                  Line 432 
                                
                                  þat on her finger bare þe wheynte ringe
                                
                                  Thorwe whiche sche vnderstod wele euery þinge
                                
                                  þat any foule may in his leden seine
                                
                                  And kowde ansewere him in his leden aȝeine
                                  Line 436 
                                
                                  Haþe vnderstonde þat þis faukon seide
                                
                                  And wel nyhe for reuþe almoste sche deide
                                
                                  And to þe tre sche goþe ful hastely [folio 84b] 
                                
                                  And on þis faukon loked ful pitously .
                                  Line 440 
                                
                                  And held hir lap abrode for wele sche wist
                                
                                  The fawkon most fal fro þe twyst
                                
                                  Whan þat it swoned next for lak of blode
                                
                                  A longe while to waite hire sche stode
                                  Line 444 
                                
                                  Til att þe last sche spak in þis manere
                                
                                  Vnto þe hauke as ȝe schal after here
                                
                                  ¶ What it þe cause if it be to tell
                                
                                  That ȝe bue in þis furial peine of hell
                                  Line 448 
                                
                                  Quod Canacee vnto þis hauke aboue
                                
                                  Is þis for sorwe of deþe or losse of loue
                                
                                  For as [I] trowe þes bene causes two
                                
                                  Þat Causen moste a gentil hert woo
                                  Line 452 
                                
                                  Of oþer harme it redeþ not to speke
                                
                                  For þi ȝoureselfe vpon ȝoure self ȝowe wreke
                                
                                  Whiche þat proueþ wele þat eyþer ire or drede
                                
                                  Mot bene encheson of ȝoure crewel dede
                                  Line 456 
                                
                                  Sen þat .I. see none oþer whiht ȝoue chace
                                
                                  For loue of god so do ȝowre self grace
                                
                                  Or what maye be ȝoure helpe for west nor este
                                
                                  Ne sawhe .I. neuere ar nowe no brid no beste
                                  Line 460 
                                
                                  That ferd wiþ him self so pitously
                                
                                  Ȝe slee me wiþ ȝoure sorwe verrayly
                                
                                  .I. haue of ȝowe so grete compassione
                                
                                  For goddes loue com fro þe tre a-downe

                                  Line 464

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 206
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/agz8236.0001.001/234:5.1.2

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 June 7, 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