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

                                
                                     [6-text p 377] 
                                  
                                  What makeþ ȝowe to haue al þis laboure
                                
                                  Ful mony a cause leue sir Somnour
                                
                                  Seid þis fende bot al þinge haþe time
                                
                                  þe daie is schort and it is passed prime
                                  Line 1476 
                                
                                  And ȝit ne wann .I. no þinge in þis daie
                                
                                  .I. wil entend to wynynge if .I. maie
                                
                                  And nouht entende oure wittes to declare
                                
                                  For broþer myne þi witte is al to bare
                                  Line 1480 
                                
                                  To vnderstonde þouhe .I. tolde hem þe
                                
                                  Bot for þou axest whi labour we
                                
                                  For sum time we bue goddes instrumentz
                                
                                  And mennes to done his commandementz
                                  Line 1484 
                                
                                  Whan þat him vpon his creatures
                                
                                  In diuerse attes and in diuers figures
                                
                                  Wiþ-outen him we haue no myht certaine
                                
                                  If þat him lust stande þer aȝeine
                                  Line 1488 
                                
                                  And sum tym att oure preie haue we leue
                                
                                  Onely þe body and nouht þe soule greue
                                
                                  Wittenes on Iob whom þat we deden woo
                                
                                  And sumtyme haue we myht of boþe tuo
                                  Line 1492 
                                
                                  This to seine of soule and body eke
                                
                                  And som time we buen suffered for to done seke
                                
                                  Vpon a man and do his soule vnrest
                                
                                  Nouht his body and al is for þe best
                                  Line 1496 
                                
                                  Whan he wiþ-stondeþ oure temptacione
                                
                                  It is a cause of saluacione
                                
                                  Al be it þat it was nouȝt owre entent
                                
                                  He scholde be saue bot þat we wold him hent
                                  Line 1500 
                                
                                  And some tim be we seruant vn-to a man
                                
                                  As þe Erchebysschope seiþe Dunstan
                                
                                  And to þe Aposteles seruant was .I. [folio 105a] 
                                
                                  ȝit tell me quod Somnour feiþfully
                                  Line 1504 
                                
                                  Maake ȝe ȝowe bodys þus al wey
                                
                                  Of Elementes þe fende seid naye
                                
                                  Som time we feine and sum time we rise
                                
                                  Wiþ dede bodies in ful sundre wyse

                                  Line 1508

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 256
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/agz8236.0001.001/284:6

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 May 2, 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