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

[6-text p 316] .I. preche so as ȝe haue herde be-fore And tel an hundreþ Iapes more Than peyne .I. me to strecche forþe my nekke And est and west uppon þe peple .I. bekke Line 396 As doþe a doue sittinge vpon a berne Myne hondes and my tonge go so ȝerne þat it is Ioye to see my besinesse Of avarise and suche oþer cursednesse Line 400 Is as Mi preccheinge to make hem fre To ȝeue here pens namely vnto me For myne entent is nouht bot for to wynne And no þinge for correction of sinne Line 404 .I. reke neuer whan þat þei be buried þouhe þat here soules gone a blakberied For certes mony a predicaciōne Souneþ oft time of yuel entencione Line 408 [Somme for plesance of folk and for flaterie [Addit. 25,718 folio 54a] To ben auaunsed for ypocresye And somme for veynglory and somme for hate [Addit. 25,718 folio 54b] ffor when I dar nought oother weys de-bate Line 412 Thenne wolly stynge him with my tunge smert I preching and that he shal nought astert To ben defamed falsly if that he Hath trespased to myn britheren other to me Line 416 ffor though I telle nought his propre name Men shal wel knowe that hit is the same Bothe by seignes and oother circumstaunces Thus . rule I folk that doth vs displesances Line 420 Thus spitte I myn venym vnder hewe Of holinesse to seme holy and trewe But shortly myn entent wol I deuyse I [[? MS sir]] preche of no thing but of Coueytise Ther-fore my teme is ȝet and euer was Radix malorum est cupiditas Thus kan I preche ayayns that same vice [[Addit. MS extract stops]] ] Suche þat .I. vse and þat is of auarice [folio 174b] Line 428
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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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