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

                                
                                  And as .I. trowe wiþ loue offendude moste
                                
                                  Þat euer was any liues creature [VII. 26.] 
                                
                                  ffor sche þat doþe me al þis woo endure
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                                  Ne reccheþ neuer wheþer .I. sinke or flete
                                
                                  And wele .I. wote ar sche me merci hete
                                
                                  .I. moste wiþ strenkeþ winne hir in þe place
                                
                                  And wele .I. wote wiþ-owten helpe or grace [VII. 26.] 
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                                  Of þe; ne maie my strenkeþ nouht aveile
                                
                                  Than helpe me lorde to-morne in my bataile. [VII 27.] 
                                
                                  ffor þilke fire þat whilom brente þe [folio 30b] 
                                
                                  As wele as þilke fire nowe brenneþ me
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                                  An do þat .I. to-morne haue þe victorie
                                
                                  Myne be þe trauayle and þine be þe glorie ['Io il diletto, e tu n' abbia l' onore.' VII. 27.] 
                                
                                  Thi souereyne temple wele most .I honouren
                                
                                  Of any place and al-wey moste labouren.
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                                  In þi pesauntez and in þi craftes stronge
                                
                                  And in þi temple .I. will Mi baner honge [VII. 28.] 
                                
                                  And al þe armes of my compaignye
                                
                                  And euer more vntil þat .I. dye
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                                  Eterne fire .I. will be-for þe finde [VII. 28.] 
                                
                                  And eke to þis a-vowe .I. wil me binde
                                
                                  Mine Mine here þat hongeþ longe a doune [VII. 28.] 
                                
                                  That neuer ȝite ne felte offensione
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                                  Of Rasoure ne of schere .I. wil þe ȝeue
                                
                                  And bene þi treu seruant while .I. leue.
                                
                                  Now lorde haue reuþe vpon my sorous sore
                                
                                  Ȝif me þe victorie .I. ax þe no more
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                                  ¶ The preier stinte of Arcita þe stronge
                                
                                  The ringe on þe temple dore þat honge.
                                
                                  And eke þe dores claterden ful fast [VII. 39.] 
                                
                                  Of whiche arcita sumwhat him a-gaste
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                                  The fires brenten vpon þe auteres brihte [VI. 40.] 
                                
                                  That it gan al þe temple for to lihte
                                
                                  And swete smelle þe gronde anone vp ȝafe
                                
                                  And Arcita a-none his hand vp hafe [See VII. 40.] 
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                                  And More encence in to þe fire he caste

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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 69
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner,; 1867-1879.

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