The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

                                
                                  The porter hadde byholde hem a litel while /
                                
                                  he loued wel Gamelyn and was adrad of gyle
                                
                                  And leet þe wyket stonden y-steke ful stylle
                                
                                  And asked hem wiþoute what was here wille
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                                  For al þe grete company þanne spak but oon
                                
                                  Vndo þe gate porter and lat vs in goon
                                
                                  Than seyde þe porter so brouke I my chyn
                                
                                  ȝe schul sey ȝour erand er ȝe comen In
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                                  Sey to Gamelyn and adam if here wille be
                                
                                  we wil speke wiþ hem wordes two or þre
                                
                                  Felaw seyde þe porter stond þere stille [folio 66b] 
                                
                                  And I wil wende to Gamelyn to witen his wille
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                                  In went þe porter to Gamelyn anoon
                                
                                  And seyde sir I warne ȝou her ben come ȝour foon
                                
                                  The scherreues meyne ben atte gate /
                                
                                  For to take ȝou boþe schul ȝe na skape /
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                                  Porter seyde Gamelyn so moot I wel þe /
                                
                                  I wil allowe þe þy wordes whan I my tyme se
                                
                                  Go agayn to þe ȝate and dwel wiþ hem a while
                                
                                  And þou schalt se right sone porter a gyle
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                                  Adam sayde Gamelyn looke þe to goon
                                
                                  we haue foomen atte gate and frendes neuer oon
                                
                                  It ben þe schirrefes men þat hider ben I-come /
                                
                                  They ben swore to-gidere þat we schul be nome /
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                                  Gamelyn seyde adam hye þe right blyue /
                                
                                  And if I faile þe þis day euel mot I þryue
                                
                                  And we schul so welcome þe scherreues men
                                
                                  That som of hem schul make here beddes in þe den
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                                  Atte posterne gate Gamelyn out went /
                                
                                  And a good cart staf in his hand he hente
                                
                                  Adam hente sone anoþer gret staf
                                
                                  For to helpe Gamelyn and goode strokes ȝaf
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                                  Adam felde tweyne and Gamelyn felde þre
                                
                                  The oþer setten feet on erþe and bygonne fle
                                
                                  what seyde adam so euer here I masse
                                
                                  I haue a draught of good wyn / drynk er ȝe passe /

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Title: The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Canvas: Page 145
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,; 1885.

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