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

                                    
                                      He was hanged by þe nek and nouȝt by þe purs
                                    
                                      That was þe meede þat he had for his fadres curs
                                    
                                      Sir Ote was eldest and Gamelyn was ȝing
                                    
                                      þey wenten wiþ here freendes euen to þe kyng
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                                      They made pees wiþ þe kyng of þe best assise
                                    
                                      The kyng loued wel sir Ote and made him Iustise
                                    
                                      And after þe kyng made Gamelyn boþe in Est and west
                                    
                                      Chef Iustice of al his fre forest
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                                      Alle his wighte ȝonge men þe kyng forȝaf here gilt
                                    
                                      And sitthen in good office þe kyng hem hath I-pilt
                                    
                                      Thus wan Gamelyn his lond and his leede
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                                      And wrak him of his enemys and quyt hem here meede
                                    
                                      And sire Ote his broþer made him his heir
                                    
                                      And siþþen wedded Gamelyn a wyf boþe good and feyr
                                    
                                      They lyueden to-gidere / whil þat crist wolde
                                    
                                      And siþen was Gamelyn grauen vnder molde
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                                      And so schal we alle may þer no man fle
                                    
                                      God bryng vs to þe Ioye þat euer schal be / AMEN [[The rest of the page, eleven lines, is blank in the MS.]]

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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 154
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,; 1885.

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