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

                                  
                                    A Frere þer was a wantoun and a merye
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                                    A lymytour a ful solempne man
                                  
                                    In alle the ordres foure is noon þat can
                                  
                                    So moche of daliaunce and fair langage
                                  
                                    He hadde I-made many a fair mariage
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                                    Of ȝonge wymmen at his owne cost
                                  
                                    vnto his ordre he was a noble post
                                  
                                    Ful wel biloued and famulier was he
                                  
                                    with Frankeleyns ouer al in his cuntre
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                                    And eek with worþi wommen of þe toun
                                  
                                    For he hadde power of confessioun
                                  
                                    As seyde himself more þan a curat
                                  
                                    For of his ordre he was licenciat/
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                                    Ful sweetly herde he confessioun
                                  
                                    And plesaunt was his absolucioun
                                  
                                    He was an esy man to ȝeue penance
                                  
                                    Ther as he wiste han a good pitance
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                                    For vnto a poure ordre for to ȝeue
                                  
                                    Is signe þat a man is wel I-schreue
                                  
                                    For if he ȝaf he dorste make auaunt
                                  
                                    He wiste þat a man was repentaunt
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                                    For many a man so hard is of his herte [folio 4a] 
                                  
                                    He may not wepe þough him sore smerte
                                  
                                    Therfore in stede of wepyng and prayeres
                                  
                                    Men mooten ȝiuen siluer to þe pore freres
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                                    His typet was ay farsud ful of knyfes
                                  
                                    And pynnes for to ȝiue faire wyfes
                                  
                                    And certayn he hadde a mery noote
                                  
                                    wel couthe he synge and pleye on a Rote
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                                    Of ȝeddynges he bar vtturly þe prys
                                  
                                    his nekke whit was as þe flour delys
                                  
                                    Ther to he strong was as a Champioun
                                  
                                    He knew wel þe tauernes in euery toun
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                                    And euery Ostiller or gay tapstere
                                  
                                    Bet þan a laȝer or a beggere
                                  
                                    For vnto such a worþi man as he

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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 7
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,; 1885.

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