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

                                
                                     [6-text p 381] 
                                  
                                  I payd at hom for þi correccioun
                                
                                  Thou lixt quod sche by my sauacioun
                                
                                  Ne was I neuer er now wydow ne wyf
                                
                                  Somound vnto ȝour court/ in al my lyf
                                  Line 1620 
                                
                                  Ne neuer I was but of my body trewe
                                
                                  vnto þe deuel rough and blak of hiewe
                                
                                  Ȝiue I þy body and þe panne also
                                
                                  And whan þe deuyl herd hir curse so
                                  Line 1624 
                                
                                  vpon his knees he sayd in þis manere
                                
                                  Now mabely myn owne modir deere
                                
                                  Is þis ȝour wil in ernest þat/ ȝe seye
                                
                                  Þe deuel quod he fecche him er he deye
                                  Line 1628 
                                
                                  And panne and al but he wol him repente
                                
                                  Nay olde stot þat is not/ myn entente /
                                
                                  Quod þis sompnour to repente me
                                
                                  For eny þing þat I haue had of þe
                                  Line 1632 
                                
                                  I wold I had þy smok and euery cloth
                                
                                  Now broþir quod þe deuyl be not wroþ
                                
                                  Thy body and þis panne is myn by right
                                
                                  Thou schalt wiþ me to helle ȝit to night
                                  Line 1636 
                                
                                  wher þou schalt knowen of our priuete
                                
                                  More þan a maister of diuinite
                                
                                  And wiþ þat word þe foule fend him hente
                                
                                  Body and soule he wiþ þe deuyl wente
                                  Line 1640 
                                
                                  wher as þe sompnours han her heritage
                                
                                  And god þat maked after his ymage
                                
                                  Mankynde saue and gyde vs alle and some
                                
                                  And leene þis sompnour good man to bycome
                                  Line 1644 
                                
                                  lordyngs I couþ han . told ȝow quod þe frere
                                
                                  had I had leysir for þis sompnour here
                                
                                  After þe text of crist powel and Ion
                                
                                  And of oþer doctours many oon
                                  Line 1648 
                                
                                  Such peynes þat our herte might agrise
                                
                                  Al be it so no tonge may deuyse /
                                
                                  Though þat I might a þousand wynter telle
                                
                                  The peyn of þilke cursed hous of helle

                                  Line 1652

Pages

Index

About this Item

Title: The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Canvas: Page 241
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,; 1885.

Technical Details

Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
Link to this Item: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8246.0001.001
Link to this scan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/agz8246.0001.001/253:5

Rights and Permissions

The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials are in the public domain. If you have questions about the collection, please contact [email protected]. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact [email protected].

DPLA Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States

IIIF

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/api/manifest/cme:agz8246.0001.001

Cite this Item

Full citation: "The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8246.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2025.

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

Annotations Tools

Actions

About this Item

Technical Details

Rights and Permissions

Related Links

IIIF

Cite this Item