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

[6-text p 613] makid were in paradys and no þing schame ne hadden of her nakidnesse. [326] how þat þe serpent þat was most wyly of alle oþer bestis þat god hadde makid sayde to þe womman ¶ why comaundid god to ȝow ȝe schulde nouȝt ete of euery tree in paradys [327] ¶ The womman answerde ¶ Of þe fruyt quod sche of þe trees in paradys we feede vs ¶ But soþly of þe fruyt of þe tre þat is in þe myddil of paradis. god forbad vs for to eten ne not touche it lest perauenture we schulde [folio 260a] deye [328] ¶ The serpent sayde to þe womman. Nay nay. ȝe schal not drede of deth for soþe god wot þat what day ȝe ete þerof ȝoure eyen schal open and ȝe schul ben as goddis knowing good and harm [329] ¶ The womman saugh þe tree was good to feedyng. and fair to eyen and delitable to sight. She tok of þe fruyt of þe tree and eet it and ȝaf it to hir housbond And he eet it ¶ And anoon þe eyen of hem boþe openeden [330] And whan þat þay knewe þat þay were naked; þay sowede of fige leues in maner of breches to hiden here membris [331] ¶ here may ȝe see þat dedly synne haþ first suggestioun of þe feend as scheweþ here by þe neddir. and aftirward þe delit of þe fleisch as scheweth here by eua. and after þat þe consentyng of resoun as schewith by adam [332] ¶ For trustiþ wel þough so were þat þe feend temptid oon. þat is to sayn þe fleissch hadde delit in þe beaute of þe fruyt defendid. ȝit certes til þat resoun þat is to say adam con|sentid to þe etyng of þe fruyt/ . ȝit stood he in þastaat of Innocence [333] ¶ Of þilk adam took we þilke synne original. for of him flesschly descendit be we alle. and engendrit of vile and corrupt m[a]tiere [334] ¶ And whan þe soule is put in oure body right anoon is con|tract original synne. . . . . [no gap] [335] and þerfore be we alle I-born sones of
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The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,
1885.

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