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

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Title

Author

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.

Publication

London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,

1868-1879.

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"The Petworth ms. 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/ASH2689.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.

Pages

§ 1. THE SQUIRE'S HEAD-LINK.

PETWORTH MS.

                      
                        Sir ffrannkeleyne come ner if it ȝour wille be
                      
                        And say vs a tale for sertys ȝe
                      
                        Can þeron as moch as eny man
                      
                        Nay sir quod he I wil say as I can
                        Line 4 
                      
                        With hertely wille for I nyl be rebelle
                      
                        Aȝeinst ȝoure wille . a tale nowe wil I telle
                      
                        HAue me excused ȝif I sey amys.
                      
                        My wille is good and loo my tale is þis ·/
                        Line 8

¶ Here endeþ þe prologe of þe ffrannkeleyn

Notes

on leaf 178

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