The Cambridge ms. Dd. 4. 24. of Chaucer's Canterbury tales, completed by the Egerton ms. 2726 (the Haistwell ms) Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall ...

                                
                                  The god of loue a benedicite
                                
                                  How mighty and how grete a lord is he
                                
                                  Ayeinst his might there geyneth none obstacles
                                
                                  He may be cleped a god for his miracles
                                  Line 1788 
                                
                                  ffor he kan maken at his owen gyse
                                
                                  Of eueryche hert as that him lust deuyse
                                
                                  Lo here this Arcite and this palamon
                                
                                  That quikly were out of my preson
                                  Line 1792 
                                
                                  And might haue leved in Thebes roially
                                
                                  And weten þat I am her mortall enemy
                                
                                  And that her deth lieth in my might also
                                
                                  And yit hath loue maugre her yen two
                                  Line 1796 
                                
                                  Brought hem hider both for to dye
                                
                                  Now loketh is nat that an hie folye
                                
                                  Who may ben a fole but yf he loue
                                
                                  Byhold for goddes sake that sitteth aboue
                                  Line 1800 
                                
                                  See how they blede be they nat wele arayed [Eg. 2726 folio 23b] 
                                
                                  Thus hath her lord the god of loue payed
                                
                                  Her wages and her fees for her seruice
                                
                                  And yit they wenen for to been full wyse
                                  Line 1804 
                                
                                  That seruen loue for ought that may fall
                                
                                  But this ys yit the best game of all
                                
                                  That she for whom they han this iolyte
                                  Line 1807 
                                
                                  Konne hem þerfore [[þerfore overline]]  as moche thanke as me
                                
                                  She wote na more of all this hote fare
                                
                                  By god than wote a Cokkow or an hare
                                
                                  But all mote ben assayed hote and colde
                                
                                  A man mote be a fole outher yong or olde
                                  Line 1812 
                                
                                  I wote yt by my self full yore agone
                                
                                  ffor in my tyme a seruaunt was I one
                                
                                  And therfore sen I know of loves peyne
                                
                                  And wote how sore he kan a man destreyne
                                  Line 1816 
                                
                                  As he that hath be caught oft in his laas
                                
                                  I yow foryeve all holy this trespaas
                                
                                  At request of the quene that kneleth here
                                
                                  And eke of Emely my suster dere

                                  Line 1820

Pages

Index

About this Item

Title: The Cambridge ms. Dd. 4. 24. of Chaucer's Canterbury tales, completed by the Egerton ms. 2726 (the Haistwell ms) Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall ...
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Canvas: Page 52
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.,; 1902.

Technical Details

Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
Link to this Item: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ash3725.0001.001
Link to this scan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/ash3725.0001.001/74:3

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:ash3725.0001.001

Cite this Item

Full citation: "The Cambridge ms. Dd. 4. 24. of Chaucer's Canterbury tales, completed by the Egerton ms. 2726 (the Haistwell ms) Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall ..." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ash3725.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2025.

The Cambridge ms. Dd. 4. 24. of Chaucer's Canterbury tales, completed by the Egerton ms. 2726 (the Haistwell ms) Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall ...

Annotations Tools

Actions

About this Item

Technical Details

Rights and Permissions

Related Links

IIIF

Cite this Item