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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 ...

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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 ...
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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London,: Pub. for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.,
1902.

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