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 ...

                                  
                                    I slow Sampson / shakyng the pylere
                                  
                                    And myne ben / the maladyes colde
                                  
                                    The derk treson / and the castes olde
                                    Line 2468 
                                  
                                    My lokyng is / the fader of pestilence
                                  
                                    Now wepe no more / I shal don diligence
                                  
                                    That Palamon / þat is thyn owen knyght
                                  
                                    Shal haue his lady / as þou hast him hight
                                    Line 2472 
                                  
                                    This Mars / shal helpe his knyght ȝet / natheles
                                  
                                    Be-twix ȝow / there mot / be som tyme pees
                                  
                                    Al be ȝe nat / of oo compleccion
                                  
                                    That causeth al day swich deuysion
                                    Line 2476 
                                  
                                    I am thyn al redy / at thy wylle
                                  
                                    wepe now no more / I wol thy lust fulfille
                                  
                                    Now wol I stynt / of the goddes a-boue
                                  
                                    Of Mars and of Venus / goddesse of loue
                                    Line 2480 
                                  
                                    And tellen ȝow / as pleynly as I can
                                  
                                    The grete effect / for which þat I bygan

[Part IV. No gap in the MS.]

                                    
                                      Gret was the fest / at Athenes that day
                                    
                                      And eke the lusty seson / of that May
                                      Line 2484 
                                    
                                      Made euery wyght / to ben in swich plesance
                                    
                                      That al that Monday / Iusten they and daunce
                                    
                                      And spenden it / in venus hey seruyse
                                    
                                      And by the cause / that they shulden ryse
                                      Line 2488 
                                    
                                      Erly for to sen / the grete sight
                                    
                                      vn-to here reest / went they at nyght
                                    
                                      And on þe morwe / whan the day gan spryng
                                    
                                      Of hors and harneys / noyse and clateryng
                                      Line 2492 
                                    
                                      There was / in hostryes al a-boute
                                    
                                      And to the Paleys / rod þere many a route
                                    
                                      Of lordes / vp-on stedes and palfreyes
                                    
                                      ¶ . There maist þou sen / deuysyng of harneys
                                      Line 2496 
                                    
                                      So vnkouth / and so riche / and wrouȝt so wele
                                    
                                      Of goldsmythrie / of browdyng and of stele

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 71
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/ash3725.0001.001/93:3

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.