The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

                                  
                                    Turne ouer the leef / and chese another tale
                                  
                                    ffor he shal fynde ynowe / grete and smale
                                  
                                    Of storial thyng that toucheth gentillesse [folio 38b] 
                                  
                                    And eek moralitee / and hoolynesse
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                                    Blameth nat me / if that ye chese amys
                                  
                                    The Millere / is a cherl / ye knowe wel this
                                  
                                    So was the Reue / and othere manye mo
                                  
                                    And harlotrie // they tolden bothe two
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                                    Auyseth yow / putteth me out of blame
                                  
                                    And eek men shal nat maken ernest of game [[Slight break in the MS.]]

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Title: The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Canvas: Page 91
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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