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

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And of youre newe wyf / god of his grace Line 841 So graunte yow wele and prosperitee ffor I wol gladly / yelden hire my place In which that I was blisful wont to bee Line 844 ffor sith it liketh yow / my lord quod shee That whilom weren / al myn hertes reste That I shal goon / I wol goon whan yow leste Line 847
But ther as ye me profre / swich dowaire Line 848 As I first broghte / it is wel in my mynde It were my wrecched clothes no thyng faire The whiche to me / were hard now for to fynde Line 851 O goode god / how gentil and how kynde Ye semed / by youre speche / and youre visage The day / that maked was oure mariage Line 854
But sooth is seyd / algate I fynde it trewe [folio 102a] Line 855 ffor in effect it preeued is on me Loue is noght oold / as whan þat it is newe But certes lord / for noon aduersitee Line 858 To dyen in the cas / it shal nat bee That euere / in word or werk / I shal repente That I yow yaf myn herte in hool entente Line 861
My lord ye woot / that in my fadres place Line 862 Ye dide me streepe / out of my poure weede And richely / me cladden of youre grace To yow broghte I noght elles / out of drede Line 865 But feith and nakednesse / and maydenhede And heere agayn / my clothyng I restoore And eek / my weddyng ryng/ for eueremore Line 868
The remenant of youre Iueles redy be Line 869 In with youre chambre / dar I saufly sayn Naked / out of my fadres hous quod she I cam / and naked moot I turne agayn Line 872
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The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner,
1868-1879.

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