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

                                
                                     [6-text p 503] 
                                  
                                  That is / bitwixe an housbonde / and his wyf
                                
                                  A yeer and moore / lasted this blisful lyf
                                
                                  Til þat the knyght of which I speke of thus
                                
                                  That of kayrrud / was cleped Arueragus
                                  Line 808 
                                
                                  Shoope hym to goon / and dwelle a yeer or tweyne
                                
                                  In Engelond / that cleped was eek Briteyne
                                
                                  To seke in Armes / worshipe and honour
                                
                                  ffor al his lust he sette in swich labour
                                  Line 812 
                                
                                  And dwelled there two yeer / the book seith thus
                                
                                  ¶ Now wol I stynten / of this Arueragus
                                
                                  And speken I wole / of Dorigene his wyf
                                
                                  That loueth hire housbonde / as hire hertes lyf
                                  Line 816 
                                
                                  ffor his Absence / wepeth she and siketh
                                
                                  As doon thise noble wyues / whan hem liketh
                                
                                  She moorneth / waketh / wayleth / fasteth / pleyneth
                                
                                  Desir of his presence / hire so distreyneth
                                  Line 820 
                                
                                  That al this wyde world / she sette at noght
                                
                                  Hire freendes / whiche þat knewe hir heuy thoght
                                
                                  Conforten hire / in al þat euer they may
                                
                                  They prechen hire / they telle hire nyght and day
                                  Line 824 
                                
                                  That causelees / she sleeth hir self allas
                                
                                  And euery confort possible in this cas
                                
                                  They doon to hire / with all hire bisynesse
                                
                                  Al / for to make hire / leue hire heuynesse
                                  Line 828 
                                
                                  ¶ By proces / as ye knowen euerichoon
                                
                                  Men may so longe / grauen in a stoon
                                
                                  Til som figure / ther Inne emprented be
                                
                                  So longe han they conforted hire / til she
                                  Line 832 
                                
                                  Receyued hath / by hope and by reson
                                
                                  The emprentyng of hire consolacion
                                
                                  Thurgh which / hir grete sorwe gan aswage
                                
                                  She may nat alwey / duren in swich rage
                                  Line 836 
                                
                                  ¶ And eek Arueragus / in al this care
                                
                                  Hath sent hire lettres hoom / of his welfare
                                
                                  And þat he wol come hastily agayn
                                
                                  Or elles hadde this sorwe / hir herte slayn

                                  Line 840

Pages

Index

About this Item

Title: The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Canvas: Page 338
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner,; 1868-1879.

Technical Details

Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
Link to this Item: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8232.0001.001
Link to this scan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/agz8232.0001.001/368:7

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:agz8232.0001.001

Cite this Item

Full citation: "The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8232.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2025.

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

Annotations Tools

Actions

About this Item

Technical Details

Rights and Permissions

Related Links

IIIF

Cite this Item