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

                                
                                     [6-text p 315] 
                                  
                                  And it is hool anon / and forthermoor
                                
                                  Of pokkes / and of scabbe / and euery soor
                                
                                  Shal euery sheepe be hool / þat of this welle
                                
                                  Drynketh a draughte / taak kepe eek what I telle
                                  Line 360 
                                
                                  ¶ If that the goode man / that the beestes oweth
                                
                                  Wol euery wyke / er that the Cok hym croweth
                                
                                  ffastynge drinke / of this welle a draughte
                                
                                  As thilke hooly Iew / oure eldres taughte
                                  Line 364 
                                
                                  Hise beestes and his stoor shal multiplie
                                
                                  ¶ And sire / also / it heeleth Ialousie
                                
                                  ffor though a man / be falle in Ialous rage
                                
                                  Lat maken / with this water his potage
                                  Line 368 
                                
                                  And neuere shal he moore / his wyf mystriste
                                
                                  Though he the soothe / of hir defaute wiste
                                
                                  Al had she / taken preestes / two or thre
                                
                                  ¶ Heere is a Miteyn eek/ that ye may se
                                  Line 372 
                                
                                  He þat his hand wol putte in this Mitayn
                                
                                  He shal haue / multipliyng of his grayn
                                
                                  Whan he hath sowen / be it whete or Otes
                                
                                  So þat he offre / pens / or elles grotes
                                  Line 376 
                                
                                  ¶ Goode men and wommen / o thyng warne I yow
                                
                                  If any wight / be in this chirche now
                                
                                  That hath doon synne horrible þat he?
                                
                                  Dar nat for shame / of it yshryuen be
                                  Line 380 
                                
                                  Or any womman / be she yong or old
                                
                                  That hath ymaked / hir housbonde Cokewold
                                
                                  Swich folk shal haue no power ne no grace
                                
                                  To offren / to my relikes in this place
                                  Line 384 
                                
                                  And who so fyndeth hym / out of swich fame
                                
                                  They wol come vp / and offre on goddes name
                                
                                  And I assoille hem / by the Auctoritee
                                
                                  Which that by bulle / ygraunted was to me
                                  Line 388 
                                
                                  ¶ By this gaude / haue I wonne / yeer by yeer
                                
                                  An hundred mark sith I was Pardoner
                                
                                  I stonde lyk a clerk in my pulpet
                                
                                  And whan the lewed peple / is doun yset

                                  Line 392

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 373
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/agz8232.0001.001/403

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 May 20, 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