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

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¶ Bihoold the murie wordes of the Hoost to the Shipman and to the lady Prioresse. [on leaf 152]

                                    Wel seyd by corpus dominus quod our Hoost
                                  
                                    Now longe / moote thou saille by the cost
                                  
                                    Sire gentil maister / gentil Maryneer
                                  
                                    God yeue this Monk / a thousand last quade yeer
                                    Line 1628 
                                  
                                    A ha felawes / beth ware of swiche a Iape
                                  
                                    The Monk putte / in the mannes hood an Ape
                                  
                                    And in his wyues eek by Seint Austyn
                                  
                                    Draweth no Monkes / moore vn to youre In
                                    Line 1632 
                                  
                                    ¶ But now passe ouer / and lat vs seke aboute
                                  
                                    Who shal now / telle first of al this route
                                  
                                    Another tale / and with that word he sayde
                                  
                                    As curteisly / as it had ben a mayde
                                    Line 1636 
                                  
                                    My lady Prioresse / by youre leue
                                  
                                    So that I wiste / I sholde yow nat greue
                                  
                                    I wolde demen / that ye tellen sholde
                                  
                                    A tale next if so were that ye wolde
                                    Line 1640 
                                  
                                    Now wol ye vouche sauf my lady deere
                                  
                                    ¶ Gladly quod she / and seyde as ye shal heere
                                  ¶ Explicit. .

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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 404
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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