Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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

[6-text p 602] Dauid seith ¶ The riche folk / that embraceden and oneden [¶ Of defaute of tresor vnde dauid [?]] al hire herte to tresor of this world / shul slepe / in the slepynge of deeth /. and no thyng ne shal they fynden in hir handes / of al hir tresor [194] ¶ And moore ouer / the myseyse of helle / shal been / in defaute of mete and [¶ Of defaute of mete & drynke] drinke /. [195] for god seith thus by Moyses /. They shul [¶ dominus per Moysem] been wasted with hunger and the briddes of helle / shul deuouren hem with the bitter deeth / and the galle of the dragon / shal been hire drynke / and the venym of the dragon / hire morsels [196] ¶ And forther ouer / hire [¶ Of defaute of clothyng /] myseyse / shal been in defaute of clothyng. for they shulle be naked in body / as of clothyng. saue the fyr / in which they brenne / and othere filthes / [197] and naked shul they been of soule / as of alle manere vertues / which þat is the clothyng of the soule /. Where been thanne the gaye Robes / and the smale shetes / and the softe shertes [198] ¶ Loo / what seith god of hem by the prophete ysaye. [¶ dominus per Ysayam prophetam] That vnder hem / shul been strawed Motthes / and hire couertures / shulle been of wormes of helle [199] ¶ And forther ouer / hir myseyse shal been / in defaute of [¶ Of defaute of freendes] freendes / for he nys nat poure that hath goode freendes / but there is no frend [200] for neither god ne no creature / shal been freend to hem / and euerich of hem / shal haten oother with deedly hate / [201] The sones and [folio 213b] the doghtren / shullen rebellen / agayns fader and mooder / and kynrede agayns kynrede / and chiden and despisen / euerich of hem oother bothe day and nyght. as god seith / [¶ dominus per Michaiam pro|phetam] by the prophete Michias [202] ¶ And the louynge children / that whilom loueden so flesshly euerich oother / wolden euerich of hem / eten oother / if they myghte /. [203] for how sholden they loue togidre in the peyne of helle / whan they hated ech of hem oother in the prosperitee of this lyf [204] ¶ ffor truste wel / hir flesshly loue / was deedly hate / as seith the prophete Dauid ¶ who so that loueth wikked|nesse [¶ Dauid propheta ‖ Qui diligit iniquitatem / odit animam suam] / he hateth his soule /. [205] and who so hateth his owene soule / certes / he may loue noon oother wight
/ 846
Pages Index

Actions

file_download Download Options Download this page PDF - Page 598 Image - Page 598 Plain Text - Page 598

About this Item

Title
The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
Author
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Canvas
Page 598
Publication
London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner,
1868-1879.

Technical Details

Link to this Item
https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8232.0001.001
Link to this scan
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/agz8232.0001.001/632

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

Related Links

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 19, 2025.
Do you have questions about this content? Need to report a problem? Please contact us.