The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

                                
                                  Be proces & be lenthe a certeyn ȝerys
                                
                                  Al styntyd is the mournyng & the terys [XII. 3, 'giorni,' instead of years.] 
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                                  Of grekys be on general assent
                                
                                  Than semede me þere was a parlement
                                
                                  At athenes vp on certeyn poyntys and cas
                                
                                  A-mong the poyntys spokyn was
                                  Line 2972 
                                
                                  To haue with certeyn poyntys alyance
                                
                                  And haue fully of thebans obeissaunce
                                
                                  ffor which this nobil theseus anon
                                
                                  Let sendyn aftyr gentil palamon [XII. 4.] 
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                                  Vnwist of hym what was the cause & why
                                
                                  But in hese blake cloþis sorwefully
                                
                                  He come at hese owene comaundement in hye
                                
                                  To sente Theseus / for emelye
                                  Line 2980 
                                
                                  Whan þey were set & hust was al the place [folio 173a]  [XII. 5.] 
                                
                                  And thesyus abedyn hadde a space
                                
                                  Er ony word cam from hese wyse brest
                                
                                  Hese eynyn sette he þere as was hese lest
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                                  And with a sad visage he sikede stille
                                
                                  And aftyr þat ryght þus he seyde hese wille
                                
                                  The ferste mournere [[? MS.]]  of the cause aboue [IX. 51.] 
                                
                                  Whan he ferst made þe cheyne of loue [mondo, for 'cheine of loue.'] 
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                                  Gret was theffect & hy was hese entent
                                
                                  Wel wiste he why & what þerof he ment [IX. 51.] 
                                
                                  ffor with that fayre cheyne of loue he bond
                                
                                  The fuyr the eyre the watyr & the lond
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                                  In certeyn boundys þat þey may not fle
                                
                                  That same prince & þat same Moeuere quod he [[See IX. 51, 52, and XII. 6.]] 
                                
                                  Hath stablyschid in this wrechede world a doun
                                
                                  Certeyn dayis & duracioun
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                                  To alle þat is engenderid in þis place
                                
                                  Ouer the whiche day þey may not pace
                                
                                  Alle mowe þey ȝit þe dayis wel a-bregge
                                
                                  Þere nedyth non autorite to legge
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                                  ffor it is preuyd be experyence
                                
                                  But þat me lyste to clare myn sentence

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Title: The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Canvas: Page 85
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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