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

                                  
                                    SO whan þe knyght hath þus hese tale told [folio 175a] 
                                  
                                    In al þe route nas þere ȝyng ne old
                                  
                                    That he ne seyde it nas a noble story
                                  
                                    And worthy for to drawe to memory
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                                    And nameli þe gentilis euerychon
                                  
                                    Our ost lough and swor so mote I gon
                                  
                                    Thys goth aryght onbokeled is the male
                                  
                                    Let sen now who schal telle a noþer tale
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                                    ffor trewely the game is wel begunne
                                  
                                    Now tellyth ȝe sere monk ȝyf þat ȝe cunne
                                  
                                    Sumwhat to quite with þe knyghtis tale
                                  
                                    The mellere that dronke was al pale
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                                    So that a-nethe vp on his hors he sat
                                  
                                    He nulde a-vale neythyr hod ne hat
                                  
                                    Ne abyde no man for hese curteysye
                                  
                                    But in pilat voys he gan to crye
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                                    And swor by armys & by blod & bonys
                                  
                                    I can a noble tale for thenonys
                                  
                                    With whiche he wele now quyte þe knyȝtis tale
                                  
                                    Oure ost saw þat he was dronke of ale
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                                    And seyde a-byd Robyn myn leue brothyr
                                  
                                    Sum betere man schal telle vs fyrst a nothyr
                                  
                                    Onbyd & lat vs werke thryftyly
                                  
                                    By goddys soule / quod he þat wele nat I
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                                    ffor I wele speke or ellys gon myn wey
                                  
                                    Oure ost answerde telle on a delewey
                                  
                                    Thow art a fol thy wit is ouercome
                                  
                                    Now herkenygh quod the mellere alle & some
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                                    But fyrst I make a protestacyoun
                                  
                                    That I am dronke I knowe it be myn soun
                                  
                                    And þerfore ȝif I mys speke or seye
                                  
                                    Wite it the ale of Southwerk I preye

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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 89
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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