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

That ȝif þou wreye me þou schat ben wod Nay cryst forbede for hese holy blood Line 3508 Quod þo this selye man I nam no labbe Ne þow I seye I ne am not lef to gabbe Sey what þou wylt I schal it neuere telle To chyld ne wyf by hym that harwede helle Line 3512 Now Iohn quod Nicholas I nyl not lye I haue I-foundyn in myn astronemye As I haue lokyd in the mone bryght That now a moneday nest at quarter nyght Line 3516 Schal falle a reyn & that so wilde & wod That half so gret was neuere Noyes flod This world he seyde in more thn an oure Schal be drenk so hydous is the schour Line 3520 Thus schal mankynde drenche & lese here lyf This carpenter answerede allas myn wif And schal sche drenche allas myn alysoun ffor sorwe of this he fel almost a doun Line 3524 And seyde is there no remedye in this cas Whi ȝis for gode / quod hende Nichola Ȝif þou wilt werkyn aftyr lore & red Thow mayst not werkyn aftyr þyn owene red Line 3528 ffor thus seyth salamon that was for trewe Werk al be conseyl & þou schalt not rew And ȝif þou werke wylt be good conseyl I vndyrtake withoute mast or sayl Line 3532 Ȝit schal I schaue here & the & me Hast þou not herd how sauyd was noe Whan þat oure lord hadde warnede hym beforn Tha al the word with wayr schulde be lorn Line 3536 Ȝis quod this carpenter ful ȝore ago Hast þou not herd quod Nicholas also The sorwe of Noe with hese felauschepe [folio 181a] E[r] þan he myghte gete hese wyf to schepe Line 3540 Hym hadde ben lefere I dar wel vndyrtake Al thilke tyme than hese wederis blake
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The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,
1868-1879.

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