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

                                
                                  And þou wit seyn heyl maystyr Nicholay
                                
                                  Good morwe for I se þe wel for it is day
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                                  And thanne schul we be lordys al oure lyue
                                
                                  Of al the world as Noe was & hese wyue
                                
                                  But of a [[a later]]  thyng I warne the ful ryght
                                
                                  Be wel auysed on þat ilke nyght
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                                  That we ben enteryd in to schepys bord
                                
                                  That non of vs ne speke not a word
                                
                                  Ne clepe ne crye but ben in hese preyere
                                
                                  ffor it is goddys owene heste dere
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                                  Thyn wyf & þou motyn hangyn fer a twen
                                
                                  ffor that be-twixe ȝow schal ben no syn
                                
                                  No more in lokynge þan þere schal in dede
                                
                                  This ordenaunce is seyd go god þe spede
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                                  To morwe at nyght whan we ben alle aslepe
                                
                                  In to oure knedynge tulbis we schul crepe
                                
                                  And sittynge þere abydynge goddys grace
                                
                                  Go now þyn way I ne haue no lengere space
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                                  To make of thys no lengere sarmounnyng
                                
                                  Men seyth þus / synd þe wyse & sey no þyng
                                
                                  Thow art so wys it nedyth þe not teche
                                
                                  Go saue oure lyf & that I þe beseche
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                                  This sely carpenter goth forth hese way
                                
                                  fful ofte he seyde allas & welle away
                                
                                  And to hese wif he tolde hese priuyte
                                
                                  And sche was war & knew it bet þan he
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                                  What al this queynte cast was for to say
                                
                                  But neuertheles sche ferde as sche wolde day
                                
                                  And seyde allas go forth þyn waye a-non
                                
                                  Help vs to skape / er we ben dede eche on
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                                  I am thyn verray trewe weddede wyf
                                
                                  Go dere spouse & help to saue oure lyf
                                
                                  Lo which a gret thyng is affeccyoun [folio 182a] 
                                
                                  Men may deye thour Imagynacyoun
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                                  So depe may impressioun be take
                                
                                  This sely Carpenter begynnyth to quake

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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 103
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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