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

Hym thynkyth verayly þat he may se Noyous flod come walwynge as the se Line 3616 To drenchyn alysoun hese hony dere He wepyth waylyth makyth sory chere He sykyth with manye a sory swough And goth & getyth hym a knedyng trough Line 3620 And aftyr a tubbe & a kemelyn And pryuyly he sente hem to hese in And hyng hem in the rof in priuyte With his owene hand he made ladderys thre Line 3624 To klymbyn bi þe roungis & the stalkys On to the tubbe hangynge in the balkis And hem vitaylede bothe trow & tubbe With bred & chese with good alle in a tubbe Line 3628 Suffysynge rygh I-now as for a day But er he hadde mad al thys aray He sente hese knaue & ek hese wenche also Vp on hese nedis to lundene for to go Line 3632 And on the moneday whan it drow to nyght He schette hese dore with-outyn candele lygh And dressede alle thynge as it schulde be And schortly vp they clumbe alle thre Line 3636 They setyn stylle wel a furlong wey Now pater noster clum seyde Nicholay And clum quod Ion & clum quod Alysoun This carpentyr seyde hese deuocyoun Line 3640 And stylle he sit & biddyth hese preyere Awaytynge on the reyn ȝif he it here The dede slep for verray besynesse ffel on this Carpentyr rygh as I gesse Line 3644 A-boute corfeu tyme or lyte more ffor trauayl [[l: later]] of hese gost he groynede sore And efft he routyth for hese hed mys lay [folio 182b] Doun on the laddere stalkyth Nicholay Line 3648 And Alysoun ful softe a doun sche spedde With-outyn wordys mo þey gon to bedde
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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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