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
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                                  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
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                                  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
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                                  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
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                                  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
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                                  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
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                                  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
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                                  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
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                                  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
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                                  And Alysoun ful softe a doun sche spedde
                                
                                  With-outyn wordys mo þey gon to bedde

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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 104
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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