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

                                
                                  Whan that the ferste Cok hath crowe a-non
                                
                                  Vp rist this Ioly louere this absalon
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                                  And hym arayeþ gay at poyn deuyse
                                
                                  But fyrst he schewith greyn & licorys
                                
                                  To smelle sote er he hadde kemb his her
                                
                                  Vndyr hese tunge a trewe loue he ber
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                                  ffor therby wende he to be gracious
                                
                                  He romyth to the carpenterys hous
                                
                                  And stille he stant vndyr the schot wyndowe
                                
                                  Vn to hese brest it raught it was so lowe
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                                  And softe he coude with a semy soun
                                
                                  What do ȝe hony komb ȝe swete alysoun
                                
                                  Myn fayre bryd myn swete synamome
                                
                                  Awakyth leman myn & spekyth to me
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                                  Wol lytil thynkyn ȝe vp on myn wo
                                
                                  That for ȝoure loue I swete þere I go
                                
                                  No wondyr ist þow I swalte & swete
                                
                                  I morne as doth a lamb aftyr þe tete
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                                  I-wis leman I haue so meche loue longyng
                                
                                  That lik a turtele I trowe is myn mornyng
                                
                                  I may not ete no more þan a mayde
                                
                                  Go from the wyndowe Iakke fol sche sayde
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                                  As helpe me god it wele not be cumpame
                                
                                  I loue a-nothir & ell I were to blame
                                
                                  Wel bet þan þe be Ihesu Absalon
                                
                                  Go forth þyn way or I wele caste a ston
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                                  And let me slepe a twenty dele wey
                                
                                  Allas quod absalon & welleawey
                                
                                  That trewe loue was euere so euele be-set
                                
                                  Than kys me syn it may be no bet
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                                  ffor Ihesus [[MS Ihc]]  loue & for the loue of me
                                
                                  Wilt þou þanne go thyn wey therewith quod sche
                                
                                  Ȝa certis lemman quod þis absalon [folio 183b] 
                                
                                  Thanne mak þe redi quod sche I come anon
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                                  . . . . .
                                
                                  . . . . . [no gap in the MS.] 
                                
                                  This Absalon sette hym doun on hese kneis

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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 106
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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