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

                                  
                                    But wille ne shal not failen that is soth [[Sloane MS 1685]] 
                                  
                                    And ȝit haue I alwey a coltes toth
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                                    As many a ȝere as it is passed henne
                                  
                                    Sith that my tappe of lyf bigan to renne [[Sloane extract ends.]] 
                                  
                                    ffor sekyrly whan I was boryn anon [Cambr. MS. Gg 4. 27]  [folio 186a] 
                                  
                                    Deth drow þe tappe of lyf & let it gon
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                                    And euere sithe hath so þe tappe Ironne
                                  
                                    Til þat almost al emty is þe tunne
                                  
                                    The strem of lyf now droppith on þe chymbe
                                  
                                    The sely tunge may wel rynge & chymbe
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                                    Of wrechedenesse þat passede is ful ȝore
                                  
                                    With olde folk saue dotage is no more
                                  
                                    Whan þat þe ost hadde herd this sarmounnyng
                                  
                                    He gan to spek as lordly as a kyng
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                                    He seyde what amountyth al þis wit
                                  
                                    What schul we speke al day of holy writ
                                  
                                    The deuyl made a reue for to preche
                                  
                                    And of a soutere schipman or a leche
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                                    Sey forth thyn tale & tarye not þe tyme
                                  
                                    Lo Depeforthe & it is half weye pryme
                                  
                                    Lo Grenewych þere manye a schrewe is inne
                                  
                                    It were hey tyme þyn tale to begynne
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                                    Now serys quod this Osowold the reue
                                  
                                    I preye ȝow alle þat ȝe nat ȝow greue
                                  
                                    Thow I answere & sumdel sette hese howe
                                  
                                    ffor lefful it is þat forse / forse of schowe
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                                    This dronkene mellere hath I-told vs here
                                  
                                    How þat begiled was a carpentere
                                  
                                    Parauenture in scorn for I am on
                                  
                                    And by ȝoure leue I schal ȝow quyte a-non
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                                    Ryght in hese cherlis termys wele I speke
                                  
                                    I preye to god his nelke mote breke
                                  
                                    He can wel in myn eye sen a stalke
                                  
                                    But in hese owene he can not sen a balke

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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 112
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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