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

And in þe floor with nose & mouth to-broke They walwe as don too piggis in a poke And vp þey gon & don a-geyn a-non [folio 191b] Tyl þat þe mellere spurnede aȝen a ston Line 4280 And doun he fyl bakward vp on hese wif That wiste no þyng of þis nyse stryf ffor sche was falle a slepe a lyte wyght With Iohn þe clerk þat wakede al nyȝt Line 4284 And with þe fal out of here slep sche bryde Help holy croys of bromeholm sche seyde In manus tuas lord to þe I calle A-wake symond þe fend is on vs falle Line 4288 Myn herte is brokyn allas I ne am but ded There lyth on vp on myn wombe & on myn hed Help symkyn for þe false klerkys fyȝte This Iohn styrte vp as faste as euere he myȝte Line 4292 And graspith by the walle to & fra To fynde a staf & sche styrte vp alswa And knew þe estis betere þan dede þis Iohn And bi þe wal a staf sche fond a-non Line 4296 And saw a lytyl schemeryng of a lyȝt ffor at an hole in schon þe mone bryt [[corrected]] And by þat lyȝt sche say hem boþe too But sekyrly sche nyste ho was who Line 4300 But as sche say a whit thyng in here eye And whan sche gan þe whyte þyng espye Sche wende þe clerk hadde wered a wolyper And with the staf sche drow ay ner & ner Line 4304 And wende an hit þes aleyn at þe fulle And smot þe mellere on þe pylede sculle And doun he goth harow I deye These clerkys bete hym wel & lete hym lye Line 4308 And hastede hem & toke here leue a-non And ek here mele & on here woye þey gon And at þe melle ȝit þey toke here kake Of half a buschel flour wol wel I-bake Line 4312
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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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