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

                                  
                                    Thus is þe proude mellere wel I-bete
                                  
                                    And hath I-lost the gryndyng of þe wete
                                  
                                    And payed for þe souper euery del [folio 192a] 
                                  
                                    Of aleyn & of Iohn þat bete hym wel
                                    Line 4316 
                                  
                                    Hese wyf is swyuyd & hese doughtyr als
                                  
                                    Lo swich It is a mellere [[re: later]]  to ben fals
                                  
                                    And þerfore this prouerbe is seyd ful soth [[soth: later]] 
                                  
                                    Hym thar not wene wel þat euele doth
                                    Line 4320 
                                  
                                    A gylour schal [[l: later]]  hym self begylede be
                                  
                                    And god þat settyth hye in [[in: later]]  mageste
                                  
                                    Save all þese cumpanyis grate [[? corrected to grete]]  & smale
                                  
                                    Thus haue I quit þe mellere in myn tale [[Break of 3 lines in the MS.]] 
                                    Line 4324

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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 124
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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