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

Sche dryuyth forth in-to oure occian Thour-out oure wilde see til at þe laste Vndyr an hold þat nemenyn I ne can ffor in northumbyrlond the wawis hire caste Line 508 And in þe se hire schip stekede so faste That þens ne wolde it not of al a tide The wyl of here was þat sche schulde a-byde Line 511
The constabele of þe Castel doun is fare To sen þis wrak & al þe schip he souȝte And fond þis wery woman ful of care He fond also þe tresore þat sche brouȝte Line 515 In hyre langage mercy sche be-souȝte The lyf out of hire body to twynne Hire to delyuere of woo þat sche was inne Line 518
A maner latyn corupt was hire speche [folio 201b] But algatis þerbi was sche vndir-stonde The Constabele whan hym lyste no lengere seche This woful woman brouȝte he to the londe Line 522 Sche knelyth doun & thankyth godis sonde But what sche was sche durste no man seye ffor foul ne fayr thow þat sche schulde deye Line 525
Sche seyde sche was so masede in the see That sche forgat hire mynde by hyre [[altered]] trouthe The cunstabele hath of hire gret pite And ek his wif that þey wepe for routhe Line 529 Sche was so diligent with-outyn slouthe To serue & plese eueryche in þat place That alle hyre louyn þat lokyn in hyre face Line 532
This constabil & dame hermengylt his wyf Were payenys in þat cuntrey euery where But Ermengylt louede hire ryȝt as hire lyf And Custaunce hath so longe soiurnede þere Line 536
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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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