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

[The chambres . and the stables weren wyde. [[Harl. 1758]] Line 28 And well were esid . at the beste. And schortly . whan the sonne was to reste. So had I spoken . with hem euerychon. That I was . of here felaschip anon. Line 32 And made forward . erly for to ryse. To take oure way . there as I you deuyse. But natheles . while I haue tyme and space. Or that I ferþer . in this tale pace.] Line 36 Me thynketh it a-cordaunt to resoun [[The Cambridge MS., leaf 132, begins here.]] To telle ȝow / al the conchusyoun Of eche of hem as it semyth me And whiche þey were & of what degre Line 40 And ek in what aray þat they were inne And at a knyȝt þanne wele I ferst begynne ¶ A knyght þere was & that a worthy man [Miles [on the left. On the right, in a later hand, like all the subsequent names,] Knyth] That from the tyme that he ferst began To rydyn out he louede Chyualrye Trouthe honour fredom & curteysie Line 46 fful worthi was he in hese lordis werre And therto hadde he / redyn noman ferre Line 48 As wel in cristyndom as in hethnesse And euere honoured for hese worthynesse ¶ At Alisandir he was whan it was wonne And ofte tyme / he hadde þe bord begunne Line 52 A-bouyn alle nacyounnys in Pruce In lectowe hadde he reysed & in reuce Non cristene man so ofte / of his degre In gernage at þe sege ek hadde he be Line 56 Of Algazer & redyn in balmarye At leyeys was he & at satalye Whan they were wonne & in þe grete see At manye a nobil aryue hadde he be Line 60 At mortal bataylis hadde he be fiftene And [foughten] for oure feith at tramessene In lystis thryis / & ay slayen his fo
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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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