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

                                
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                                  Thanne were þey made vp-on a creature
                                
                                  To purge vryne & for engendereure
                                
                                  But I sey not þat euery wyȝt is holde
                                
                                  That hath swich harneys as I of tolde
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                                  To gon & vse hem in engenderure
                                
                                  They schul nat take of chastite no cure
                                
                                  Cryst was a maydyn & schapyn as a man
                                
                                  And manye a seynt sithe þe world be-gan
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                                  ȝit leuede þey euere in parfyt chastite
                                
                                  I nyl not enuye swych virginite
                                
                                  Let hem be bred of pure whete seed
                                
                                  And lat vs wyuys hote barli breed
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                                  And ȝit with barli bred mark telle can
                                
                                  That oure lord refroschid manye a man
                                
                                  In swich estat as god clepith vs
                                
                                  I wele perseuere I am nat precious
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                                  In wyf-hod I wele vse myn instrument
                                
                                  As frely as myn makere hath it sent
                                
                                  ȝif I be dangerous god gif me sorwe
                                
                                  Myn housbonde schal it haue on eue & morwe
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                                  Whan þat hym lyste come forth & paye hise dette [folio 213a] 
                                
                                  An housbonde wele I haue I nyl nat lette
                                
                                  Whiche schal be boþe myn detour & myn thral
                                
                                  And haue hise trybulacioun with-al
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                                  Vp-on hise flesch whil I am his wyf
                                
                                  I haue þe power durynge al myn lyf
                                
                                  Vp-on hyse proper body & noght he
                                
                                  Ryght þus thapostele tolde it me
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                                  And bad oure housbondys forto loue vs wel
                                
                                  Al þis sentence me likyth euerydel
                                
                                  Vp sterte þe pardoūner & þat a-non
                                
                                  Now dame quod he bi god & by seyn Iohn
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                                  ȝe ben a noble prechour in þis cas
                                
                                  I was a-bute to wedde a wyf allas
                                
                                  What schulde I it beye on myn flesch so dere
                                
                                  ȝit hadde I leuere wedde no wif to ȝere

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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 171
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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