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

                                
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                                  With myn gossib dwellynge in oure toun
                                
                                  God haue hire soule hire name was alysoun
                                
                                  Sche knew myn herte & ek myn pryuite
                                
                                  Bet þan oure paryche prest so mote I the
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                                  To hire be-wreyede I myn conseyl al [folio 218a] 
                                
                                  ffor hadde myn husebonde pissede on a wal
                                
                                  Or don ony thyng þat schulde a cost his lyf
                                
                                  To hire & to a-noþer worthi wyf
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                                  And to myn nece þat I louede wel
                                
                                  I wolde haue tolde hise conseyl euerydel
                                
                                  And so I dede ful ofte god it wot
                                
                                  That made hise face ofte red & hot
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                                  ffor verray schame & blamede hym self þat he
                                
                                  Hadde told me so gret a pryuyte
                                
                                  And so be-fel þat onys in a lente
                                
                                  So ofte tyme I to myn gossib wente
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                                  ffor euere þat I louede to be gay
                                
                                  And for to walke in marsch auerylle & may
                                
                                  ffrom hous to hous to heryn sundery talis
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                                  That Iankyn  [[c rubbed out]] clerk & myn gossib dame Alis
                                
                                  And I myn self vp to þe feldis wente
                                
                                  Myn housbonde was at lundene al þat lente
                                
                                  And I hadde þe betere leyser for to pleye
                                
                                  And for to se & ek for to be seye
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                                  Of lusty folk what wyste I where myn grace
                                
                                  Whas schape for to be or in what place
                                
                                  Therfore I made mynne visitaciounnys
                                
                                  To vigilis & to procesciounnys
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                                  To prechyngis ek & to pylgrymagis
                                
                                  To pleyes of myrakelis & of mariagis
                                
                                  And werede vp-on myne scarlet gites
                                
                                  These wormes these mothis & these mytis
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                                  Vp-on myn peryl frete hem neuere a del
                                
                                  And wost þou why for they were vsede wel
                                
                                  Nowe wele I telle forth what happede me
                                
                                  I seye þat in the feldys walkede we

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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 182
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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