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

[6-text p 354] Thanne sit he doun & wryt in hise dotage That wemen kunne not kepe here maryage But now to purpos why I tolde the That I was betyn for a bok pardee Line 712 Vp-on a nyȝt Iankyn that was oure syre Radde on his bok as he sat by the fyre Of Eua fyrst that for hyre wikkedenes Was al mankynde brouȝt to wrechedenes Line 716 [For whiche þat Ihesu Crist hym selfe was slayne That boughte vs with his herte blode agayne Lo here expresse of women Maye ye ffynde That women was the losse of All Mankynde [MS Reg. 17 D xv folio 134b] [[Not in Sloane MS 1685, lf 111, bk; Harl. 7335, lf 70, bk; or Reg. 18 C 2, leaf 113, bk.]] ] Line 720 Tho radde he me how sampson loste hyse heris Slepynge his leman kitte hem with hyre scherys Thorgh whych tresoun loste he bothe hyse eyen Tho radde he me ȝif I schal nat lyen Line 724 Of ercules & of hyse dyanyre That causede hym to sette hym selue a fyre No thyng for-gat he the care & the wo [folio 220b] That socrates hadde with hyse wyuys two Line 728 How Exantippa caste pis vp-on his hed This sely man sat stylle as he were deed He wypede his hed no more durste he seyn But er thundyr stynte þere comyth a reyn Line 732 Of phasippa that was the queen of Crete ffor schrewedenesse hym thouȝte the tale swete ffy spek na more it is a gresely thyng Of hire horrible lust & hire lykyng Line 736 Of clitemysta for hire lecherye That falsely maade hire husbonde for to deye He radde it with ful good deuocioun He tolde me ek for what occasyoun Line 740 Amphiorax at thebes loste his lyf Myn husbonde hadde a legende of his wyf Eryphilem þat for an Ouche of gold Hath priuyly on to þe grekys told Line 744
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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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