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
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                                  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
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                                  [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.]] ]
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                                  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
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                                  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
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                                  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
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                                  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
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                                  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
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                                  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

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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 187
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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