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

                                
                                  fful semely aftyr here mete sche raught
                                  Line 136 
                                
                                  And sekyrly sche was of gret disport
                                
                                  And ful plesynge & amyable of port
                                
                                  And peynede here to contyrfete chere
                                
                                  Of court & to been / estatly of manere
                                  Line 140 
                                
                                  And to ben holde dygne of reuerence
                                
                                  But for to spekyn of here concience
                                
                                  Sche was so charytable & so pitous
                                
                                  Sche wolde wepe ȝif that sche seye a mous
                                  Line 144 
                                
                                  Kauȝt in a trappe ȝif it were ded or bledde [folio 133b] 
                                
                                  Of smale houndis hadde sche þat sche fedde
                                
                                  With rostid flesch or mylk or wastelbred
                                
                                  But sore wepte sche ȝif on of hem were ded
                                  Line 148 
                                
                                  Or ȝif men smot it with a ȝerde smerte
                                
                                  And al was concience & tendere herte
                                
                                  ¶ fful semely here wimpil pynched was
                                
                                  Here nose tretis here eyen greye as glas
                                  Line 152 
                                
                                  Here mouth ful smal & þerto softe & red
                                
                                  But sekyrly / sche hadde a fayr forhed
                                
                                  It was almost a spanne brod I trowe
                                
                                  ffor hardily sche was not vndir-growe
                                  Line 156 
                                
                                  fful fetys was here cloke as I was war
                                
                                  Of smale corl aboute here arm sche bar
                                
                                  A peyre of bedis I-gaudeit al with grene
                                
                                  And þeron heng a broche of gold so kene
                                  Line 160 
                                
                                  On wich þere was wretyn a cround A
                                
                                  And aftyr Amor vincit omnia
                                
                                  ¶ A nothir nonne with here hadde sche [cnapeleyn] 
                                
                                  ¶ That was here chapelen & prestis thre [Nonne prest] 
                                
                                  ¶ A monk þere was a fayr for the maystrye [Monk] 
                                
                                  An out ridere þat louede uenerye
                                
                                  A manly man to ben an abbot able
                                
                                  fful manye a deynte hors hadde he in stable
                                  Line 168 
                                
                                  And whan he rod men myȝte his brydil here
                                
                                  Gyngelyn in a whistelyng wynd als clere
                                
                                  And ek as loude as doth the chapel belle

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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 5
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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