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

                                
                                     [6-text p 361] 
                                  
                                  To lernyn what thyng wemen louyn most
                                
                                  But he ne coude aryuyn In no cost
                                
                                  Where as he myȝte fynde in this matyre
                                
                                  Two wightis a-cordyn in fyre
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                                  Some men seydyn women louyn best rychesse
                                
                                  Some men seyde honour some  [[written over an erasure.]] iolynesse [[written over an erasure.]] 
                                
                                  Some men seyde ryche aray some lust in bedde
                                
                                  And ofte tyme be wedewe & ofte I-wedde
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                                  Some men seyde oure herte is most I-esed
                                
                                  Whan þat we been I-flatered & I-plesed
                                
                                  He goth ful nygh þe sothe I nyl not lye
                                
                                  A man schal wynne vs best with flaterye
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                                  And with attendaunce & besynesse [folio 223b] 
                                
                                  Be we I-lymyd boþe more & lesse
                                
                                  And some men seyn þat we louyn best
                                
                                  ffor to be fre & do ryȝt as vs lest
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                                  And þat no man repreue vs of oure vice
                                
                                  But seye þat we be wys & no thyng nyse
                                
                                  ffor trewely þere is non of vs alle
                                
                                  ȝif ony wyȝt wele clawe vs on the galle
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                                  That we nolde kyke for he seyth vs soth
                                
                                  Asay he schal fynde it þat so doth
                                
                                  ffor be we neuere so vicious with-inne
                                
                                  We wele be holde wis & clene of synne
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                                  And some seyn that gret loue haue we
                                
                                  ffor to ben holde wyse & secre
                                
                                  And in on purpos stedefastly to dwelle
                                
                                  And not be wreye thyng þat men vs telle
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                                  But þat tale nys not worth a rake stele
                                
                                  Parde we wemen can nothyng hele
                                
                                  Witnesse of Mida wil ȝe here þe tale
                                
                                  Ouyde a-mongis oþere thyngis smale
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                                  Seyde Mida hadde vndyr hyse longe herys
                                
                                  Growynge on his hed two assis erys
                                
                                  The whiche vice he hyde as he best myghte
                                
                                  fful subtyly from euery manys syȝte

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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 194
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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