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

                                
                                     [6-text p 375] 
                                  
                                  ȝif þat ȝe happyn to comyn in oure schyre
                                
                                  Al schal be ryȝt as ȝe wele desyre
                                
                                  Graunt mercy quod þis somenour be myn fey[th]
                                
                                  Eueryche in oþeres hand his trouthe leyth
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                                  ffor to ben swore breþeryn tyl þey deye
                                
                                  In daliaunce þey ryde forth & pleye
                                
                                  This somenour þat was so ful of Iangelys
                                
                                  As ful of venym ben þese variangelys
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                                  And euere enquyrynge vp-on euery thyng
                                
                                  Brothir quod he where is ȝoure dwellyng
                                
                                  A-noþer day ȝif þat I schulde ȝow seche
                                
                                  This ȝeman hym answerede in softe speche
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                                  Broþer quod he fer in þe north cuntre
                                
                                  Where as I hope sumtyme I schal þe se
                                
                                  Er we departe I schal þe so wel wische
                                
                                  That of myn hous ne shalt þou neuere mysse
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                                  Now broþer quod þe somenour I ȝow preye
                                
                                  Teche me whils þat ȝe ryde by þe weye
                                
                                  Syn þat ȝe be a balyf as am I
                                
                                  Sum subtilete & telle me feythfully
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                                  In myn offys how I may most wynne
                                
                                  And sparyth not for concience ne for synne
                                
                                  But as myn broþer telle me how do ȝe
                                
                                  Now by myn trouthe broþer dere seyde he
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                                  As I schal telle þe a feythful tale
                                
                                  Mynne wagis been ful streyte & ful smale
                                
                                  Myn lord is hard to me & daungerous
                                
                                  And myn offys is ful laberous
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                                  And þerfore by extorciounnys I leue
                                
                                  ffor sothe I take al þat men wele me ȝeue
                                
                                  Algate by sleyȝte or by violence
                                
                                  ffrom ȝer to ȝer I wynne al myn dispence
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                                  I can no betere telle feythfully
                                
                                  Now sertis quod þis somenour so fare I
                                
                                  I spare not to take god it wot
                                
                                  But ȝif it be to heuy or to hoot

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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 208
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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