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

                                
                                     [6-text p 378] 
                                  
                                  And speke as renable & fayre & wel
                                
                                  As to þe Phitonyssa dede Samuel
                                
                                  And ȝit wele some men seyn it was nat
                                
                                  I do no fors of ȝoure dyuynyte
                                  Line 1512 
                                
                                  But o thyng warne I þe I wele not iape
                                
                                  Thow wolt algatis wete how we ben schape
                                
                                  Thow schalt here aftyward myn broþer dere [folio 231b] 
                                
                                  Come / where þe nedyth not of me to lere
                                  Line 1516 
                                
                                  ffor þou schat by thyn owene experyence
                                
                                  Cunne in a chayer þanne rede þis sentence
                                
                                  Bet þan virgilie whilis he w[as] on lyue
                                
                                  Or daunt also whils he was on lyue
                                  Line 1520 
                                
                                  ffor I wele holde cumpanye with þe
                                
                                  Til it be so þat þou for-sake me
                                
                                  Nay quod þe somenour þat schal neuere be-tyde
                                
                                  I am a ȝeman knowyn is ful wyde
                                  Line 1524 
                                
                                  Myn trouthe wele I holde [to þe as in þis caas
                                
                                  ffor þouȝe þou were þe Deuell Sathanas
                                
                                  My trouþe wolle I holde [Sloane MS 1685 folio 122b] ] myn leue broþer
                                
                                  As I am sworn and eche of vs tyl oþer
                                  Line 1528 
                                
                                  ffor to be trewe broþer in þis cas
                                
                                  And boþe we gon a-boute oure purchas
                                
                                  Take þou þyn part of þat men wele þe ȝeue
                                
                                  And I schal myn þus may we boþe leue
                                  Line 1532 
                                
                                  And ȝif þat ony of vs haue more þan oþer
                                
                                  Let hym be trowe & parte it with his broþer
                                
                                  I graunte quod þe deuyl be myn fey
                                
                                  And with þat word þey ryde forth here wey
                                  Line 1536 
                                
                                  And ryȝt at þe enterynge at þe tounnys ende
                                
                                  To which þis somenour schop hym for to wende
                                
                                  The[y] saw a carte þat chargede was with hey
                                
                                  Which þat a Cartere drof ferth in þe wey
                                  Line 1540 
                                
                                  Dep was þe weye for which þis carte stod
                                
                                  The cartere smot and cryede as he were wood
                                
                                  Hayt sket hayt lyarad hat brok atonys
                                
                                  The fend quod he ȝow feche body & bonys

                                  Line 1544

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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 211
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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