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

                                
                                     [6-text p 381] 
                                  
                                  I payede at hom for þyn coreccioun
                                
                                  Thow lyxt quod sche be myn sauacyoun
                                
                                  Ne was I neuere er no wedewe ne wyf
                                
                                  Somounede on to ȝoure court in al myn lyf
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                                  Ne neuere I nas but of myn body trewe
                                
                                  Vn-to þe deuyl blak & row of hewe
                                
                                  ȝeue I thyn body & myn panne also
                                
                                  And whan þe deuyl herde hire curse so
                                  Line 1624 
                                
                                  Vp-on hire kneis sche seyde on þis manere
                                
                                  Now mabelyn myn owene modir dere
                                
                                  Is þis ȝoure wille in ernest þat ȝe seye
                                
                                  The deuyl quod sche so feche hym er he deye
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                                  And panne & al but he wele hym repente
                                
                                  Nay olde stot þat is not myn entente [[Gg. 4. 27 stops]] 
                                
                                  [Quod þe Somnour for to repent me [Sloane MS 1685 folio 124a] 
                                
                                  ffor eny þenge þat I haue hade of þe
                                  Line 1632 
                                
                                  I wolde I hade þi smok/ & euery clothe
                                
                                  Nowe Broþer/ quod þe Deuyll be not wrothe
                                
                                  Thy body and þis panne ys myne by riȝt
                                
                                  Thou shalte with me to helle · ȝit to nyȝt/
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                                  þere þou shalt/ knowe of/ oure pryuete
                                
                                  More þan a Maystre of/ Diuinite
                                
                                  And with þat worde þe foule fende hym hent
                                
                                  Body and soule with þe fende went
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                                  Where þat Somonours haue hir/ herytage
                                
                                  And god þat made aftyr/ hys Image
                                
                                  Man-kynde saue and gyde vs alle and somme
                                
                                  And leue þis Somonour/ gode man by-come/.
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                                  Lordynges I coude a tolde you quod þe frere [Sloane MS 1685 folio 124b] 
                                
                                  Hade I hade leyser/ of thys Somnour here
                                
                                  After/ þe Tyxt/ Cryst poule & Iohn .
                                
                                  And of other/ doctours many on .
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                                  Suche peynes þat youre hertes may a-gryse .
                                
                                  Also by hyt þat no þenge may deuyse .
                                
                                  Thou þat I myȝt/ a þousand wynter/ telle .
                                
                                  The peyne of þilke Cursed house of helle .

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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 214
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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