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

                                
                                     [6-text p 398] 
                                  
                                  Tyl at þe laste he seyde god ȝow se
                                
                                  This lord gan to loke & seyde benedicite
                                
                                  What frere Ihn what maner world is þis [folio 240b] 
                                
                                  I se wel þat sumthyng þere is a-mys
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                                  ȝe loke as thow þe wode were ful of thewys
                                
                                  Sit doun a-non & telle vs what ȝoure gref is
                                
                                  And it schal ben a-mendyt If I may
                                
                                  I haue quod he had a dispit to day
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                                  God ȝilde ȝow a-doun in ȝoure village
                                
                                  That in þis world nys non so poure a page
                                
                                  That he nulde haue abomynacioun
                                
                                  Of þat I hare resseyuyd in ȝoure toun
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                                  And ȝit me greuyth me no þyng so sore
                                
                                  As þat þis olde cherl with lokys hore
                                
                                  Blasfemyd hath oure holy couent ek
                                
                                  Now maystir quod þe lord I ȝow be-sek
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                                  No maystyr quod he sire but seruytour
                                
                                  Thow I haue had in scole þat honour
                                
                                  God lykyth not þat rabi men vs calle
                                
                                  Neyþer in market nyn in ȝoure large halle
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                                  No fors quod he but telle me al ȝoure gref
                                
                                  Syre quod þis frere an odyous myschef
                                
                                  þis day is betid to myn ordere & me
                                
                                  And so par concequens to eche degre
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                                  Of holy cherche god a-mende it sone
                                
                                  Syre quod þe lord ȝe wete what is to done
                                
                                  Distemperyth ȝow not ȝe ben myn confessour
                                
                                  ȝe ben þe salt of þe cherche & þe sauour
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                                  ffor godys loue ȝoure pacience ȝe holde
                                
                                  Telle me ȝoure gref & he anon hym tolde
                                
                                  As ȝe han herd be-fore ȝe wete wel what
                                
                                  Te lady of þe hous ay stille sat
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                                  Til sche hadde herd what þe frere seyde
                                
                                  Ey godis modyr quod sche blysful mayde
                                
                                  Is þere not elle telle me feythfully
                                
                                  Madame quod he how lykyth ȝow herby

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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 231
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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