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

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No wondir ist / þow þat sche were a-stonyd Line 337 To seen so greet / a geste come in-to plase Sche neuere was / to swich a geste wonyd ffor whiche sche lokede / with ful pale face Line 340 But schortly þis / matyer for to chase These are þe wordis / þat þe Markis sayde To þis benynge / veray fey[t]hful mayde Line 343
Grysilde he seyde / ȝe schul wel vndyrstonde Line 344 It lykyt to ȝoure / fadyr & to me That I ȝow wedde / & ek it may so stonde As I suppose / ȝe wele þat it so be Line 347 But þese demaundis / aske I ferst quod he That sythe it schal / been don in hasty wyse Wele ȝe assentyn / or ellis ȝow auyse Line 350
I seye þis be ȝe / redy with good herte Line 351 To al myn lust / & þat I frely may As me best lykyth / do ȝow lauhe or smerte And neuere ȝe / to groche it nyght ne day Line 354 And ek whan I seye ȝa / ne seye not nay Neyther be word / ne frounnynge cuntenaunce Swere þis / & here I swere oure allyaunce Line 357
Wonderynge vp-on þis word quakynge for drede [folio 247b] Sche seyde lord / vndyng & vn-worthy I am to thilke honour þat ȝe me beede But as ȝe wele ȝoure self ryȝt so wele I Line 361 And here I swere / þat neuere wyllyngly In werk ne thouȝt I nyl ȝow disobeye ffo[r] to be ded thow me were loth to dye Line 364
T[h]is is I-nogh Grysilde myn quod he Line 365 And forth he goth with a ful noble cheere Out at þe dore & aftyr þat cam [[cam: later, over an erasure.]] sche And to þe puple he seyde in þis manere Line 368
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The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,
1868-1879.

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