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

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Ye been oure lord doth with ȝoure owene thyng Line 652 Ryȝt as ȝow leste axseth no reed at me ffor as I leffte at hom al myn clothynge Whan I ferst cam to ȝow ryȝt so quod sche Line 655 Lefte I myn wil / & myn liberte / And tok ȝoure clothyng wherfore I ȝow preye Doth ȝoure plesaunce I wele ȝoure lust obeye Line 658
And sertis ȝif I hadde prescience Line 659 ȝoure wil to knowe er ȝe ȝoure lust me tolde I wolde it don with-outyn necligence But now I wot ȝoure lust & what ȝe wolde Line 662 Al ȝoure plesaunce ferme & stable I holde ffor wiste I þat myn deth wolde don ȝoure ese Ryȝt gladly wolde I deye ȝow to plese Line 665
Deth may not make non comparisoun Line 666 Vn-to ȝoure loue & whan this Markys say The constaunce / of his wyf he cast a doun Hise eyen too / & wonderyth that sche may Line 669 In pacience / suffere al this a-ray And forth he goth / with drery cuntenaunce But to his herte it was / a ful gret plesaunce Line 672
This vgely sergeaunt in þe same wyse [folio 252a] Line 673 That he hire douȝtyr cauȝte ryȝte so he Or werse ȝif men werse can deuyse Hath hent hire sone that ful was of beute Line 676 And euery in on so pacient was sche That sche no chere made of heuynesse But kisse hire sone / & aftyr gan it blysse Line 679
Saue this sche preyede hym that ȝif he myȝte Line 680 Hire litille sone he wolde in erthe graue Hise tendere lemys delitat to syȝte ffrom foulys & from bestis hym to saue Line 683
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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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