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

[6-text p 442]

Heere folwith the prologe of the marchauntes tale [folio 259b]

[Leaf 260 (containing the Merchant's prologue, the painting of him, and 20 lines of the tale) has been cut out of the Cambridge MS Gg. 4. 27.]

[Cambr. Univ. MS Dd. 4. 24.]

                                  
                                    [Wepyng and waylyng / care and other sorwe [Camb. Dd. 4. 24 folio 106a] 
                                  
                                    I knowe I-now / on Euen and on morwe
                                  
                                    Quod the Marchaunt / and so don othere moo
                                  
                                    That wedded ben / I trowe that it be so
                                  
                                    fful wel I wot / it fareth so by me
                                  
                                    I haue a wyf / the werste that may be
                                  
                                    ffor though the fend / to hire I-coupled were
                                  
                                    She wolde him ouer macche / I dar wel swere
                                    Line 1220 
                                  
                                    what shulde I ȝow reherce / in special
                                  
                                    hire heye malice / she is a shrewe with al
                                  
                                    There is a long / and a large difference
                                  
                                    Be-twix Grisildis / grete pacience
                                    Line 1224 
                                  
                                    And of my wyf / the passyng cruelte
                                  
                                    were I vnbounden / also mot I the
                                  
                                    I wolde neuere eft / comen in the snare
                                  
                                    we wedded men / lyue in sorwe and care
                                    Line 1228 
                                  
                                    Assay who so wyl / and he shal fynde
                                  
                                    That I seye soth / be seynt Thomas of Inde
                                  
                                    As for the more part / I seye nat alle
                                  
                                    God shilde that it shulde / so byfalle
                                    Line 1232 
                                  
                                    A goode sire hoost / I haue I-wedded be
                                  
                                    Theise Monthes two / and more nat parde
                                  
                                    And ȝet I trowe / that he that al his lyue
                                  
                                    wyflees hath ben / though that man wold him ryue
                                    Line 1236 
                                  
                                    Vn-to the hert / ne coude in no manere
                                  
                                    Tellen so meche sorwe / as I now here
                                  
                                    Coude tellen / of my wyues cursidnes
                                  
                                    Now quod oure Host / Marchaunt so god ȝow blis
                                    Line 1240 
                                  
                                    Syn ȝe so mechil knowen / of that art
                                  
                                    fful hertily I pray ȝow / telle vs part
                                  
                                    Gladly quod he / but of myn owen sore
                                  
                                    ffor sory hert / I telle may nomore] [[Dd. 4. 24 extract ends]]

Pages

Index

About this Item

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 274
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

Technical Details

Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
Link to this Item: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8234.0001.001
Link to this scan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/agz8234.0001.001/291

Rights and Permissions

The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials are in the public domain. If you have questions about the collection, please contact [email protected]. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact [email protected].

DPLA Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States

IIIF

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/api/manifest/cme:agz8234.0001.001

Cite this Item

Full citation: "The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8234.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2025.