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

                                
                                     [6-text p 444] 
                                  
                                  And leede his lyf in ioye & in solace
                                
                                  Where as these bachelerys synge allas
                                
                                  Whan that they fynde ony aduercitee
                                
                                  In loue which is but childis vanytee
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                                  And trewely it is weel to been so
                                
                                  That bachelerys han ofte peyne & wo
                                
                                  On brothil ground they bylde / & brothelnesse
                                
                                  They fynde / whan they wene sekyrnesse
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                                  They lyue but as a bryd or as a beste
                                
                                  In lyberte & vndyr non areste
                                
                                  There as a weddede man in his estat
                                
                                  Leuyth a lyf blysful & ordenat
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                                  Vndyr the ȝok of maryage I-bounde
                                
                                  Wel may his herte in ioye & blisse aboūnde
                                
                                  ffor who can been so buxsum as a wif
                                
                                  Who is so trewe & ek so ententyf
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                                  To keepe hym syk & hol as is his make
                                
                                  ffor weel or wo sche wele hym not for-sake
                                
                                  Sche is nat wery hym to loue & serue
                                
                                  Thogh þat he lye bedrede tyl he sterue
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                                  And ȝit some clerkys seyn it is nat so
                                
                                  Of which þe theofraste is on of tho
                                
                                  What fors thow Theofraste lyste to lye
                                
                                  Ne take no wyf quod he for husbonderye
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                                  As for to spare in houshold thyn dispence
                                
                                  A trewe seruaunt doth more diligence
                                
                                  Thyn good to kepe than tyn owene wyf
                                
                                  ffor sche wele cleyme half part al hire lyf
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                                  And ȝyf þou be sek so god me save
                                
                                  Thynne verray frendys or a trewe knave
                                
                                  Wele kepe þe bet / than sche that wayth ay [folio 261b] 
                                
                                  Aftyr thyn good / & hath doon manye a day
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                                  And ȝif thow take a wyf on to thyn hold /
                                
                                  fful lyghtely mayst þou been a coukewold [¶ Caue] 
                                
                                  This sentence / & manye an hunderede werse
                                
                                  Wryth this man / there god his bonys cursse

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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 276
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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