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

                                
                                     [6-text p 450] 
                                  
                                  So wysely god myn soule brynge at reste
                                
                                  I holde ȝore conseyl is the beste
                                
                                  ffor brothir myn of me tak this motyf
                                
                                  I haue now been a court man al myn lyf
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                                  And god it wot thow I onworthy bee [folio 264a] 
                                
                                  I haue stondyn in ful gret de-gree
                                
                                  A-boutyn lordis of ful high estaat
                                
                                  Ȝeet hadde I neuere with non of hem debaat
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                                  I neuere hem contraryed trewely
                                
                                  I woot weel that myn lord can moore þan I
                                
                                  What that he seyth I holde it ferme & stable
                                
                                  I sey the same or ellys thyng semblable
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                                  A ful gret fol is ony conseyllour
                                
                                  That seruyth ony lord of hey onour
                                
                                  That dar presume or ellys thynkyn it
                                
                                  That his conseyl schulde passe his lordis wit
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                                  Nay lordis been none folys be myn fay
                                
                                  Ȝee han ȝoure self schewid heere to day
                                
                                  So high sentence so holyly & so wel
                                
                                  That I consente & conferme euery deel
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                                  Ȝoure wordis alle & ȝoure opynyoun
                                
                                  By god there nys no man in al this toun
                                
                                  Ne in al ytayil that coude bet a sayd
                                
                                  Cryst hoold hym of this consayl wol weel apayed
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                                  And trewely it is an hygh corage
                                
                                  Of ony man that schapyn is in age
                                
                                  To takyn a ȝong wyf by myn fader ken
                                
                                  Ȝoure herte hangith on a Ioly pyn
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                                  Doth now in this matyr ryȝt as ȝow lyst
                                
                                  ffor finally I holde it for the best
                                
                                  ¶ Iustinus þat ay stylle sat & herde [Iustinus] 
                                
                                  Ryȝt in this wyse / to placebo answerde
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                                  Now brothir myn be pacient I preye
                                
                                  Syn ȝe han seyd & herkenyth what I seye
                                
                                  Senek a-mong hise othere wordis wyse [Seneca.] 
                                
                                  Syn that a man hym ouȝte rygh weel tavise

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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 282
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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