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

                                
                                     [6-text p 455] 
                                  
                                  Dispeyre ȝow not but hauyth in memorye
                                
                                  Perauntir sche may been ȝoure purgatorye
                                
                                  Sche may been goddis meene & goddys whippe
                                
                                  Thanne schal ȝoure soule vp to heuene skyppe
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                                  Swiftere than an arwe out of a bowe
                                
                                  I hope to god here aftyr ȝe schul knowe
                                
                                  That ther is non so greet felycite
                                
                                  In maryage ne neuere mor schal be
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                                  That ȝow schal lette of ȝoure saluacioun
                                
                                  So that ȝe vse as skil is & resoun
                                
                                  The lustis of ȝoure wyf attemprely
                                
                                  And that ȝe plese hire nat to amourously
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                                  And that ȝe kepe ȝow ek from othere synne
                                
                                  Myn tale is doon for myn wit is thenne
                                
                                  Byth not a-gast heere-of myn brothir dere [folio 266b] 
                                
                                  But let vs wadyn  [[o corrected]] out of this mateere
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                                  The wyf of bathe ȝif ȝe han vndyrstonde
                                
                                  Of maryage which ȝe han on honde
                                
                                  Declarid hath ful wel in lytyl space
                                
                                  ffaryth now weel god haue ȝow in his grace
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                                  And with that word this Iustyne & his brothir
                                
                                  They take here leue & eche of hem of othir
                                
                                  ffor whan they sagh that it muste needis be
                                
                                  They wroughte so sly & wys tretee
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                                  That sche this mayde which þat Mayus hyghte
                                
                                  As hastyly as euere sche myghte
                                
                                  Schal weddede been on to this Ianuarye
                                
                                  I trowe it weere to longe now to tarye
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                                  Ȝif I ȝow tolde of euery scrit & bond
                                
                                  By which that sche was feffyd in his  [[l corrected]] lond
                                
                                  Or for to herkene of hire ryche aray
                                
                                  But fynally is comyn the day
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                                  That to the cherche bothe be they went
                                
                                  ffor to resceyue the holy sacrement
                                
                                  fforth comyth the prest with stole a-bout his nekke
                                
                                  And bad hire be lyk sarra & rebekke

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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 287
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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