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

                                
                                     [6-text p 460] 
                                  
                                  The slakke skyn a-boute his nekke shakyth
                                
                                  Whil that he song so chuntyth he & crakyth
                                
                                  But god wot wat that May thouȝte in hire herte
                                
                                  Whan sche hym say vp syttyn in his scherte
                                  Line 1852 
                                
                                  In his nyght cappe & in his nekke lene
                                
                                  Sche preyseth nat his pleying worth a beene
                                
                                  Thanne seyde he thus myn reste wele I take
                                
                                  Now day is come I may no lengere waake
                                  Line 1856 
                                
                                  And doun he leyde his heed & slep tyl pryme
                                
                                  And aftyrward whan that he saugh his tyme
                                
                                  Vp ryseth Ianuarie but frosche may
                                
                                  Held [[ld corrected]]  hire chaumbere tyl the fourte day
                                  Line 1860 
                                
                                  As vsage is of wyuys for the beste
                                
                                  ffor euery labour sumtyme mote han reste
                                
                                  Or ellis longe may he not endure
                                
                                  This is to seyne no lyuys creature
                                  Line 1864 
                                
                                  Be it of fysch or bryd or beste or man
                                
                                  ¶ Now wele I speke of woful Damian
                                
                                  That languysseþ for loue as ȝe schal heere
                                
                                  Therfore I speke to hym in this maneere
                                  Line 1868 
                                
                                  I seye O sely Damyan / allas
                                
                                  Answere to myn demaunde as in this cas
                                
                                  How schalt thow to thyn lady frosche May
                                
                                  Telle thyn wo / sche wele alwey seye nay
                                  Line 1872 
                                
                                  Ek ȝif thu speke sche wele thyn wo bi-wreye [[y corrected]]  [folio 269a] 
                                
                                  God be thyn helpe I can no betere seye
                                
                                  This syke Damyan in Venus fyr
                                
                                  So brennyth that he deyeth for desyr
                                  Line 1876 
                                
                                  ffor which he put his lyf in auenture
                                
                                  No lengere myghte he in this lyf endure
                                
                                  But pryuyly a pennere gan he borwe
                                
                                  And in a lettere wrot he al his sorwe
                                  Line 1880 
                                
                                  In maner of a compleynt or a lay
                                
                                  Vn-to his fayre frosche lady May
                                
                                  And in a purs of silk he hyng on his scherte
                                
                                  He hath it put & leyd it at his herte

                                  Line 1884

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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 292
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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