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

                                
                                     [6-text p 473] 
                                  
                                  Hire answere schal sche han I vndyr-take
                                
                                  Lat vs no moore wordis hereof make
                                
                                  ffor sothe I wele no lengere ȝow contrarye
                                
                                  ¶ Now lat vs turne a-geyn to Ianuarye
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                                  That in the gardyn with his fayre May
                                
                                  Syngith ful muriere than the popyniay
                                
                                  Ȝow loue I best & schal & othir noon
                                
                                  So longe a-boute the aleyis is he goon
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                                  Til he was comyn a-geyn thilke pirie
                                
                                  Where as this Damyan sittyth ful merye
                                
                                  And hye a-mong the frossche leuys grene
                                
                                  This frosche may that is so bryȝt & schene
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                                  Gan for to sike & seyde allas myn syde [folio 275a] 
                                
                                  Now sire quod sche for ough that may be-tyde
                                
                                  I muste han of the perys that I se
                                
                                  Or I mot deye so sore longith me
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                                  To etyn of the smale perys grene
                                
                                  Help for hire loue that is / of heuene queene
                                
                                  I telle ȝow weel a woman In myn plyt
                                
                                  May han to freut so greet an apetyt
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                                  That sche may deyen but sche of it haue
                                
                                  Allas quod he that I ne hadde here a knaue
                                
                                  That coude clymbe allas allas quod he
                                
                                  That I am blynd ȝa sere no fors quod sche
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                                  But wolde ȝe vouche saf for godis sake
                                
                                  The pirie inwith ȝoure armys for to take
                                
                                  ffor weel I wot that ȝe mystroste me
                                
                                  Thanne schulde I klymbe wel I-nough quod sche
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                                  So I myn foot myȝte sette vp-on ȝoure bak
                                
                                  Certys quod he ther-on schal been no lak
                                
                                  Myghte I ȝow helpyn with myn herte blod
                                
                                  He stoupede doun & on his bak sche stod
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                                  And caughte hire by a twyste & vp sche goth
                                
                                  Ladyis I preye ȝow þat ȝe been nat wroth
                                
                                  I can nat glose I am a rude man
                                
                                  And sodeynly a-noon this Damyan

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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 305
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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