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

                                
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                                  Gan pullyn vp the smok & in he throng
                                
                                  And whan that pluto saw this greete wrong
                                
                                  To Ianuarye he ȝaf a-geyn his syght
                                
                                  And maade hym se as wel as euere he myght
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                                  And whan that he hadde cauȝt his siȝt a-geyn
                                
                                  Ne was there neuere man of thyng so fayn
                                
                                  But on his wyf his thouȝt was euere mo
                                
                                  Vp to the tre he caste his eyen two
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                                  And saw that Damyan his wyf hadde dressed
                                
                                  In swich maner it may not been expressed
                                
                                  But ȝif I wolde speke vncurteysly
                                
                                  And vp he ȝaf a roryng & a cry
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                                  As doth the modyr whan the schild schal deye
                                
                                  Out help allas / harrow he gan to crye
                                
                                  O stronge lady stoore what dost thow [folio 275b] 
                                
                                  And sche answerde sire what eylyth ȝow
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                                  Hauyth pacience & resoun in ȝoure mynde
                                
                                  I haue ȝow holpyn on bothe ȝoure eyen blynde
                                
                                  Vp peril of myn soule I schal not lyen
                                
                                  As me was tauȝt to hele with ȝoure eyen
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                                  Was no thyng bet to makyn ȝow to see
                                
                                  Than strogele [[first strugele]]  with a man vp on a tree
                                
                                  God wot I dede it with ful good entente
                                
                                  Strogele quod he / ȝa algate in it wente
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                                  God ȝeue ȝow bothe on schamys deth to deyen
                                
                                  He swyuede the I say it with mynne eyȝen
                                
                                  And ellis be I hangid bi the hals
                                
                                  Thane is quod sche myn medecyn al fals
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                                  ffor certeynly ȝif that ȝe myȝte see
                                
                                  Ȝe wolde not seyn these wordys vn-to me
                                
                                  Ȝe han sum glemesyng & no parfyt syght
                                
                                  I se quod he as weel as euere I myȝt
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                                  Thankyd be god with bothe myne eyen two
                                
                                  And bi myn treuthe me thynkyth he dede þe soo
                                
                                  Ȝa maȝe maȝe good sere quod sche
                                
                                  This thank haue I for I maade ȝow to se

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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 306
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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