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

                                
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                                  And as I am kyngis doughtyr trewe
                                
                                  ȝif that I verrayly the cause knewe
                                
                                  Of ȝoure deseese ȝif it lay in myn mygh[t]
                                
                                  I wole amendyn it er it weere nyght
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                                  As wisely helpe me greete god of kynde
                                
                                  And erbis schal I ryȝt I-nowe fynde
                                
                                  To heele with ȝoure hurtis hastely
                                
                                  Tho schrykt this facoun moore ȝit pitously
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                                  Than euere sche dede & fyl to grounde a-noon
                                
                                  And lith [[lith corrected]]  a swounne ded lych a stoon
                                
                                  Tyl canace hath in hire lappe hire take
                                
                                  Vn-to the tyme sche gan of swow a-wake
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                                  And aftyr that sche of hire swow a-breyde
                                
                                  Rygh in hire haukys ledene thus sche seyde
                                
                                  That pete rennyth sone in gentyl herte
                                
                                  ffelynge his simylitud in peynys smerte
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                                  Is preuyd alday as men may it I-se
                                
                                  As weel by werk as by autorite
                                
                                  ffor gentyl herte kytheth gentillesse
                                
                                  I se weel ȝe han of myn distresse
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                                  Compassioun myn fayre Canacee
                                
                                  Of verray womanly benygnetee
                                
                                  That nature in ȝoure prynciples han I-set
                                
                                  But for noon hope for to fare the bet
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                                  But for to obeye vnto ȝoure herte free
                                
                                  And for to makyn oþere / be war by me
                                
                                  And bi the whelp chastysed is the lyoun
                                
                                  Rygh for that cause & for that conclusioun
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                                  Whil that I haue a leyser & a space
                                
                                  Myn harm I wele confesse er I pace
                                
                                  And euere whil that on hire tolde
                                
                                  That othir wepte as sche to watyr wolde
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                                  Tyl that the facoun bad hire to been stylle
                                
                                  And wyth a syk ryȝt thus sche seyde hire tille
                                
                                  ¶ That I was brad allas that harde day
                                
                                  And fosterede in a roche of marbyl gray

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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 322
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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