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

                                
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                                  And not to been constreynd as a thral
                                
                                  And so don men ȝif I soth seyn schal
                                
                                  Loke ho so most is pacient in loue
                                
                                  He is at his auauntag al a-boue
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                                  Pacience is an high vertu certeyn
                                
                                  ffor it venquyschith as these clerkis seyn
                                
                                  Thyngis þat rygour schulde neuere atteyne
                                
                                  ffor euery word men may not chide or pleyne
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                                  Lernyth to suffere or ellis so mote I goon
                                
                                  ȝe schul it lerne wheþer ȝe wele or non
                                
                                  ¶ ffor in this world serteyn there no wyȝt is
                                
                                  That he ne doth or seyth sumtyme a-mys
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                                  Ire seeknesse or constelacioun
                                
                                  Wyn wo or chaungyng of complexioun
                                
                                  Causeth oftyn to don amys or spekyn
                                
                                  On euery wrong a man may not been wrekyn
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                                  Aftyr the tyme muste be thatemperaunce
                                
                                  To euery wyȝt that can on gouernaunce
                                
                                  And therfore hath this wyse worthi knyȝt
                                
                                  To leue in ese sufferaunce to hire hyȝt
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                                  And sche to hym ful wisely gan to swere
                                
                                  That there schulde neuere been defaute in hire
                                
                                  ¶ Heere may men se an humble wys a-cord
                                
                                  Thus hath sche take hire seruaunt & hire lord
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                                  Seruaunt in loue & lord in maryage
                                
                                  Thanne was he bothe in lordschepe & seruage
                                
                                  Seruage nay but in lo[r]dschepe a-boue
                                
                                  Sythe he hath bothe his lady & his loue
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                                  His lady certis & his wyf also
                                
                                  To whiche the lawe of loue a-cordyth þerto
                                
                                  And whan he was in this prosperitee
                                
                                  Hom with his wyf he goth to his cuntre
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                                  Nough fer fro pedmark þere his dwellynge was
                                
                                  Where as he lyuyth in blysse & in solas
                                
                                  Who coude telle but he hadde weddede bee
                                
                                  The Ioye / the ese / & the prosperite

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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 332
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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