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

                                
                                     [6-text p 517] 
                                  
                                  With dredful herte & with humble cheere
                                
                                  Saluyth hath his souereyn lady deere
                                
                                  ¶ Myn ryghte lady quod this woful man
                                
                                  Whom I most dreede & loue as I best can
                                  Line 1312 
                                
                                  And lothest weere of al this world displeese
                                
                                  Neere it þat I for ȝow / haue swich disese
                                
                                  That I muste deyen here at ȝoure fot a-non
                                
                                  Nat wolde I telle how me is wo bygoon
                                  Line 1316 
                                
                                  But sertys othir muste I deye or pleyne
                                
                                  Ȝe sle me giltles for veray peyne
                                
                                  But of myn deth thow ȝe han no routhe
                                
                                  A-vyseth ȝow er than ȝe breke ȝoure trouthe
                                  Line 1320 
                                
                                  repente ȝow for thilke god a-boue
                                
                                  Er ȝe me sle by cause that I ȝow loue
                                
                                  ffor madame weel ȝe wot what ȝe han hyȝt
                                
                                  Nat that I chalange ony thyng of ryght
                                  Line 1324 
                                
                                  Of ȝow myn souereyn lady but ȝoure grace
                                
                                  But in a gardyn / ȝond in swich a place
                                
                                  Ȝe woot ryȝt weel what ȝe be-hyghtyn me
                                
                                  And in myn hand ȝoure trouthe plyghte ȝe
                                  Line 1328 
                                
                                  To loue me god wot ȝe seyde so
                                
                                  Al be that I vnworthi am therto
                                
                                  Madame I speke it for the honour of ȝow
                                
                                  Moore than to saue myn hertys lyf ryȝt now
                                  Line 1332 
                                
                                  I haue don so as ȝe comaundede me
                                
                                  And ȝif ȝe vouche saf ȝe may go se
                                
                                  Doth as ȝow lyste hauyth ȝoure heste in mynde
                                
                                  ffor quyk or ded rygh[t] there ȝe schul me fynde
                                  Line 1336 
                                
                                  In ȝow lyth al to do me lyue or deye [folio 295a] 
                                
                                  But weel I wot the rolkis been a-weye
                                
                                  He takyth his leue & sche a-stonyd stod
                                
                                  In al hire face nas a drope of blood
                                  Line 1340 
                                
                                  Sche wenede neuere / haue come in swich a trappe
                                
                                  Allas quod sche that euere this schulde happe
                                
                                  ffor wende I neuere by possibilite
                                
                                  That swich a monstre or merueyle myghte be

                                  Line 1344

Pages

Index

About this Item

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 347
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

Technical Details

Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
Link to this Item: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8234.0001.001
Link to this scan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/agz8234.0001.001/365

Rights and Permissions

The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials are in the public domain. If you have questions about the collection, please contact [email protected]. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact [email protected].

DPLA Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States

IIIF

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/api/manifest/cme:agz8234.0001.001

Cite this Item

Full citation: "The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8234.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2025.

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

Annotations Tools

Actions

About this Item

Technical Details

Rights and Permissions

Related Links

IIIF

Cite this Item