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

                                
                                  Was neuere triompe half of so gret a soun
                                
                                  This pardounner hade her as ȝelw as ony wax
                                
                                  But smothe it heng as doþ a strik of flex
                                  Line 676 
                                
                                  Be ouncis heng hese lokkys þat he hadde
                                
                                  And þerwith he hese schulderys ouerspradde
                                
                                  But thenne it lay be culpounnys on & on
                                
                                  And hod for Iolite werede he non
                                  Line 680 
                                
                                  ffor it was trussed vp in hese walet
                                
                                  Hym thouȝte he rod al of the newe iet
                                
                                  Discheuele saf his cappe he rod al bare
                                
                                  Sweche glarynge. eyen. hadde. he as an hare
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                                  A vernykele hadde he sowyd vp on hese cappe [folio 141a] 
                                
                                  Hese walet be-foryn hym in hese lappe
                                
                                  Bret ful of pardoun come from rome hot
                                
                                  A uoys he hath as smal as haþ a got
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                                  No berd hadde he ne neuere schulde haue
                                
                                  As smothe it was / as it were late schaue
                                
                                  I trowe he were a geldyns or a mare
                                
                                  But of hese craft from berewik in to ware
                                  Line 692 
                                
                                  Ne was swich a noþer pardounnere
                                
                                  ffor in his male he hadde a pilwe bere
                                
                                  Wich þat he seyde was oure lady ueyl
                                
                                  He seyde he hadde a gobet of þe seyl
                                  Line 696 
                                
                                  That seynt petyr hadde whan þat he wente
                                
                                  Vp on þe se tyl that god [[that god: later]]  hym hente
                                
                                  He hadde a cros / of latoun . ful of stonys
                                
                                  And in a glas he hadde piggis bonys
                                  Line 700 
                                
                                  But with þese relikys whan þat he fond [[d: later]] .
                                
                                  A pouere persoun vp on lond
                                
                                  Vp on a day he gat hym more moneye
                                
                                  Than þe persoun gat in moneþis tweye
                                  Line 704 
                                
                                  And þus with feynede flaterye & Iapis
                                
                                  He made the persoun & the puple hese apys
                                
                                  But trewely to tellyn at the laste
                                
                                  He was in cherche a noble ecclesiaste
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                                  Wel couthe he rede a lessoun or a story

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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 20
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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