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

                                
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                                  And loke that thow reporte his name wel
                                
                                  Sere quod this boy it nedyth neuere a deel
                                
                                  It was me told er ȝe cam here thre ouris [folio 309a] 
                                
                                  He was parde an old felawe of ouris
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                                  And sodeynly he was I-slayn to nyght
                                
                                  ffor-dronke as he sat on his bench vp ryȝt
                                
                                  There cam a priue thef men clepyn deth
                                
                                  That in this cuntre al the peple sleth
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                                  And with his spere he smot his herte atwo
                                
                                  And wente his weie with-outyn wordis mo
                                
                                  And maystir er ȝe come in his presence
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                                  He hath a thousent slayn this pestelence
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                                  Methynkyth that it were necessarye
                                
                                  ffor to ben war of swich an aduersarye
                                
                                  Beth redy for to mete hym euere more
                                
                                  Thus thaute me myn dame I seye nomore
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                                  Be seynte marie seyde this tauernere
                                
                                  The child seyth soth for he hath slayn this ȝere
                                
                                  Hene ouyr a myle with-inne a greet village
                                
                                  Bothe man & woman child & hewe & page
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                                  I trowe his habitacioun be there
                                
                                  To been a-vised greet wisdam it weere
                                
                                  Er that he deyede a man a dishonour
                                
                                  ¶ Ye goddis armys quod this riotour
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                                  Is it swich peril with hym for to mete
                                
                                  I schal hym seeke by woye & ek bi streete
                                
                                  I make a wow to goddys digne bonys
                                
                                  Herkenyth felawis we thre been a-lonys
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                                  Lat ych of vs holdyn vp his hand to othir
                                
                                  And eche of vs bi-comyn otherys brothir
                                
                                  And we wele sleen this false traytour deth
                                
                                  He schal been slayn he that so manye sleth
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                                  By godis dygnete er it be nygh
                                
                                  To-gederys han these thre here treuthes plyght
                                
                                  To lyuyn & deyen eche of hem with othyr
                                
                                  As though he were his owe bore brothir

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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 377
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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