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

                                
                                     [6-text p 172] 
                                  
                                  Ne schal I neuere for to goon to helle
                                
                                  Be-wreye a word of thyng that ȝe me telle
                                  Line 1328 
                                
                                  Noght for no Cosynage ne allyaunce
                                
                                  But verrayly for loue & affyaunce
                                
                                  Thus been th[e]y swore & here vp-on they keste
                                
                                  And eche of hem told othir what hem leste
                                  Line 1332 
                                
                                  Cosyn quod sche ȝif that I hadde a space
                                
                                  As I haue non & namely in this place
                                
                                  Thanne wolde I telle a legende of myn lyf [folio 315a] 
                                
                                  What I haue suffered sithe that I was a wyf
                                  Line 1336 
                                
                                  With myn [[altered]]  husbonde al be he youre cosyn
                                
                                  Nay quod this monk by god & seynt martyn
                                
                                  He nys no moore Cosyn vpon to me
                                
                                  Than is the lef that hangyth on the tre
                                  Line 1340 
                                
                                  I clepe hym so by seynt denys of fraunce
                                
                                  To han the moore cause of acqueyntaunce
                                
                                  Of ȝow whiche I haue louyd specyally
                                
                                  A-bouyn alle wemen sikyrly
                                  Line 1344 
                                
                                  This swere I ȝow on myn perfeccioun
                                
                                  Tellyth ȝoure gref lest that he come a doun
                                
                                  And hastyth ȝow & goth a-wey a-non
                                
                                  Myn deere loue quod sche o myn daun Iohn
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                                  fful leef were me this conseyl for to hyde
                                
                                  But out it mot it may no moore a-byde
                                
                                  ¶ Myn husbonde is to me the worste man
                                
                                  That euere was sithe the world be-gan
                                  Line 1352 
                                
                                  But sithe I am a wyf it sit nat me
                                
                                  To telle no wigh of oure pryuyte
                                
                                  Neythir a bedde ne in non othyr place
                                
                                  God schilde I schulde it telle for his grace
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                                  A wyf ne schal nat seyn of hyre housbonde
                                
                                  But al honour as I can vndyrstonde
                                
                                  Saue on to ȝow thus tellyn I schal
                                
                                  As helpe me god he nys nat worth an al
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                                  In no degre the valeu of a flye
                                
                                  But ȝit me greuyth that most his negarderye

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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 390
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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