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

                                
                                     [6-text p 178] 
                                  
                                  ffor ȝe so kyndely this othir day
                                
                                  Lente me gold & as I can & may
                                  Line 1544 
                                
                                  I-thankede be god & by seynt Iame
                                
                                  But natheles I tok vn-to oure dame
                                
                                  Ȝoure wyf at hom the same gold agayn
                                
                                  Vp-on ȝoure benche sche wot it wel certeyn
                                  Line 1548 
                                
                                  By certeyn tokenys that I can ȝow telle
                                
                                  Now by ȝoure leue I may no lengere dwelle
                                
                                  Oure abbot wole out of this toun a-noon
                                
                                  And in his cumpaynye mote I goo
                                  Line 1552 
                                
                                  Grete weel oure dame myn owene nece sweete
                                
                                  And fare wel deere cosyn tyl we meete
                                
                                  ¶ This marchaunt which that was ful war & wys
                                
                                  Creanced hath & payed ek in parys
                                  Line 1556 
                                
                                  To certeyn lumbardys redy in here hond
                                
                                  The summe of gold & gat of hem his bond
                                
                                  And hom he goth myrye as a popyniay
                                
                                  ffor weele he knew he stood In swich aray
                                  Line 1560 
                                
                                  That nedys mote he wynne in that vyage
                                
                                  A thousent frankys a-bouyn al his Costage
                                
                                  [Hys wyf fulle redy mette hym at þe ȝaate [Sloane MS 1685 folio 197a] 
                                
                                  And she was wonte of olde vsage algate
                                  Line 1564 
                                
                                  And alle þat nyȝt in myrthe þei be sette
                                
                                  ffor he was ryche and clerely oute of dette
                                
                                  Whan it was day þis Marchaunt gan enbrace
                                
                                  Hys wyf alle newe and kyssed here in þe face
                                  Line 1568 
                                
                                  And pp he gothe and makethe hit wonder towe
                                
                                  No more quod she be god ye haue ynouȝe
                                
                                  And wantonly with hym agayne she playde
                                
                                  Tylle at þe laste þis Marchaunt sayde
                                  Line 1572 
                                
                                  By god quod he I am a lytelle wrothe
                                
                                  With you my wyfe alle þouȝe yt be me lothe
                                
                                  And woote ȝe why by god as þat I gesse
                                
                                  ffor ye haue made a manere of straungenesse
                                  Line 1576 
                                
                                  Be-twexte me and my Cosyn Daun Iohn
                                
                                  Ȝe shulde haue warned me or I hade goon.

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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 396
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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