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

[6-text p 182]
[The Prologue.]

[No breaks between the stanzas in Sloane, Cambr. or Harl. MS.]

O lord oure lord þi nane so marvelous [[Sloane MS 1685]] ys in þis worlde y-sprad quod she ffor not only þi laude precious performed ys by men of dignyte Line 1646 But be þe mouthe of Children þi bownte Perfourmed ys for in oure brest soukynge Some tyme shewen þei þine heryinge Line 1649
Wherefore in lawde as I can beste & may Of the þat and of þe þat holy floure . . . . . [no gap in the MS.] To tellen a storie I woll do my labour Line 1653 Not þat I may encrece hir honoure ffor she hir self ys honoure & þerto roote Of bounte next hir sone of saules bote Line 1656
. . . . . [no gap in the MS.] O . bussh vnbrent brennynge in Moses siȝt But rauyssheþ doun fro þe dignete [Sloane MS 1685 folio 198b] Thorouȝe þine humblenesse þe goste þat in þe lyȝt Line 1660 Of whos vertu whan he in þine hert lyȝt Conceyued was þe fadres sapience helpe me to telle yt in þine reuerence Line 1663
¶ Lady þi bounte and þi magnificence Thy vertu and thy grete humilite There may no þinge expresse in no sentence ffor som tyme lady or men pray to þe Line 1667 þou geste be-fore of þi benygnite And geteste vs þe lyȝt/ þorouȝe þi prayere To leden vs vnto þi sone so clere Line 1670
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The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,
1868-1879.

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