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

                                
                                  Til it fel onys in a monyth of may
                                
                                  That emale that fayrere was to sene
                                
                                  Than is the lylie vp on hese stalke grene [[See XII. 58.]] 
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                                  And frosscher than þe may with flourys newe [folio 146a] 
                                
                                  ffor with the rose colour frosch here hewe
                                
                                  I not whiche was fynere of hem too
                                
                                  Er it were day as was here wone to do [III. 10.] 
                                  Line 1040 
                                
                                  Sche was a-resin & al redy dyȝt
                                
                                  ffor may wele haue no slogardye on nyȝt
                                
                                  The sesyn prekyth euery gentyl herte
                                
                                  And makyth it out of hese slep to sterte
                                  Line 1044 
                                
                                  And seyth a-rys & do þyn obseruaunce
                                
                                  This makith emalie to haue remembraunce
                                
                                  To don honure to may & for to ryse
                                
                                  I-cloþed was sche fresch for to deuyse ['—in giubba iscalza' (en deshabille). III. 8.]  [III. 8.] 
                                  Line 1048 
                                
                                  Here ȝelwe her was broyded in a tresse ['Co' biondi crini avvolti alla sua testa.' III. 10.]  [III. 10.] 
                                
                                  Be hynde here bak a ȝerde long I gesse
                                
                                  And in the gardyn at the sunne vp-riste [III. 8-10.] 
                                
                                  Sche walkyth vp & doun & as here lyst
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                                  Sche gaderith flouris party white & rede
                                
                                  To make a suptyl garlond for here hede [III. 10.] 
                                
                                  And as an aungel heueneliche sche song
                                
                                  The grete tour that was so thikke & strong [III. 11.] 
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                                  Whiche of the castel was the chef donioun
                                
                                  There as the knyȝtis weryn In presoun
                                
                                  Of whiche I tolde ȝow & telle schal
                                
                                  As euene ioynande to the castel wal
                                  Line 1060 
                                
                                  There as this emale hadde here pleying [Emelye.] 
                                
                                  Bryȝt was the sunne & cler in that morwenyng
                                
                                  And palamoun þis woful presoner [[' Arcita si levo' III. 11.]] 
                                
                                  As was hese wone be leue of hese gayler
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                                  Was resyn & romede in a chau[m]bre an hey
                                
                                  In whiche he al the cete sey
                                
                                  And ek the gardyn ful of braunchis grene
                                
                                  There as this frosche Emelye the schene
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                                  Was in here walk & romede vp & doun

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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 31
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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