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

                                
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                                  And tok his logyng as it wolde falle
                                
                                  That on of hem was logit in a stalle
                                
                                  ffer in a ȝerd with oxin of the plough
                                
                                  That othir man was logid weel I-nough
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                                  As was his auenture / or his fortune
                                
                                  That vs gouernyth alle as in comune
                                
                                  And so be-fel that longe er it was day
                                
                                  This man mette in his bed there as he lay
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                                  How that his felawe gan vp-on hym calle
                                
                                  And seyde allas for in an oxis stalle
                                
                                  This nyght I schal been morderid there I lye
                                
                                  Now help me deere brotyr er I deye
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                                  In alle haste come to me he seyde
                                
                                  This man out of his slep for fer abreyde
                                
                                  And whan that he was wakenede of his slep
                                
                                  He turnede hym & tok of this no keep
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                                  Hym thoughte his dreem nas but a vanyte [folio 367a] 
                                
                                  Thus twyis in his slepynge dremede he
                                
                                  And at the thredde tyme / ȝit his felawe
                                
                                  Cam as hym thoughte / & seyde I am now slawe
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                                  Byhold mynne blody woundis deepe & wyde
                                
                                  A-ris vp erly in the morwe tyde
                                
                                  And at the west gate / of the toun quod he
                                
                                  A carteful of donge / there thu schat se
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                                  In wich myn body is hid ful pryuyly
                                
                                  Do thilke carte a-reste boldely
                                
                                  Myn gold causede myn mordere certeyn
                                
                                  And tolde hym euery poynt how he was slayn
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                                  With a wol pitous face pale of hewe
                                
                                  And truste weel this drem he fond ful trewe
                                
                                  ffor on the morwe as sone as it was day
                                
                                  To his felawe he tok te nexte way
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                                  And whan that he cam to his oxis stalle
                                
                                  Aftyr his felawe he be-gan to calle
                                
                                  ¶ The hosteleer answerede hym a-non
                                
                                  And seyde sere ȝoure felawe is a-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 506
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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