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

[6-text p 289] As sone as day he wente out of the toun This man gan fallyn in suspecioun Remembrynge hym on the dremys that he mette And forth he goth no lengere wolde he lette Line 4224 Vn-to the Westgate of the toun & fond A dong carte wente as it weere to dunge lond That was a-rayed in that same wyse As ȝe han herd the dede man deuyse Line 4228 And with an hardy herte he gan to crye Vengeaunce & Iustise of this felonye Myn felawe morderede is this same nyght And in this carte heere he lyth gapynge vp-ryght Line 4232 I crye out on the mynystris quod he That schulde kepe & rewele this cete Harrowe allas here lyth myn felawe slayn What schulde I moore vnto this tale sayn Line 4236 The peple out sterte & caste the carte to grounde And in the myddyl of the donge they founde The dede man that morderede was al newe [folio 367b] O blysful god that art so Iuste & trewe Line 4240 Lo how that thow bewreyis mordere alway Mordere wele out that se we day be day Mordere is so wlatsome & abhomynable To god that is so Iust & resonable Line 4244 That he ne wele not suffere that it helid be Thow it abyde a ȝeer or two or thre Mordere wele out this myn conclusioun And ryght a-noon mynyste of that toun Line 4248 Han hent the cartere & so sore hym pynyd And ek the hosteller so soore engyned That they be-knewe here wikkedenesse a-non And weere an hangede by the nekke boon Line 4252 Here may men seen that dremys been to drede ¶ And certis in the same bok I reede Rygh in the nexte chapitere aftyr this I gabbe not so haue I ioye or blys Line 4256
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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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