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

                                
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                                  Mette he nat how that he sat vp-on a tre
                                
                                  Whiche signefyed anhangid schulde bee
                                
                                  Lo heere Andromatha ectoris wif
                                
                                  That day that Ector schulde lese his lyf
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                                  Sche dremede on the same nyght by-foren
                                
                                  How that the lyf of Ector schulde been loryn
                                
                                  ȝif thilke day he wente in-to batayle
                                
                                  Sche warnede hym but it myghte nat auayle
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                                  He wente for to fyghte netheles
                                
                                  But he was slayn a-noon of Achilles
                                
                                  But tylke tale is al to long to telle
                                
                                  And ek it is nygh day I may nat dwelle
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                                  Certeynly I seye as for conclusioun
                                
                                  That I schal han of this auysioun
                                
                                  Aduersite / & I seye ferthere-moore
                                
                                  That I ne telle of laxatyuys no store
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                                  ffor they been venimes I wot it weel
                                
                                  I hem defye I loue hem neuere a deel
                                
                                  Now lat vs speke of myrthe & stynte al this
                                
                                  Madame pertelote so haue I blys
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                                  Of on thyng god hath sent me large grace
                                
                                  ffor whanne I se the beute in ȝoure face
                                
                                  ȝe been so skarlet red aboute ȝoure eyen
                                
                                  It makyth al myn dred / for to deyen
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                                  ffor al so sekyr as In principio [folio 369a] 
                                
                                  Mulier est homin[i]s confusio
                                
                                  Madame the sentence of this latyn is
                                
                                  Woman is manys Ioye & al his blys
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                                  ffor whan I fele a nyght ȝoure softe syde
                                
                                  Al be it that I may nat on ȝow ryde
                                
                                  ffor that oure perche is mad so narw allas
                                
                                  I am so ful of Ioye & of solas
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                                  That I defye bothe sweuene & drem
                                
                                  And with th[a]t word he fley doun from the beem
                                
                                  ffor it was day & ek hise hennys alle
                                
                                  And with a chuk he gan hem for to calle

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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 510
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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