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

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And while þe Organes made melodye [[Sloane 1685]] Line 134 To god alle loue þus in hert sange she O lord my saule and eke my body gye Vnwemmed leste I confounded be Line 137 And for hys loue þat deyde vpon a tre Euery second or þrid day she faste Ay bydynge in hir Orisons fulle faste] [[Sloane 1685 extract stops]]
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1The nyght cam & to bedde muste sche goon [Camb. MS Gg. 4. 27] [folio 375a] With her husbond as ofte is the manner And preuyly to hym sche saide A-noon1 [[1_1 rewritten by the corrector?]] O sweete & weel belouyd spouse deere Line 144 There is a conseyl & ȝe wele it here Whiche that rygh fayn I wolde vn-to ȝow seye So that ȝe swere ȝe schul it nat bewreye Line 147
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Valerian gan faste vn-to hire swere Line 148 That for no cas ne thyng that myghte be He schulde neueremore bewreyen hire And thanne at erst to hym seyde sche Line 151 I haue an aungel whiche that louygh me That with greet loue wheere so I wake or sleepe Is redy ay myn body for to keepe Line 154
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But ȝif that he may felyn out of dreede Line 155 That ȝe me touche or loue in vilenye He rygh a-noon wele sle ȝow with the dede [And in your yowthe thus ye shulden dye [Harl. 7335 folio 92b] [[No gap in the Camb. MS, but at the end of the stanza there is space for a line.]] ] And ȝif that ȝe in cleene loue me gye He wele ȝow loue as me for ȝoure clennesse And schewe to ȝow his ioye & his bryghtnesse Line 161
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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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