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

                                
                                     [6-text p 557] 
                                  
                                  And ȝif a man wele aske hem pryuyly
                                
                                  Whi that they been clothid so vn-thriftyly
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                                  They righ a-non wele rounne in his ere
                                
                                  And seyn ȝif that they espied were
                                
                                  Men woldyn hem sle by cause of here science
                                
                                  Lo thus these folk betrayen innocence
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                                  Passe ouer this I go myn tale vnto
                                
                                  Er than the pot be on the fyre I-do
                                
                                  Of metallis with a certeyn quantite
                                
                                  Myn lord hem tempereth & no man but he
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                                  Now he is goon I dar say boldely
                                
                                  ffor as men saye he can do craftyly
                                
                                  Algate I wot wel he hath swich a name
                                
                                  And ȝit ful ofte he rennyth in a blame
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                                  // And wete ȝe how ful oftyn it happith soo
                                
                                  The pot to-brekith & farwel al is go
                                
                                  These metallis been of so greet violence
                                
                                  Oure wallis mowe not make hem resistence
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                                  But ȝif they were wrought of lym / & ston [folio 386a] 
                                
                                  They perce so & thour the wal they gon
                                
                                  And some of hem synke in-to the ground
                                
                                  Thus haue we lost be tymys manye a pound
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                                  And some are skaterede in the flor a-boute
                                
                                  Some lepe in-to the rof / with-outyn doute
                                
                                  Thow that the fend nat in the sight hym schewe
                                
                                  I trowe he with vs be that ilke schrewe
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                                  In helle where as he is lord & syre
                                
                                  Ne is there more wo ne more rancour ne yre
                                
                                  Whan that oure pot as I haue sayd /
                                
                                  Euery man chit / & halt hym euelle a-payed
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                                  //Some seyn it was a-long on the fyr makyng
                                
                                  Some seydyn nay / it was on the blowyng
                                
                                  Thanne was I aferid / for that was myn offis
                                
                                  Straw quod the thredde / ȝe been lewede & nys
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                                  It was nat tempered as it aughte to be
                                
                                  Nay quod the forte stynt & lestene to me

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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 549
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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