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

                                
                                     [6-text p 565] 
                                  
                                  This prest at this chanonys biddy[n]g
                                
                                  Vp-on the fer a-non sette this thyng
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                                  And blew the fuyr & besiede hym ful faste
                                
                                  And this chanoun in-to the croslet caste
                                
                                  A poudere not I wherof that it was
                                
                                  I-mad othir of chalk othir of glas
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                                  Or sumwhat ell / was nat worth a flye
                                
                                  To blynde with this prest & bad hym hye
                                
                                  The colis for to couche al a-boue
                                
                                  The croslet for in tokenynge I the loue
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                                  Quod the chanoun thynne owene handis two
                                
                                  Schul werche alle thynge whiche that schal here be do
                                
                                  Graunt mercy quod the prest & was ful glad
                                
                                  And couchede cole as that the chanoun bad
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                                  And whil he besi was this fendeli wreche
                                
                                  This false chanoun the foule fend hym feche
                                
                                  Out of his bosum tok a bechene cole
                                
                                  In which ful subtily was mad an hole
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                                  And there in was put of siluyr lymayle
                                
                                  An ounce & stoppid was with-outyn fayle
                                
                                  This hole with wex to putte the lymayl in
                                
                                  And vndyr-stondith that this false gyn
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                                  Was not mad there but it was mad byfore
                                
                                  And othere thyngis that I schal telle more
                                
                                  Here aftyrward which that he with hym broughte
                                
                                  Er he cam ther hym to begile he thoughte
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                                  And so he dede er than they wente a twynne
                                
                                  Til he hadde ternede hym coude he not blynne
                                
                                  It dullede me whan I of hym speke
                                
                                  On his falsehed fayn wolde I be wreke
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                                  Ȝif I wiste how but he is her & ther
                                
                                  He is so varyaunt he abit nower
                                
                                  But takyth hed seris now for godis lowe
                                
                                  He tok his cole of which I spak a-boue
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                                  And in his hand he bar it pryuyly [folio 389b] 
                                
                                  And whilis the prest couchede besili [[first pryuyly]]

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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 557
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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