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

                                
                                     [6-text p 569] 
                                  
                                  And to the Chanoun he proferede eft sone
                                
                                  Body & good ȝe quod the Chanoun sone
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                                  Thow pore I  [[b altered]] be crafty thow schat me fynde
                                
                                  I warne the ȝit is there more be-hynde. .
                                
                                  Is there 2ony copyr / herinne seyde he2 [[2_2 in the cor|rector's hand]]  [folio 391a] 
                                
                                  ȝa quod the prest / sere I trowe wel there be
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                                  Ellis go beye vs sum & that aswythe
                                
                                  Now goode sere go thyn wey an hithe
                                
                                  He wente his wey & with this coper cam
                                
                                  And this chanoun it in his handis nam
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                                  And of that copar weyed vp but an ounce
                                
                                  Al to symple is myn tunge to pronounce
                                
                                  As mynystre of myn wit the doubilnesse
                                
                                  Of this Chanoun rote of alle cursedenesse
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                                  He semede frendely to hem that knewyn hym not
                                
                                  But he was feenly bothe in werk & thouȝt
                                
                                  It deryeth me to telle of his falsenesse
                                
                                  And neuer the les ȝit wele I it expresse
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                                  To the entent that men may be war therby
                                
                                  And for non othir cause trewely
                                
                                  // He putte his Ounce of copir in the croslet
                                
                                  And on the fer aswythe he hath it set
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                                  And cast in poudyr & made the prest to blowe
                                
                                  And in his werkyng for to stoupe lowe
                                
                                  As he dede er & al was but a Iape
                                
                                  Rygh as hym lyste the prest he made
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                                  And aftyrward in the Ingot it caste
                                
                                  And in the panne put it as the laste
                                
                                  Of watyr / & in he putte his owene hand
                                
                                  And in his sleue as ȝe be-forynhand
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                                  Herde me telle he hadde a syluyr teyne
                                
                                  He slyly tok it out this cursede heyne
                                
                                  Vnwetynge this prest of this false craft
                                
                                  And in the pannys boteme he hath it laft
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                                  And in the watyr roumbelynge to & fro
                                
                                  And wondyr pryuyly tok vp also

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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 561
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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