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

                                
                                     [6-text p 572] 
                                  
                                  ffor ony with that men han now on dayis
                                
                                  They mowe weel cheteryn as don Iayis
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                                  And in here termys sette here lust & peyne
                                
                                  But to here purpos schul they neuere atteyne
                                
                                  A man may lightely lerne ȝif he haue ought
                                
                                  To multyplye & turne his good to noght
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                                  Lo swich a lukere is in this lusty game
                                
                                  A manys murthe it wolde turne in-to grame
                                
                                  And emptyn grete & heuy pursis
                                
                                  And makyn folk for to purchase cursis
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                                  Of hem that han here good there-to I-lent [folio 392b] 
                                
                                  O fy for schame they that han been brent
                                
                                  Allas can they nat flen the feris hete
                                
                                  ȝe that it vse I rede ȝe it lete
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                                  Lest ȝe lese al / for bet than neuere is late
                                
                                  Neuere to thryue were to longe a date
                                
                                  Thow ȝe prolle ay ȝe schul it neuere fynde
                                
                                  ȝe been as bold as is bayard the blynde
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                                  That blunderith forth & peril castyth non
                                
                                  He is as bold to renne ageyn a ston
                                
                                  As for to gon besydis in the weye
                                
                                  So fare ȝe that multyplie I seye
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                                  ȝ[i]f that ȝoure eye can not seen a ryght
                                
                                  Loke that ȝoure mynde lakke not ȝoure sight
                                
                                  ffor thow ȝe loke neuere so broode & stare
                                
                                  ȝe schul no thyng wynne on that chaffare
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                                  But waste al that ȝe may rape & renne
                                
                                  With-drawe the fuyr lest it to faste brenne
                                
                                  Medelyth no more with that art I meene
                                
                                  ffor ȝif ȝe don ȝoure thrift is goon ful cleene
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                                  And rygh aswithe I wele ȝow tellyn heere
                                
                                  What that ȝe philisopheris seyn in this mateere
                                
                                  // Lo thus seyth arnold of the newe toun
                                
                                  As his rosarie makyth mencyoun
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                                  He seyth riȝt thus with-outyn ony lye
                                
                                  Theere may no man Mercurye mortifye

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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 564
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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