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

[6-text p 613] were makid in paradys / & nothyng haddyn schame of here nakedenesse [326] how that the serpent that was most wyly of alle othere bestis / that god hadde makyd / seide to the woman / why comaunded god to ȝow that ȝe schulde nat ete of euery tre in paradys / [327] The woman answerede / of the freut quod sche of the treis in Paradys we fedyn vs But sothly of the freut of the tre that is in the myddyl of paradys / god forbad vs for to ete / ne nought touche it / lest perauenture we schulde deye [328] ¶ The serpent seyde to the woman / Nay nay ȝe schul not deye / of detht / ffor sothe god wot that what day that ȝe ete therof / ȝoure eyen schul openyn & ȝe schul been as goddys / knowynge good & harm / [329] The woman thane 1saw þat the tre was godd to fedyng & fair to þe eyen & delitable to sight Sche tok of the freut & et it & ȝaf to hire husbonde & he et / & a-non þe eiȝen of hem bothe openedyn / [330] And whan þat they knewin that þei were nakede they sowedin of fegelevis a manere of brech to hidyn here membris / [331] There may ȝe se that dedly synne hath ferst suggestioun of the feend as schewith heere by the Naddre1 [[1_1 In corrector's hand, over an erasure.]] And aftyrward the delyȝt of the flesch as schewith heere by eue / And aftyr that consentynge of resoun; as schewith heere by Adam // [332] For troste weel thow it so weere / that the fend temtede .eue. that is to seyne the flesch / & the flesch hadde delyt in the beute of the freut / defended / ȝit sertis tyl that resoun that is to seyne adam / con|sentede to the etynge of the frut; ȝit stood he in the estat of Innocence // [333] [folio 409b] Of thilke Adam; toke we thilke synne orygynal / for of hym fleschly; descendede be we alle / & engendrede of vyle / & corupt mateere / [334] And whan the soule is put in oure body / righ a-noon is con|tract orygynal synne / And that that was ferst but only peyne of concupscence / is aftyr-ward bothe peyne & synne / [335] & therfore ben we alle born / sonys of
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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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