An herith hym come russchynge in the greuysAnd brekith boþe the bowis & the leuys [VII. 119]And þynkyth here comyth myn mortal enemyWith-oute fayle he mote be ded or ILine 1644 ffor eyþer I mote slen hym at the gapOr he slen me ȝif that me mys hapSo ferdyn þey in chaungyng of here heweAs fer as eueryche of hem oþer kneweLine 1648 Ther nas no good day ne no saluynge [folio 154b] But streyt with-oute word or rehersyngeEueryche of hem halp for to arme oþerAs frendly as he were hese owene brothyrLine 1652 And aftyr þat with scharpe sperys strongeThey foynedyn eche at oþer wondyr longeThow myȝtist wene þat þis palamounIn hese fyȝt were a wood lyounLine 1656 And as a cruel tygre was arciteAs wilde borys gunne þey to smyteThat frothyn white as fom for yre wodVp to the anches foute þey in here blodLine 1660 And in this wyse lete I hem fyghtynge dwelleAnd forth I wele of thesyus ȝow telleThe destenye mynystere general [VI. 1.]That executyth in the world oueralLine 1664 The puruyauns þat god hath seyn be-forn [
Comp. Troilus and Cressida, IV. st. 136:
— For some men sain, that God seeth all beforne,. . . . .Than mote it fallen, though men had it sworne,That purveiaunce hath seene beforne to be—
]So strong it is þat thow þe world hadde swornThe contrarye of a thyng be ȝa or nayȜit sumtyme it schal fallyn on a day [V. 77.]Line 1668 That fallyth not eft with inne a thousent ȝereffor certeynly oure aspectis hereBe it of werre or pes or hate or loueAl is þis reuled be the siȝte a-boueLine 1672 This mene I now be myȝty thesyus [V. 77.]That for to huntyn is so desirousAnd namely at the grete hert in mayThat in hese bed þere dawede hym no day
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"The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8234.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2025.
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