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

An herith hym come russchynge in the greuys And brekith boþe the bowis & the leuys [VII. 119] And þynkyth here comyth myn mortal enemy With-oute fayle he mote be ded or I Line 1644 ffor eyþer I mote slen hym at the gap Or he slen me ȝif that me mys hap So ferdyn þey in chaungyng of here hewe As fer as eueryche of hem oþer knewe Line 1648 Ther nas no good day ne no saluynge [folio 154b] But streyt with-oute word or rehersynge Eueryche of hem halp for to arme oþer As frendly as he were hese owene brothyr Line 1652 And aftyr þat with scharpe sperys stronge They foynedyn eche at oþer wondyr longe Thow myȝtist wene þat þis palamoun In hese fyȝt were a wood lyoun Line 1656 And as a cruel tygre was arcite As wilde borys gunne þey to smyte That frothyn white as fom for yre wod Vp to the anches foute þey in here blod Line 1660 And in this wyse lete I hem fyghtynge dwelle And forth I wele of thesyus ȝow telle The destenye mynystere general [VI. 1.] That executyth in the world oueral Line 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 sworn The contrarye of a thyng be ȝa or nay Ȝit sumtyme it schal fallyn on a day [V. 77.] Line 1668 That fallyth not eft with inne a thousent ȝere ffor certeynly oure aspectis here Be it of werre or pes or hate or loue Al is þis reuled be the siȝte a-boue Line 1672 This mene I now be myȝty thesyus [V. 77.] That for to huntyn is so desirous And namely at the grete hert in may That in hese bed þere dawede hym no day Line 1676
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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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