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

                                
                                  As it were in a listis ryaly
                                
                                  This Palamon answerde hastyly
                                
                                  And seyde sere what nedith wordis mo
                                
                                  We haue the deth deseruyd bothe two
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                                  Two woful wrechis ben we two caytyuys
                                
                                  That ben encomberit of oure owene lyuys
                                
                                  And as þou art a ryȝtful lord & Iuge
                                
                                  Ne ȝif vs neythir mercy ne refuge
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                                  But sle me ferst for seynte charite [folio 155b] 
                                
                                  But sle myn felawe ek as wel as me
                                
                                  Or sle hym ferst for þow þou knowist it lyte
                                
                                  He is þyn dedly enemy arcyte
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                                  That fro þyn lond is banysschid on his hed [See V. 91.] 
                                
                                  ffor which he hath [de]seruyd to ben ded
                                
                                  ffor this is he that come on to þyn ȝate
                                
                                  And seyde that he hyte philostrate
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                                  Thus hath he Iapid þe ful manye a ȝer
                                
                                  And þow hast makid hym þyn squyer
                                
                                  And this is he that louyth Emelye
                                
                                  ffor sithe the day is come that I schal deye
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                                  I make pleyn myn confessioun
                                
                                  That I am thilke woful Palamoun
                                
                                  That hath thyn presoun broke wekedel [See V. 91.] 
                                
                                  I am thi mortal fo / & it am I
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                                  That louyth so hote Emalia the bryȝte
                                
                                  That I wele deye present in here syȝte
                                
                                  Wherfore I aske deth & myn Iu-wise [V. 90.] 
                                
                                  But sle myn felawe in the same wise
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                                  ffor bothe haue we disseruyd to ben slayn
                                
                                  This worthi deuk answerde anon agayn
                                
                                  And seyde þis is a schort conclusyoun
                                
                                  Ȝoure owene mouth be ȝoure confessioun
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                                  Hath dampned ȝow & I wele it recorde
                                
                                  It nedith not to pyne ȝow with the corde
                                
                                  Ȝe schul be ded be myȝty mars the rede
                                
                                  The quene a-non for veray woman-hede

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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 50
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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