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

                                
                                  Gan for to wepe & so dede emelye
                                
                                  And alle the ladyis in the cumpanye
                                
                                  Gret pete was it as it thoughte hem alle
                                
                                  That euere swich a chaunse schulde falle
                                  Line 1752 
                                
                                  ffor gentil men þey were of gret estat
                                
                                  And noþyng but for loue was this debat
                                
                                  And saw here blody woundis wide & sore
                                
                                  And alle criedyn both lasse & more
                                  Line 1756 
                                
                                  Haue mersi lord [[v: later]]  vpon vs wemen alle [folio 156a] 
                                
                                  And on here bare kneis adoun þey falle
                                
                                  And wilde a kissede hese fet þere as he stod
                                
                                  Til at the laste a-slakede was hese mod
                                  Line 1760 
                                
                                  ffor pete rennyt sone in gentil herte
                                
                                  And though he ferst for yre quok & sterte
                                
                                  he hath consideryd schortely in a clause
                                
                                  The trespase of hem bothe & ek the cause [[chauce: altered]] 
                                
                                  And al-thow that hese yre hese gilt acused
                                  Line 1765 
                                
                                  Ȝit in hese resoun he hem bothe excused
                                
                                  As thus he thouthe wel that euery man
                                
                                  Wele helpe hym selve in loue ȝif that he can
                                  Line 1768 
                                
                                  And delyuere hym self ȝif that he moun [[moun: later]] 
                                
                                  And ek hese herte hade compassioun
                                
                                  Of wemen for þey wepyn euere in on
                                
                                  And in hese gentil herte he thouȝte a-non
                                  Line 1772 
                                
                                  And softe to hym self he seyde fy
                                
                                  Vpon a lord that wele haue no mercy
                                
                                  But byn a lyoun bothe in word & dede
                                
                                  To hem that ben in repentaunt & drede
                                  Line 1776 
                                
                                  As wel as to a proud dispitous man
                                
                                  That wele meyntene that he ferst began
                                
                                  That lord hath lityl discrecioun
                                
                                  That in swich cas hath no dyuysioun
                                  Line 1780 
                                
                                  But weyeth pride & humblesse aftyr on
                                
                                  And schortly whan hese yre is þus agon
                                
                                  He gan to lokyn vp with eyȝyn lyȝte
                                
                                  And spak these same wordis alle on hyȝte

                                  Line 1784

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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 51
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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