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

                                
                                  Tho þe knyghtes. herden. sike þat he lay
                                
                                  Had þey no rest nothir nyght ne day
                                
                                  Til þey come to him þere he lay stille
                                
                                  On his deth bed to a-bide goddes wille.
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                                  Then seyde þe goode knyght sike þere he lay [Sloane MS. 1685 folio 52a] 
                                
                                  Lordes I ȝou warne for soþe with-oute nay
                                
                                  I may no lenger lyuen here in þis stonde
                                
                                  ffor thorugh goddes wille deth drawes to gronde
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                                  Ther nas non of hem alle þat herde hem a right
                                
                                  That þey hadden reuthe of þat ilke knyght
                                
                                  And seiden sir for goddes loue ne dismay ȝou nouȝt
                                
                                  God may done bote of bale þat is now I-wrouȝt
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                                  Than spake þe gode knyght sike þere he lay
                                
                                  Bote of bale god may sende I wote it is not nay
                                
                                  But I beseche ȝou knyghtes for þe loue of me
                                
                                  Goth and dresseth my londes a-mong my sones thre
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                                  And for þe loue of god delith not hem amys
                                
                                  And for-ȝeteþ not Gamelyn my ȝong sone þat is
                                
                                  Taketh hede to þat one as wel as to þat oþer
                                
                                  Selde ȝe seen any heire helpen his brother
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                                  Tho leten þey þe knyght lyen þat was not in hele
                                
                                  And wenten in to counseil his londis for to dele
                                
                                  ffor to delen hem alle to oon þat was her þoght
                                
                                  And for Gamelyn wast ȝongest he shuld haue nouȝt
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                                  Alle þe lond þat þer was þei dalten it in two
                                
                                  And leten Gamelyn þe ȝong with-outen lond go
                                
                                  And eche of hem saide to other ful lowde
                                
                                  His brethren myght ȝeue hym lond when he good cowde
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                                  When þey had deled at her wille
                                
                                  They comen to þe knyght þer he ley stille
                                
                                  And tolde hym a-non how þei had wrought
                                
                                  And þe knyght ther he lay likid it right nought
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                                  Than seyde þe knyght by seynt martyn
                                
                                  ffor al þat ȝe haue don ȝet is þe lond myn
                                
                                  ffor go goddes loue Neigboures stondith al stille
                                
                                  And I wil delen my lond right after my wille

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

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