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

                                
                                  fful of degreis the heyȝte of sexty pas
                                
                                  That whan a man was set on a degre [VII. 110.] 
                                
                                  He lettyth not his felawe for to se
                                  Line 1892 
                                
                                  Estward þere stod a gate of marbil whit [Porta Marmoris]  [VII. 109.]  [.i. ėx oposito] 
                                
                                  Westward swich a noþer in the opposit
                                
                                  And schortly for to conclude swich a place
                                
                                  Was non in erthe of so lytil space
                                  Line 1896 
                                
                                  ffor in the lond þere nas no crafty man
                                
                                  That iemetrye or arsmetrik can
                                
                                  Ne portretour ne keruere of ymagis
                                
                                  That Thesyus hym ȝaf mete & wagis
                                  Line 1900 
                                
                                  The theatre for to makyn & deuyse [folio 158a] 
                                
                                  And for to don his ryte & sacryfise
                                
                                  He est-ward hath vp on the gate a-boue
                                
                                  In worschepe of venus goddesse of loue [Venus] 
                                
                                  Don make an auter & an oratorye
                                  Line 1905 
                                
                                  And on the westward in memorye
                                
                                  Of mars he makyd hat ryȝt swich a noþer [Mars] 
                                
                                  That coste of gold largely a fother
                                  Line 1908 
                                
                                  And norward in a toret of the wal
                                
                                  Of alabastre whit & red coral
                                
                                  An oratorye ryche for to se
                                
                                  In worschepe of Diane of chastite [Dyane] 
                                
                                  Hath Thesius don wrouȝt in noble wise
                                  Line 1913 
                                
                                  But ȝit hadde I forȝetyn to deuyse
                                
                                  The noble keruyng & the portreyture
                                
                                  The schap the contenaunce & the fygure
                                  Line 1916 
                                
                                  That weryn in these oratoryis thre
                                
                                  ffyrst in the temple of venus mayst þou se
                                
                                  Wrouȝt on the wal ful pitous to be-hold
                                
                                  The brokene slepis & the sikys colde
                                  Line 1920 
                                
                                  The secret terys & þe waymentyng
                                
                                  The fery strokys of the desyryng [VII. 59.] 
                                
                                  That louys seruauntys of this lyf enduren
                                
                                  The Cothis that here couenauntys assuryn
                                  Line 1924 
                                
                                  Plesaunce hope desyr folhardynesse [See VII. 55-6, &c.]

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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 55
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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