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

                                
                                  The Iustyce sate stylle And rose notte anone
                                
                                  And Gamelyn cleuede his Cheke bone
                                
                                  Gamelyn toke hym in his Armes and no more spake
                                
                                  Butte þrewe hym ouer the barre and his Arme brake
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                                  Durste none to Gamelyn saye butte gode
                                
                                  ffor ffere of the Company þat withoute stode
                                
                                  Gamelyn sette hym downe in the Iustyce stede
                                
                                  . . . . .
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                                  . . . . . [no gap in the MS.] 
                                
                                  Harken of bourde that Gamelyn tho dyde
                                
                                  He lette ffettere his brother and þe ffalse Iustyce
                                
                                  And lete hem come to þe barre þat oone with that other
                                
                                  Tho Gamelyn hadde þus ydone hadde he no reste
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                                  Tylle he hadde enquerede who was on the qweste
                                
                                  ffor to demen sir Ote his brother ffor to honge
                                
                                  Or he wyste whiche þey were itt þoughte hym to longe
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                                  Butte As soone as Gamelyn wyste where they were
                                
                                  He dydde hem euerychone fettren in ffere
                                
                                  And bryngen hem to the barre And sette hem in rewe
                                
                                  By my faythe sayde the Iustyce þe Schryve is A schrewe
                                
                                  Than sayde Gamelyn to the Iustyce
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                                  Thou haste youen domes of the worste Assyce
                                
                                  And the xij sysours that weren of the qweste
                                
                                  They schulle to daye be hangede So god yeue me gode reste
                                
                                  Than sayde the Schryve to yonge Gamelyn
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                                  Lorde I crye the Mercye brother Arte thou Myne
                                
                                  Therefor sayde Gamelyn haue thou Cristes curse
                                
                                  ffor And thou were Mayster yett schulde I ffare worse [Reg. 17 D xv folio 79b] 
                                
                                  ffor to make schorte tale And notte to longe
                                
                                  He ordeynede hym A qweste of his men so stronge
                                
                                  The Iustyce and the Schryve bothe hangede hye
                                
                                  To wayuen with the ropes And with the wynde drye
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                                  And the xij sisours Sorrowe haue þat recke
                                
                                  All they were hangede ffaste by the necke
                                
                                  Thus endede the ffalse knyghte with his treccherye
                                
                                  That euer hadde ledde his lyfe in ffalsenesse and ffollye

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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 25
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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