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

                                
                                  That ȝif þou lyst I schal wel haue myn loue
                                
                                  Thyn temple wele I worschepe euere mo [VII. 48.] 
                                
                                  And on thyn auter where I ryde or go
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                                  I wele don sacrifyse & ferys bete
                                
                                  And ȝif ȝe wele not so myn lady swete [VII. 49.] 
                                
                                  Thanne prey I the to-morwe with a spere
                                
                                  That Arcitha / me þour the herte bere
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                                  Than rekke I not whan I haue last myn lyf
                                
                                  Thow Arcithe / wynne here to hese wyf
                                
                                  This is theffect / & ende of myn preyere
                                
                                  Ȝyf me myn loue þou blysful lady dere
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                                  Whan þe orysoun was don of palamoun [folio 163a]  [VII. 68.] 
                                
                                  Hese sacrifyse he dede & þat a-non
                                
                                  fful pitously with al circumstaunce [Compare also stanza 42, 'con vittime piatose.'] 
                                
                                  Al telle I not as now hese obseruaunce
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                                  But at the laste the statwe of Venus schok [Venus] 
                                
                                  And made a sygne wherby that he tok
                                
                                  That hese preyere acceptid was that day
                                
                                  ffor though the sygne schewede a delay
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                                  Þo wiste he wel þat grauntid was hese bone
                                
                                  And with glad herte he wente hym hom ful sone
                                
                                  The threde hour inequal that Palamoun
                                
                                  Be-gan to Venus temple for to gon
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                                  Vp ros the sunne & vp ros Emalye [Emale] 
                                
                                  And to the temple of dyane gan hye [Diane] 
                                
                                  Here maydenys þat sche thidir with her ladde [VII. 71.] 
                                
                                  fful redyly þe fuyr with hem þey hadde
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                                  Thensens the clothis & the remenaunt al
                                
                                  That to the sacrifise longyn schal
                                
                                  The hornys ful of mete / as was the gyse [VII. 71.] 
                                
                                  Ther lakkede not to don here sacryfise
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                                  Smokynge þe temple ful of clothis fayre [VII. 72.] 
                                
                                  This Emelye with herte debonayre [[a altered from o]] 
                                
                                  Here body wesch with watyr of a welle [VII. 73.] 
                                
                                  But how sche dede here ryte / I dar not telle
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                                  But ȝif it be ony þyng / in general

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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 65
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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