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

                                
                                  And as I trowe with loue offendit most
                                
                                  That euere was ony / lyuys cryature [VII. 26.] 
                                
                                  ffor sche that doth me al this wo endure
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                                  Ne rechith neuere whedyr I synke or fleete
                                
                                  And wel I wot er sche me mercy hete
                                
                                  I mot with strenthe wynne here in the place
                                
                                  And wel I wot / with-oute helpe or grace [VII. 26.] 
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                                  Of the; ne may myn strenthe not a-vayle
                                
                                  Than help me lord to morwe in myn batayle [VII. 27.] 
                                
                                  ffor thilke fuyr that whilhom brente the
                                
                                  As wel as thilke fer / now brennyth me
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                                  And do þat I to morwe haue victorie [folio 165a] 
                                
                                  Myn be þe trauayle & thyn the glorye ['Io il diletto, e tu n' abbia l' onore.' VII. 27.] 
                                
                                  Thyn souereyn templ wel I muste honoure
                                
                                  Of ony place & alwey most laboure
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                                  In thyn pleasaunce & in thi craftys stronge
                                
                                  And in thi temple I mowe myn baner honge [VII. 28.] 
                                
                                  And alle the armys of myn cumpanye
                                
                                  And euere mo vn-to þat day I deye
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                                  Eterne fuyr I wele be-fore the fynde [VII. 28.] 
                                
                                  And ek to this a-wow I wele me bynde
                                
                                  Myn berd myn her that hangith long adoun [VII. 28.] 
                                
                                  That neuere ȝit me felte offencyoun
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                                  Of rasour ne of schere I wele the ȝeue
                                
                                  And ben thyn trewe seruaunt whil I leue
                                
                                  Now lord haue routhe vp on mynne sorwis sore
                                
                                  Ȝif me the victorie I aske the no more
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                                  The preyer stynte of arcita the stronge
                                
                                  The ryngis on the temple dore that henge
                                
                                  And ek the doris clateredyn ful faste [VII. 39.] 
                                
                                  Of which arcita sum-what hym gaste
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                                  The fuyres brende vp on the autyr bryȝt [VII. 40.] 
                                
                                  That it gan al the temple for to lyȝt
                                
                                  A swete smel a-non the ground vp ȝaf
                                
                                  And arcita anon hese hond vp haf [See VII. 40.] 
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                                  And more ensens in to the fuyr he  [[c altered from st]] caste

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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 69
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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