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

The scheldys bryghte testers & trappurys Gold hew helmys hauberkis cote armurys Line 2500 lordis in paramentis on here courserys Knyghtis of retenew & ek squyerys Naylynge the sperys & helmys bokelynge Giggynge of schyldys with lanyerys la-synge Line 2504 Ther as nede is þey were no þyng ydyl The fomy stedis on the goldene brydyl [VII. 97.] Gnawynge faste .the. armurys also With fyle & hamyr prikynge to & fro Line 2508 Thanne on fote comounnys [[MS altered]] manye on With schorte stauys / as thikke as þey may gon Pypis trumpis nakerys claryounnys That in the batayle blowyn blody sounys Line 2512 The paleys ful of peplys vp & doun [folio 166b] [VII. 99.] Here thre þere ten / holdynge here questyoun [VII. 98.] Deuynynge of these / thebene knyghtis too Some seyde thus / some seydyn it schulde be so Line 2516 Some heldyn with hym with the blake berd Some with the ballede some with the thykke herid Some seyde he lokede grymme & he wolde fyghte He hath a sparth of twenty pound of weighte Line 2520 Thus was the halle ful of dynynynge Longe aftyr that the sunne be-gan to sprynge The grete thesyus that of hese slep a-wakyd [VII. 96.] With mynstrelsye & noyse that was makyd Line 2524 Held ȝit the chambre of hese paleys ryche Tyl that the theben knyghtis bothe I-liche Honoure weryn / in-to the paleys fet Deuk thesyus is at a wyndowe set Line 2528 Arayed wel as he were a god in trone The puple presede dedyrward ful sone Hym for to sen & don hey reuerence And ek to herkene his hest & his sentence Line 2532 An heraud on a skaffald made an hoo Til al the noyse of the puple was I-do
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The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,
1868-1879.

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