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

                                
                                  And aftyr rod the quen & emelye
                                
                                  And aftyr þat a noþer cumpanye [VII. 113-4.] 
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                                  Of on & oþer aftyr here degre
                                
                                  And thus þey passyn thour out the cite
                                
                                  And to the lystis come þey betyme
                                
                                  It nas not of the day fully pryme
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                                  Whan set was Thesyus ful ryche & hye
                                
                                  Ypolita the quen & Emely
                                
                                  And oþere ladyis in degreis aboute
                                
                                  Vnto the setis / presith al the route
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                                  And westwardis thorugh þe gatys vndyr marthe [Arcita (in Boccaccio) comes from the quarter of 'Euro' (VII. 114): Pale|mone comes 'Dall' altra parte' (VII. 118). No mention is made by Boccaccio of their banners being red and white.]  [VII. 114.] 
                                
                                  Arcite & ek the hunderit of hese parte
                                
                                  With baner red is enteryd rygh a-non
                                
                                  And in that selue moment Palamon [VII. 118.] 
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                                  Is vndyr venus Estward in the place [folio 167b] 
                                
                                  With baner whit & hardy cher & fac
                                
                                  In al the world to sekyn vp & doun [VII. 19.] 
                                
                                  So euene with-oute variacyoun
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                                  There ne were sweche cumpanyis tweye
                                
                                  ffor þere ne was non that coude seye
                                
                                  That ony hadde of oþer auauntage
                                
                                  Of worthynesse ne of estat ne age
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                                  So euene were þey  [[l altered from h]] chosen for to gesse
                                
                                  And too ryngis fayre þey hem dresse
                                
                                  Whan that here namys rad were euerychon
                                
                                  That in here noumbre gile was þere non
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                                  Tho were the gatys schette & cryed was loude
                                
                                  Do now ȝoure deuer ȝynge knyghtis proude
                                
                                  The heroudys lefte here prykynge vp & doun
                                
                                  Now ryngyn trompys loude & claryoun [VIII. 5.] 
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                                  There is no more to seyne but west & est
                                
                                  In gon the sperys ful gladly in at rest
                                
                                  In goth the scharpe spere in to þe syde [VIII. 7.] 
                                
                                  Ther sen men ho can Iuste & ho can ryde
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                                  There sleueryn sperys vp-on schildys þikke
                                
                                  He felyth thorw the herte spon the prykke

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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 74
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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