The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

                                    
                                      he was hanged by þe necke and nought by þe purs
                                    
                                      That was þe meede þat he hadde for his fadres curs
                                    
                                      Sire Otes was eldest and Gamelyn was ying
                                    
                                      Wenten with here frendes and passed with þe king
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                                      They made pees with þe king of þe best assise
                                    
                                      The king loued wel sire Ote and made him Iustice
                                    
                                      And after þe king made Gamelyn boþe in est and west
                                    
                                      Cheef Iustice of his fre fforest
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                                      Alle his wighte yonge men þe king for-yaf here gilt
                                    
                                      And siþþen in good office þe king haþ alle hem pilt
                                    
                                      ¶ Thus wan Gamelyn his lond and his leede
                                    
                                      And wrak him of his enemys and quitte hem here meede
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                                      And sire Ote his broþer made him his heir
                                    
                                      And siþþen wedded Gamelyn a wyf a good and a fair
                                    
                                      They lyueden togidere whil þat crist wolde
                                    
                                      And siþþen was gamelyn grauen vnder molde
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                                      And so schal we alle may þer noman flee
                                    
                                      God bring vs to þe Ioye þat euer schal be AmeN pour charite [[No gap in the MS.]]

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Title: The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Canvas: Page 154
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,; 1868-[1869]

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