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

                                
                                  Ther couþe no man brynge him in arrerage
                                
                                  Ther nas baillif ne herde nor oþer hyne
                                
                                  That he ne knew his sleight and his covyne
                                  Line 604 
                                
                                  They were adrad of him as of þe deþ
                                
                                  His wonyng was ful fair vpon an heþ
                                
                                  Wiþ greene trees schadewed was his place
                                
                                  He couþe bettre þan his lord purchace
                                  Line 608 
                                
                                  fful Riche he was astored priuely
                                
                                  His lord he couþe plese wel subtily
                                
                                  To yiue and lene him of his oughne good
                                
                                  And haue a þank and yet a cote and hood
                                  Line 612 
                                
                                  In ȝouþe he hadde lerned a good mester [folio 9b] 
                                
                                  He was a wel good wrighte a Carpenter
                                
                                  This reeue satte vpon a ful good stot
                                
                                  That was al pomely grey and highte scot
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                                  A long Surcote of pers vpon he hadde
                                
                                  And by his syde he bar a rusty bladde
                                
                                  Of Northfolk was þis Reue of which I telle
                                
                                  Bysyden a toun men clepen it Baldeswelle
                                  Line 620 
                                
                                  Tukked he was as is a frere aboute
                                
                                  And euer he rood þe hyndrest of oure route
                                
                                  A Somynour was þer with vs in þat place
                                
                                  That hadde a fyri cherubynnes face
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                                  ffor Sauseflem he was with eyghen narwe /
                                
                                  Als hoot he was and leccherous as a sparwe
                                
                                  Wiþ scalled browes blak and piled berde /
                                
                                  Of his visage children weren afferde
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                                  Ther nas quyk siluer litarge or bremston
                                
                                  Boras orsure ne oyle of Tarte noon
                                
                                  Ne oynement þat wolde clense and byte
                                
                                  To him might helpe of his whelkes white
                                  Line 632 
                                
                                  Nor of þe knobbes sittyng in his cheekes
                                
                                  Wel loued he garlik oynons and eek leekes
                                
                                  And for to drinke strong wyn reed as blood
                                
                                  Than wolde he speke and crye as he were wood
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                                  And whan þat he wel dronken hadde þe wyn

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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 18
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,; 1868-[1869]

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