[6-text p 357]
And whan þat .I. had geten vn-to me
Be maistre al þe souerainte
þan he seide myne owen trewe wif
Do as þu lyst þe terme of al my lyf
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Kepe þine honoure and kepe eke my astate
After þat daie we had neuere debate
God helpe me so .I. was to him als kinde
As any wyf fro danmark in-to hinde
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And also trewe and so was he to me
.I. praie to god þat siteþ in maieste
So blisse his sowle for his mercy dere
Nowe wil .I. seie my tale . if ȝe wil here
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[The Wrangle between the Summoner and Friar.]
The frere lowhe whan he had herd al þis
Nowe dame quod he so haue .I. ioye or blis
þis is a longe preamble of a tale
And whan þe Somenour herde þe frere gale
[[ [folio 97a] It repeats And whan þe somen|our herd þe frere gale]] Lo quod þe Somenour be goddes armes tuo
A frere wil entremete him euer mo
Lo godemen a flye and eke a frere
will fal in euery dissche and eke matere
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What spekest þow of preambulacione
What amble or trote or pees or goo sitte adoune
Thou lettest owre disporte in þis manere
Ȝe wil-tow so Somenour quod þe frere
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Nowe be fey .I. schal or þat .I. go
Tell of a somenour . suche a tale or tuo
þat al þe folke schal lawhen In þis place
Nowe elles frere .I. be-schrewe þi face
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Quod þis Somenour. and .I. be-schrewe me
Bot .I. tell þe tales two or þre
Of freres ar .I. come to sideingborne
þat .I. schal make þine herte for to morne
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