The Lansdowne ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

                                  
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                                    ffor somme of hemme seine more & somme seine lesse
                                  
                                    Whan þei his pitous passion expresse
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                                    .I. mene of Mark. Matheu. luke. & Iohn
                                  
                                    Bot doutles her sentence is al one
                                  
                                    There-for lordeynges al .I. ȝowe be-seche
                                  
                                    If þat ȝe þinke .I. varye in my speche
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                                    As þus. If þat .I. telle sum what more
                                  
                                    Of prouerbes þan ȝe haue herde to fore
                                  
                                    Comprehendit in þis litel tretis here
                                  
                                    To enforce wiþ þe effect of Mi Matiere
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                                    And þouhe .I. nade þe same wordes saye
                                  
                                    As ȝe haue herde ȝitt to al ȝowe .I. preie
                                  
                                    Blameþ me nouht for as my sentence
                                  
                                    Ȝe schol nouht finde muche difference
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                                    ffro the sentens of þe tretys leuyte
                                  
                                    After þe whiche þis Mery tale .y. write
                                  
                                    And Herken whatt .I. schal seye
                                  
                                    And lett me tale .I. preye

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Title: The Lansdowne ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Canvas: Page 489
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner,; 1867-1879.

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