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The Cambridge ms. Dd. 4. 24. of Chaucer's Canterbury tales, completed by the Egerton ms. 2726 (the Haistwell ms) Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall ...

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Sire Nonnes Preest / oure hoost seide a-noon I-blissed be thy breche / & euery ston This was a murie tale / of Chauntecleer But by my trouthe / if þou were seculer 4640 Thow woldest ben a tredfoul / a-right ffor if þou haue corage / as þou hast myght The were nede of hennes / as I wene ȝa / moo than seuen tymes / seuentene 4644 Se which braunes / hath this gentil Preest [folio 195b] So gret a nekke / & swich a large breest he loketh as a Sperhauke / with hise eyen him nedeth nat / his colour for to dyghen 4648 with brasile / ne with greyn of Portyngale Now sire / faire falle ȝow / for ȝoure tale And after that / he with ful merie chere Seide vn-to a nother / as ȝe shuln heere 4652
Heere endeth the Tale of the Nonnes Preest /
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The Cambridge ms. Dd. 4. 24. of Chaucer's Canterbury tales, completed by the Egerton ms. 2726 (the Haistwell ms) Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall ...
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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London,: Pub. for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.,
1902.

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