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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 ...

[6-text p 602] Dauid seith / the Riche folk/ that embraceden and oneden all her hert/ to tresour of this world / shullen slepe / in the slepyng of deth / and no thyng shull they fynden in her hondes / of all her tresour / [194] And more-ouere the mysease of hell/ shall be in defaute of mete and drynk/ [195] ffor thus seith our lord by Moises / þey shull ben wasted with hunger / and the birdes of hell / shull devoure hem with bitter deth / and the gall of the dragon / shall ben her drynk / and þe venym of the dragon her morsels / [196] and ferther-ouere / her mysese / shall be in defaute of clothyng/ for they shull be naked in body / as of clothyng save þe fire / in which they brenne / and other fylthes / [197] and naked shull they ben of soule / and of all maner vertues which that is / þe clothyng of þe soule where ben þan the gaye Robes / and þe soft shetes / and þe smale shertes / [198] lo what seith god of heven / by þe prophete Ysaie þat vnder hem shull ben strawed mothes and her couertours / shull ben of wormes of hell/ [199] and ferther-ouer her mysease / shall be in defaute of frendes / for he is nat pore þat hath gode frendes / but þere is no frende [200] ffor neyther god / ne no creature / shall ben frende to hem / And euerycch of hem / shall hate other with dedely hate / [201] The sonnes and þe doughtren shull rebellen / ayeinst fader and moder / and kynrede ayeinst kynrede and chiden and despisen / euerycch of hem other / both day and nyght/ [Eg. 2726 folio 245a] As god seith by the prophete Michias / [202] And the lovyng children / þat whilom loued so flesshly euerycch other / wolden euerycch of hem eten other / yf they myght/ [203] for how shold þey loven hem to-geder / in þe peyne of hell/ whan þey haten euerycch other / in þe prosperitee of this lyf / [204] ffor trust wele / her flesshly loue / was dedely hate / as seith the prophete Dauid / who-so loveth wykked|nesse / hateth his soule / [205] and whoso hateth his owen soule / certes he may love noon other wyght/
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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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