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The General Prologue Folio 1r 1 of 14 folios

But sykerly she hadde a faire forheed

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It was almost a spanne brod y trowe

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For hardily she was noght vndergrowe.

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Ful fetis was hir cloke as y was ware

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Of smale coral aboute hir arme she bare.

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A payre of bedys with gaudees al of grene.

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160

There on henge a broche of golde ful shene

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On wych ther was first wryten a crowned .A.

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And aftyrward . Amor vincit omnia.

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A nother nonne wytħ hir had she

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That was hir chapeleyne and preestes thre

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165

A monke ther was a faire for the maistrye

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An out ryder that loued wel venerye.

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A manly man to ben an abbot able.

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Ful many a deynte hors he had in stable.

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And when he rode men myght his brydeƚƚ here

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170

Gynglyng in a whistelyng wynd so clere.

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And eke as lowde as doth a chapel belle

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Ther as the lorde was keper of the Selle.

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The rewele of seint Maure othir of seint Beneyt

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By cause that hit was olde and somdele streyt.

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175

This ilke monke let olde thinges pace.

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And heelde aftyr the newe word the space

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He yaf not of the tixte a pulled hen

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That seith that hunters be noght holy men

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Ne that a monke whan he is recheles

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180

Is likned to a fysh that ys waterles.

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This is to sey a monke out of his cloyster

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But thilke tixt holt he not worth an oyster

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And I.seyde his oppinioū was good

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What sholde he studie and make hymselfe wode

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185

Vppon a. boke alway in cloystre to poure

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Or swynke wyth his hondes or laboure.

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As austyn but how shal the worlde be serued

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Let austyn have his swynke to hym reserued

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Ther fore he was a percasour aryght

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Grehoundes he hadde as swyft as fowle in flyght

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Of prikyng and of huntyng for the hare

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Was al his luste for no coste wolde he spare

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I sawe his sleves purfiled atte the hond

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The Multitext Edition is developed by the Digital Humanities Institute at The University of Sheffield in collaboration with Estelle Stubbs, Michael Pidd, Orietta Da Rold, Simon Horobin, Claire Thomson and Linda Cross.

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Stubbs, Estelle, Michael Pidd, Orietta Da Rold, Simon Horobin and Claire Thomson with Linda Cross, eds. (2013). The Multitext Edition. The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales. Published by: University of Sheffield. Available at: <http://www.chaucermss.org/multitext> [Accessed 14 December 2024].

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