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The Cook's Tale Folio 215r 1 of 2 folios

But nathales I wil nat tellen it yit

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But er we parte I wis thow shalt be quyt

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And ther with al he lough and maked chere

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And seide his tale as ye shal after here .

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Here endeth the prologe .

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Here bigynneth the Cookes tale .

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A Prentis whilom dwelled in our Citee

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And of a crafte of vitailles was he

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Gaillard he was as goldefynche in the shawe

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Broun as a bery a propre shorte felawe

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With lokkes blake I kembid ful fetisly

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Dauncen he koude so wel and Iolily

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That he was cleped perkyn reuelour

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He was as ful of loue and paramour

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As is the hyue ful of hony swete

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Wel was the wenche with him myght mete

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At euery bridale wolde he synge and hoppe

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He loued bet the tauerne than the shoppe

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For whan ther was any ridyng in the Chepe

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Out of the shoppe thider wolde he lepe

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Til that he hadde al the sight I seyn

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And daunced wel and nold nat come agayn

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And gadred him a meynye of his soort

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To hoppe and synge and make such desport

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And there thei setten steuene for to mete

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To pley at dys in such a strete

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For in the toun nas ther no prentys

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That fairer koude cast apaire of dys

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Than perkyn koude and ther to he was fre

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Of his despence in place of pⁱuyte

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That his Maister wel in his chaffare

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Ful ofte tyme he fonde his box ful bare

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For sothly a prentys a reuelour

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That haunteth dys ryot and paramour

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His maistyr shal in his shoppe abye

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Al haue he no part of the menstralcye .

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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 October 2024].

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