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The Canon's Yeoman's Tale Folio 218r 1 of 21 folios

I koude neuer leue it in no wise

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Now wold god my wit myght suffise

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To teƚƚe al that longeth to that art

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And nathalees yow wol I tellen part

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Syn that my lord is goon I wol nat spare

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Swich thing as I know I wol declare

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Here bigynneth the chanons yemans tale .

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With this Chanoun I dwelte haue vij yeer

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And of his science am I neuer the nere

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Al that I had I haue lost ther by

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And god woot so hath many mo than I.

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There I was wont to be right fressh and gay

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Of clothyng and of other good array

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¶ Now may I were an hose vpon myn heed

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Now is it wan and of leden hewe

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Who so it vseth soore shal he ruwe

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And of my swynk yit blered is myn eye

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Lo swich avauntage is to multiplie

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That slidyng science hath me made to bare

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And yit I am endetted so ther by

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Of gold that I haue borwes trewly

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That whil I leue I shal it quyte neuer

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If he contynue I holde his thrift y do

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But empty his purs and make his wittes thynne

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Hath lost his owne good in Iupardye

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¶ Than he exciteth other folk therto

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To leese hir good as he him self hath do

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For vnto shrewes ioy it is and ese

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To haue hir felawes in peyne and desese

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Thus was I ones lerned of a Clerk

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Of that no charge I wol of our werke

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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 22 January 2025].

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