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The General Prologue Folio 1v 2 of 14 folios

Wyth grys and that the finest of a land

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And for to festen his hood vndyr his chyn.

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He had of gold wroght a curious pyn.

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A loue knotte in the gretter ende ther was

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His heed was balled that shoone as any glas.

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And eke his face as. he had ben ennoyut

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He was a lord ful fat and in good poynt

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His eyen stepe Rollyng in his heed

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That stemed as a forneys of a leed.

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His botes souple his hors in grete state

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Now certeynly he was a faire perlate.

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205

He was not pale as is a forpyned goost

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A fatte swanne loued he best of any roost

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His palfray was as broun as is a bery

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A Frere ther was a wanton and amery

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A lymytour and a ful solempne man

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In al the ordres four ys noon that can.

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So myche of daliance and faire langage

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He hath made many a faire mariage.

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Of ȝonge wemen at his owne cost

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Vntil his ordre he is a noble post

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Ful wel beloued and famulier was. he.

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Wyth frankeleynes oueral in his contre.

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And eke wyth worthi women of the toū

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For he had power of confessioū

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As seide hym selfe more than a curat

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220

For of his ordere he was licenciat.

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Ful swetly herd he confessioū

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And plesant was his absolucyoū

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He was an esy man to yeue penaunce

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Ther as he wiste to han a good pytaunce.

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225

For vnto a poore ordre for to yeue

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Is sygne that a man is wel I.shryue

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For yf he yaf he durste make auaunt

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He wist that a man was repentaunt

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For many a man so herd is of. his hert

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He may not wepe al theigh he sore smert.

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Ther fore in stede of wepyng and of prayers

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Men mote ȝeue siluer vnto pore freres.

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His typet was ay farsed ful of knyves.

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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 10 September 2024].

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