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The General Prologue Folio 7v 14 of 14 folios

He which that hath the shortest shal by gynne

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Sir knyght quod he my mastyr and my lord

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Now drawyth cut for that is myn accord

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Cometh ner quod he my lady Prioresse

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And ye syr Clerke lat be youre shamefastnesse

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Ne studyeth noght ley hond to euery man

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Anon to drawen euery wyght by gan

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And shortly for to tellen as hit was

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Were it by auenture or sort or cas

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The sothe is this the cut fel to the knyght

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Of which ful blithe was euery wyght.

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And telle he moste his tale as was reson

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By forward and by composicioū.

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As ye han herd what nedeth wordes mo

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And whanne this good man saw that it was so

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As he that wys was and obedyent

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To kepe his forward by his free assent

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He seyde syn I. shal begynne the game

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What wel come be the cut in goddes name.

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Now lat vs ryde and herkeneth what I seye

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And wyth that worde we ryden forthe oure weye

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And he by ganne ryght wyth a mury cheere

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His tale anon and seyde as ye may heere.

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¶ Here begynneth the prologe of the knyghtes tale.

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Whilom as olde stories tellen vs

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Ther was a duke that hight Theseus

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Of athenes he was lord and gouernour

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And in his tyme swych a conquerour

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That gretter was ther noon vndir the Sonne

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Ful many a ryche contre had he wonne.

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What wyth his wisdom and his chiualrye

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He conquered al the regne of femenye

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That whilom was cleped cithia

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And wedded the quene ypolita

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And brought hire hoom wyth him in his contre

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Wyth mochel glorye and gret solempnyte.

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And eke hir yonge suster Emelye

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And thus wyth victorie and wyth melodye

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Lat I this noble duke to athenes ryde

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And al his hoost in armes him byside.

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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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