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The Knight's Tale Folio 8r 2 of 42 folios

¶ And certis yif it nere to longe to here

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I wold haue tolde fully the manere

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How wonnen was the Reigne of femenye

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By theseus and by his chiualrye

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And of the gret bataile for the nones

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Bytwixen Athenes and Amazones

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And how asseged was ypolita

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The faire hardy quene of Sithia

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And of the fest that was at hir weddyng

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And of the tempest at hir hoom comyng

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But al that thinge I mote as now forbere

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I haue god wote a large felde to ere

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And waike ben the oxen in my plow

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The remenant of my tale is longe y now

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I wol not letten eke noon of thir route

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Lat euery felaw telle his tale aboute.

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And lat se now who shall the souper wynne

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And ther I lefte. I. wol ayen bygynne.

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¶ Here bygynneth the knyghtes tale.

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This duke of whom I make of mencyoun

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Whan he was comen almost to the toun

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In al his wele in his most pryde

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He was war as he caste his eye asyde

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Wher that ther kneled in the hye weye

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A compaignye of ladyes twey and tweye

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Ech after other clad in clothes blake

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But swych a crye and swych a wo thei make

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That in this worlde nys creature lyuynge

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That herde swiche a nother waymentynge

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And of this crie thei nolden neuer stenten

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Til thei the reynes of his brydel henten

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¶ What folke ben ye that at myn hom comynge

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Parturben so my fest wyth criynge

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Quod theseus haue so gret envye

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Of myn honour that thus compleyn and crye

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Or who hath ȝow mysboden or offended

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And telleth me yif it may ben amended

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And whi that ye ben clothed thus in blak

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¶ Tħe aldest lady of hem al .spak.

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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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