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¶ For whan he was anon bore doun

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They tolden euery man that he was wood

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Thurgh fantasie that of his vanitee

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And that he preyde hem for goddes loue

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For what so this carpenter answerde

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It was for noght no man his resoon herde

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Wyth othes grete he was so sworne adoun

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For euery clerk anon ryght heeld wyth other

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He seide the man was wood my leue brother

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And absolon hath kyst hir nether eye

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And Nicholas is scalled in the towte .

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This tale is doon and god saue al the route .

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Of absolon and hende Nicholas

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Diuerse folk dyuersly thei seide

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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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