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The Merchant's Tale Folio 120 25 of 29 folios

And ryght anon thus seyde he to his quene

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¶ My wif quod he ther may no wight sey nay

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The experience so preueth euery day

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The tresons which that womman doth to man

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Ten hundred thousand tellen I can

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Notable of your vntrouth and brotelnesse

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O Salamon wisest and richest of richesse

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Fulfild of sapience and of worldly glorie

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Ful worthi ben thi wordes to drawen in memorie

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To euery wight that wit and resoun can

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Thus preiseth he yit the bounte of that man

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¶ Amonges a thousand men yit founde I. oon

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But of womman alle found I noon

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1005

¶ Thus seith the kyng that knouth your wykkednesse

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And Iħus filius Syrak as I gesse

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Ne speke of yow but seelde reuerence

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A wild fir and corrupte pestilence

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So falle vpon your bodyes yit to nyght

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1010

Ne se ye not this honurable knyght

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Bi cause allas that he is blynd and old

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His owne man shal make him cokewold

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Loo where he sitte the lechour in the tre

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Now wol I graunte of my maieste

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1015

Vnto this olde blynde worthi knyght

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That he shal haue ayen his eyen sight

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Whan that his wif wold doon him vileyny

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Than shal he knowen al hir harlotrye

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Both in repreef of hir and other mo

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1020

¶ Ye shal quod proserpyne . and wol ye so

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Now bi my modres syr soule I swere

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That I shal euen hir sufficiant answere

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And al wommen aftyr for hir sake

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That thogh thei ben in any gilte I take

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1025

Wyth face bold thei shul hemself excuse

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And bere hem doun that wold hem accuse

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For lakke of answer noon of hem shal dyen

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Al had a man seyn it wyth his eyen

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Yit shal we wommen visagen it hardily

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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 14 October 2024].

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