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The Miller's Tale Folio 29r 1 of 18 folios

As demen of my self that thow were one

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I wol beleue wel that I am none

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And housbond sholde not ben inquisityf

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Of goddes priuytees ne of his wyf

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So he mow fynde goddes fisoun there

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Of the remenaunt nedeth noght to enquere

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¶ What shuld I sey but this Millere

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He nolde his wordes for no man forbere

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But tolde his cherles tale in his manere

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Me thinketh yit that I shuld rehersen here

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And therfore euery gentil wyght I p^ay

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For goddes loue demeth not that I say

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Of euyl entent but for I mot reherce

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Her tales al be thei bett^r or werce

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Or elles falsen som of my Matere

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And ther fore who list it noght to here

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Turne ouer the leef and chese another tale

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For he shal fynde ynow grete and smale

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¶ Of storial thing that toucheth gentylles

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And ek Moralite and holynes

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Blameth not me yif that ye chese amys

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The Miller is a cherle I know wel this

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So was the Reue and mony other moo

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And harlotrye thei told bothe two .

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Auyseth you now and put me oute of blame

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And ek men shold noght make ernest of game .

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Here endyth the prolog

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Here bygynneth the Millers tale .

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Whilom ther was dwellyng in Oxenford

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A ryche gnof that gestes held to bord

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And of his crafte he was a carpentere

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Wyth him ther was dwellyng a pore Scolere

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Had lerned art but al his fantasye

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Was torned for to lerne astrologye

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And couth a certeyn of conclusiouns

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To demen by interogaciouns

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Yif that men asked him in certeyn houres

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Whan that men shold haue droght or shoures

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Or yif men asked him what shold falle

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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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