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The Tale of Melibeus Folio 168v 1 of 40 folios

That telleth vs the peyne of Iħu crist

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Ne seith nat al thing as his felaw dooth

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But nathalees hir sentence is al sooth

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And alle accorden as in hir sentence

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Al be ther in hir tellyng difference

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For some of hem seyn more and som seyn lesse

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Whan thei his pitous passioun expersse

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I mene of Mark Mathew Luk. and Ioħn .

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But douteles hir sentence is al on

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Therfore lordynges al y yow beseche

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If that ye thinke I varye as in my speche

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As thus thogh that I telle som what more

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Of prouerbes than ye han herd bifore

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Comperhended in this litel tretis here

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To enforcen with theffect of my matere

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And though I noght the same wordes seye

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As ye han herd yit to yow alle I preye

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Blasphemeth me nat for as in my sentence

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Shul ye noghwher fynden difference

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Fro the sentence of this tretes lite

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After the which this myrie tale I wryte

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And therfore herkeneth what that I shal seye

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And lat me tellen al my tale I preye .

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Here bigynneth Chaucers tale of Melibee and prudence

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A yong man called Melibeus mighty and riche bigat vpon
his wif that called was prudence a doghtre which
that called was sophie //

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vpon a day befel that for his
disport he went in to the feeldes him to pley /

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his wif and ek his
doughter hath he lafte in with his hous / of which the dores
weren fast y shette /

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the chief of his olde foos han it espied and
setten laddres to the walles of his hous / and bi wyndowes
ben entred /

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and betten his wif and wounded his doughter
with fyue Mortal woundes in fyue sondry places /

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this is to
seyn .in hir feet. in hir handes. in hir eris. in hir nose. and in
hir mouth. and leften hir for deed.and wenten a way

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¶ Whan
Melibeus retourned was in to his hous / and seigh al this mes-
chief. ¶ he lik a mad man / rentyng his clothis gan to wepe
and crie

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¶ Prudence his wif as ferforth as she dorste / bisoght
him of his wepyng for to stynte /

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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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