The Multitext Edition > Oxford, Corpus Christi College MS. 198
The Friar's Prologue
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And is y bete at euery townes ende
Oure host þo spak a sire ȝe scholde ben heende
And curteys as a man of ȝour astat
In companye we wille no debat /
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Telleþ ȝoure tale and lateþ þe somnor be
Nay quod þe somnour lat him seye to me
What so him list whan it comþ to my lot
By god I schal him quiten euery grot
I schal him telle such a gret honour
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It is to be a flateryng lymytour
And eek of ful many an oþer cryme
Which nedeþ nat rehersen at þis tyme /
And his office I schal him telle y wys
Oure host answerde pees nomore of þis
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And afterward he seyde vnto þe frere /
Telle forþ ȝoure tale my leue mayster deere /