The Multitext Edition > Oxford, Corpus Christi College MS. 198
Words of the Host to the Shipman and Lady Prioress
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WEl seyde by corpus dominūs
Now lange mote þou sayle by þe coste
Sire gentil mayster gentil marynere /
God ȝiue þe monk a þousand last quade ȝere /
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A ha felawes beþ war of such a Iape /
Þe monk putte in þe mannes hood an ape /
And in his wyues eek by seint austyn
Draweþ no monkes more in to ȝoure In
But now passe ouer and let vs seke aboute
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Who schal now telle ferst of al þis route
Anoþer tale and wiþ þat word he sayde