The Multitext Edition > Oxford, Corpus Christi College MS. 198
The Miller's Tale
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Whilom þer was dwellyng at Oxenfoord
A Riche gnoffe þat gestes heeld to boorde
And of his crafte he was a Carpunter
Wiþ him þer was dwellyng apouer scoler
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Hadde lerned art but aƚƚ his fantasye
Was torned for to lerne astrologie /
And couþe a certein of conclusions
To demen by int errogacioūs
If þat men axed him in certeyn houres
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Whan men schuld haue drougħt or elles schoures
Or if men axed him what schal bifalle /
Of euery þing I may nought reknen alle
This clerk was cleped heende Nicholas
Of derne loue he couþe and of Solas
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And þer to he was sleigh and ful priue
And like a mayde meeke for to see
A chambre hadde he in þat hostellerie