The Multitext Edition > Oxford, Corpus Christi College MS. 198
The Pardoner's Prologue & Tale
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Þou woldest make me kesse þin olde breche
And swere it were a relyk of a seint
Þougħ it were wiþ þyn foundement depeynt
But by þe Crosse which þat seint Eleyne fand
I wolde I hadde þine coyllons in mȳ hand
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In stede of relikes oþer of seintuary
Let cutte hem of I wol þe helpe hem cary
Þey schuln be schryned in an hogges tord
Þis pardoner answerde nouȝt a word
So wroþ he was he nolde no word say
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Now quod oure Oost I wil no lenger play
Wiþ þe ne with non oþer angry man
But rigħt anon þe worþy knigħt bygan
Whan þat he saugħ þat al þe poeple l
Nomore of þis for it is right ynougħ
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Sire pardoner be mery and glad of cheere
And ȝe sire Oste þat ben to me so deere
I pray ȝou þat ȝe kisse þe pardoneere
And pardoner I pay þe þat þou drawe þe neere
And as we dide let vs laughe and pleye
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Anon þey kisse and ryden forþ here weye
¶ Explicit . faa . Pardoner