The Multitext Edition > Oxford, Corpus Christi College MS. 198
The Squire's Tale
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Repentaūt as þe storie telleþ vs
By mediacioū of Camballus
The kinges sone of which I yow tolde
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But hennes forth I wol proces holde
To speke of auentures and of batailles
That yet was neuer herde so gret meruailles
First wil I telle yow of kambyuskan
That in his tyme many a cite wan
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And after wol I speke of Algarsif
How þat he wan Theodora to his wyf
For whan ful ofte in gret peril he was
Ne hadde he ben holpen by þe hors of bras
And after wol I speken of Camballo
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That faught in listes with þe breþeren tuo
For Canacee er þat he might hir wynne
And þer I lefte I wol ageyn bygynne
Appollo whirleth vp his char so hye
Til þat þe god mercurius hous þe slye