The Multitext Edition > Oxford, Corpus Christi College MS. 198
The Tale of Sir Thopas
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¶ here bygynneth þe tale of Chaucer of sire Thopas
LEsteneþ lordes in good entent
And I wol telle verrament
Al of a knight was fayr and gent
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In bataille and in tornament
His name was sire Thopace
I born he was in ferre cuntre
In Flaundres al beȝonde þe se
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His fader was a man ful fre
And lord he was of þat contre
Sire Thopas was a doughty swayn
Whyt was his face as Payndemayn
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His lyppes reed as Rose
His rode is like Scarlet en grayn
And I ȝou telle in good certayn
His berd his heer was lik saffroun