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Lenvoye de Chaucer Folio 102r 2 of 2 folios

¶ Folweth Ekko / that holdeth no silence

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But euere answereth / at the countretaille

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Beth nat bidaffed for youre Innocence

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But sharply / taak on yow the gouernaille

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Empernteth wel this lessoū in youre mynde

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For cōmune profit sith it may auaille

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Ye Archiwyues / stondeth at defense

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Syn ye be strong as is a greet Camaille

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Ne suffreth nat / þ^t men yow doon offense

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And sklendre wyues / fieble as in bataille

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Beth egre / as is a Tygre yond in Ynde

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Ay clappeth as a Mille / I yow consaille

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Ne dreed hem nat doth hem no reuerence

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For thougħ thyn housbonde / armed be in maille

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The arwes / of thy crabbed eloquence

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Shal perce his brest / and eek his auentaille

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In Ialousie / I rede eek thou hym bynde

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And thou shalt make hym couche as doth a quaille

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If thou be fair / ther folk been in persence

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Shewe thou thy visage / and thyn apperaille

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If thou be foul / be fre of thy dispence

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To gete thee freendes / ay do thy t^auaille

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Be ay of chiere / as ligħt as leef on lynde

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And lat hym care & wepe / and wrynge & waille

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¶ Bihoold the murye wordes of the Hoost ~

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This worthy clerk / whan ended was his tale

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Oure hoost seyde / and swoor by goddes bones

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Me were leuere / than a barel ale

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My wyf at hoom / had herd this legende ones

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This is a gentil tale / for the nones

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As to my p^rpos / wiste ye my wille

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But thyng þ^t wol nat be / lat it be stille ~

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¶ Heere endeth the tale / of the Clerk of Oxenford ~

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The Multitext Edition is developed by the Digital Humanities Institute at The University of Sheffield in collaboration with Estelle Stubbs, Michael Pidd, Orietta Da Rold, Simon Horobin, Claire Thomson and Linda Cross.

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Stubbs, Estelle, Michael Pidd, Orietta Da Rold, Simon Horobin and Claire Thomson with Linda Cross, eds. (2013). The Multitext Edition. The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales. Published by: University of Sheffield. Available at: <http://www.chaucermss.org/multitext> [Accessed 10 September 2024].

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