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Words of the Franklin to the Squire Folio 123r 1 of 1 folios

¶ Heere folwen the wordes of the Frankeleyn to the Squier ~ and the wordes of the hoost to the Frankeleyn ~ ~ ~

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IN feith Squier/ thow hast thee wel yquit

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And gentilly / I preise wel thy wit

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Quod the Frankeleyn / considerynge thy yowthe

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So feelyngly thou spekest sire I allowethe

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As to my doom / ther is noon that is heere

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Of eloquence / that shal be thy peere

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If that thou lyue / god yeue thee good chaunce

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And in vertu / sende thee continuaunce

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For of thy speche / I haue greet deyntee

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.I. haue a sone / and by the Trinitee

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.I. hadde leuere / than twenty pound worth lond

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Thougħ it rigħt now / were fallen in myn hond

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He were a man / of swich discrecioū

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As that ye been / fy on possessioū

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But if a man / be vertuous with al

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I haue my sone snybbed / and yet shal

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For he to vertu / listneth nat entende

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But for to pleye at dees / and to despende

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And lese al that he hath / is his vsage

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And he hath leuere / talken with a page

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Than to comune / with any gentil wigħt

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Where he mygħte lerne gentillesse arigħt

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¶ Straw for your gentillesse / quod oure hoost

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What Frankeleyn / pardee sire wel thou woost

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That ech of yow / moot tellen atte leste

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A tale or two / or breken his biheste

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¶ That knowe I wel sire / quod the Frankeleyn

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I prey yow / haueth me nat in desdeyn

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Thougħ to this man / I speke a word or two

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¶ Telle on thy tale / with outen wordes mo

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¶ Gladly sire hoost quod he / I wole obeye

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Vn to youre wyl / now herkneth what I seye

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I wol yow nat contrarien in no wyse

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As fer as that my wittes / wol suffyse

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I prey to god / that it may plesen yow

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Thanne woot I wel / that it is good ynow

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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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