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The Merchant's Tale Folio 102v 1 of 26 folios

¶ The prologe of the Marchantes tale ~

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Wepyng and wayling care and oother sorwe

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I knowe ynogħ / on euen and amorwe

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Quod the Marchant and so doon othere mo

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That wedded been / I trowe that it be so

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For wel I woot it fareth so with me

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I haue a wyf / the worste that may be

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For thogh the feend / to hir ycoupled were

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She wolde hym ouermacche / I dar wel swere

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What sholde I yow reherce in special

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Hir hye malice / she is a shrewe at al

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Ther is a long and large difference

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Bitwix Grisildis grete pacience .

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And of my wyf / the passing crueltee

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Were I vnbounden / also moot I thee

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I wolde neuere eft comen in the snare

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We wedded men / lyue in sorwe and care

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Assaye who so wole / and he shal fynde

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I seye sooth / by Seint Thomas of Ynde

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As for the moore part I sey nat alle

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God shilde / that it sholde so bifalle

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¶ A goode sir hoost / I haue ywedded bee

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Thise Monthes two / and moore nat pardee

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And yet I trowe / he that al his lyue

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Wyflees hath been / thougħ þ^t men wolde hī ryue

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Vn to the herte / ne koude in no manere

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Tellen so muchel / sorwe / as I now heere /

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Koude tellen / of my wyues cursednesse

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¶ Now quod oure hoost. Marchaūt so god yow blesse

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Syn ye so muchel / knowen of that Art

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Ful hertely / I pray yow telle vs part

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¶ Gladly quod he / but of myn owene soore

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For soory herte / I telle may namoore

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¶ Heere bigynneth the Marchantes tale ~

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WHilom / ther was dwellynge in Lumbardye

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A worthy knygħt þ^t born was of Pavye

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In which he lyued / in greet prosperitee

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And sixty yeer / a wyflees man was hee

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And folwed ay his bodily delyt

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On wōmen / ther as was his appetyt

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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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