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The Parson's Tale Folio 232v 53 of 53 folios

stonde / what is the fruyt of penaūce And after the word of Ihū crist
it is the endelees blisse of heuene .

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ther ioye hath no cont^arioustee ~
of wo ne greuaūce . ther alle harmes been passed of this persent lyf ~
ther as is the sikernesse / fro the peyne of helle . ther as is the blisful
compaignye that reioysen hem eueremo euerich of otheres ioye .

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ther
as the body of man / that whilom was foul & derk / . is moore cleer ~
than the sonne . ther as the body that whilom was syk freele / &
fieble / & mortal / is inmortal & so strong & so hool / that ther may
no thyng apeyren it .

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1005

ther as ne is / neither hunger thurst ne coold
but euery soule replenyssed with the sigħte of the parfit knowynge
of god

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¶ This blisful regne may men purchace by pouerte espiritueel .
and the glorie by lowenesse . the plentee of Ioye by hunger and thurst
and the reste by trauaille / . and the lyf by mortificaciou of synne ~

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¶ Heere taketħ the makere of this book his leue ~

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NOw preye I to hem alle that herkne this litel tretys or rede
that if ther be any thyng in it that liketh hem / that ther of
they thanken oure lorde Ihū crist . of whom procedeth al ~ ~
wit and al goodnesse .

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And if ther be any thyng that displese hem . I
preye hem also that they arrette it to the defaute of myn vnkonnynge
and nat to my wyl . that wolde ful fayn haue seyd bettre / if I hadde
had konnynge .

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For oure book seith / Al that is writen / is writen for
oure doctrine . and that is myn entente

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1010

¶ Wherfore / I biseke yow ~
mekely for the mercy of god / that ye preye for me / that crist haue mercy
on me and foryeue me my giltes .

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and namely of my translacions
and enditynges of worldly vanitees / the whiche I reuoke in my re-
traccioūs

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¶ As is the book of Troilus ¶ The book also of Fame [wedge]

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The
book / of the .xxv. ladies ¶ The book / of the duchesse ¶ The book / of
seint Valentynes day of the parlement of briddes [wedge]

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. The tales of
Caunterbury thilke that sownen in to synne

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¶ The book of the Leoū
and many another book / if they were in my remembrance / and
many a song and many a leccherous lay . that crist for his gre-
te mercy foryeue me the synne

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¶ But of the t^anslacioū of Boece
de consolaciou / and othere bookes of legendes of Seintes / and ~
Omelies / and moralitee / and deuocioū /

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1015

that thanke I oure ~
lord Ihū cⁱst and his blisful mooder / and alle the seintes of he-
uene /

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bisekynge hem / þ^t they from hennes forth vn to my lyues
ende / sende me g^ace / to biwayle my giltes / and to studie to the ~
saluacioū of my soule / and graunte me g^ace of verray penitē-
ce / confessioū and satisfaccioū to doon in this persent lyf /

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thurgħ
the benigne g^ace / of hym þ^t is kyng of kynges / and preest
ouer alle preestes / that boghte vs w^t the percious blood of his her-
te /

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so þ^t I may been oon of hem at the day of doome that shulle
be saued ~ Qui cum patre et cetera

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¶ Heere is ended the book / of the tales of Caunterbury ~
compiled by Geffrey Chaucer of whos soule Ihū crist ~
haue mercy Amen ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

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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 4 October 2023].

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