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The Shipman's Tale Folio 143v 1 of 10 folios

¶ Heere bigynnetħ the Shipmannes tale ~

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A Marchant whilom dwelled at Seint Denys

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That riche was / for which men helde hym wys

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A wyf he hadde / of excellent beautee

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And compaignable / and reuelous was she

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Which is a thyng that causeth more dispence

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Than worth is / al the chiere and reuerence

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That men hem doon / at festes and at daunces

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Swiche salutacioūs / and contenaunces

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Passen / as dooth a shadwe vp on the wal

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But wo is hym / that payen moot for al

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The sely housbonde / algate he moste paye

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He moot vs clothe / and / he moot vs arraye

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Al for his owene worshipe richely

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In which array / we daunce iolily

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And if þ^t he nogħt may / per auenture

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Or ellis / list no swich dispence endure

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But thynketh / it is wasted / and ylost

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Thanne moot another payen for oure cost

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Or lene vs gold / and that is perilous

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¶ This noble Marchaūt heeld a worthy hous

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For which / he hadde alday so greet repair

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For his largesse / and for his wyf was fair

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That wonder is / but herkneth to my tale

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Amonges alle hise gestes / grete and smale

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¶ Ther was a Monk a fair man and a boold

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I trowe of thritty wynter he was oold

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That euere in oon / was comynge to that place

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This yonge Monk / þ^t was so fair of face

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Aqueynted was so / with the goode man

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Sith that hir firste knoweliche bigan

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That in his hous / as famulier was he

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As it is possible / any freend to be

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¶ And for as muchel / as this goode man

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And eek this Monk of which þ^t I bigan

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Were bothe two / yborn in o village

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The Monk / hym claymeth / as for cosynage

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And he agayn / he seith nat ones nay

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But was as glad ther of / as fowel of day

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For to his herte / it was a greet plesaūce

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Thus been they knyt w^t eterne alliaūce

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And ech of hem / gan oother for tassure

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Of bretherhede / whil þ^t hir lyf may dure

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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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