The Miller's Tale
Folio 176v
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So swetely þt al the chambere rong
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And Angelus aduirginem he song
And aftyr þt he song the kyngis note
Ful oftyn blyssede was hese mery throte
And þë this swete clerk hese tyme he spēte
Aftyr hese frendys fyndynge & hese rente
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This carpenter hadde weddid newe a wyf
Which þt he louede more þā hese lyf
Of eightene ȝer sche was of age
Ielous he was & held here narwe ī cage
For sche was wilde & ȝyng & he was old
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And demede hȳ self / ben lyk a coukewold
He knew not catoū for hese wit was rude
That bad men schulde wedde here symylitude
Men schulde wedde aftyr here estat
For ȝoughte & elde ben oftyn at debat
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But sythyn þt he was fallȳ in the snare
He muste endure as oþere folk hese care
Fayr was þis ȝonge wif & þerwith al
As ony wesele here body gent & smal
A seynt sche werede þõ seynt al of sylk
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A barme x cloth as whit as ony mylk
Vp on here lendis ful of manye a gore
Whit was here smok I brouded al be fore
And ek be hyndyn on here coller aboute
Of col blak silk wt inne & ek wt oute
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The tapes of here white voluper
Were of the same sute of here coller
Hyre filet brod of silk I set ful hye
And sekyrly sche hadde a lycoroë eye
Ful smale I pullede were hese browis to
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And þo were bent & blake as is a slo
Sche was more blysful on to se
Than is the newe pere Ionete tre
And softere than is the wolle of a wedyr
And by here gerdil heng a purs of ledyr