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The Tale of Melibeus Folio 207r 1 of 39 folios

A ȝong mā called Melibeus mighty and riche bygat
vpon his wif þat called w^as prudens . a doughter ;
which þ^t called was Sophie /

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Vpon a day byfel þat
for his desport he is went in to þe feldes him to ~
play .

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his wif and his douȝter eek haþ he laft in w^t
his hous of which þe dores were fast I schitte .

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þre of his olde foos
han it espyed ; and setten laddres to þe walles of his hous and by þõ
wyndowes ben entred

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5

and beetyn his wyf and woundid his douȝ-
ter wiþ fyue mortal woundes in fyue sondry places

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þat is to sayn
in here feet in here hondes in here eeres in here nose and in here
mouth and lafte her for deed and went away

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¶ whan Melibeus re-
tourned was in to his hous and seigh al þis meschief he lik a man
mad rendyng his cloþes gan wepe and crie .

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Prudens his wyf as
ferforth as sche dorste bisouȝt him of his wepyng to stynte /

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But
not for þi he gan to crie euer lenger þe more . this noble

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¶ This no-
ble wyf prudence remembred hire vpon þe sentens of Ovide in
his book þat cleped is þe remedy of loue / wher as he seiþ

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¶ he is
a fool þat destourbeþ þe moder to wepe in þe deth of hir childe
til sche haue I wept hir fille as for a certeyn tyme

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and þan schal
man doon his diligence as with amyable wordes hire to recom-
forte and praye hire of hire wepyng to stinte

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¶ For which resou
þis noble wif prudens suffred hir housbonde for to wepe and cⁱe /
as for a certeyn space .

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and whan sche seigh hir tyme ; sche sayd
him in þis wise ¶ Allas my lord quod sche / why make ȝe ȝoure
self for to be lik a fool .

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For soþe it apperteyneþ not to a wys mā
to make such sorwe .

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ȝoure douȝter with þe grace of god schal warischt
be and eschape .

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and al were it so þat sche rigħt now were deed ; ȝe
ne oughte nouȝt as for hir deþ ȝoure silf destroye

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¶ Senec saiþ . þe
wise man schal not take to gret discomfort for þe deth of his chil-
dren ;

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but certes he schulde suffren it in pacience as wel as he aby-
deth þe deþ of his owne persone

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¶ This melibeë answerde anoon &/
sayde ¶ what man quod he schuld of his wepynge stynte þ^t haþ
a cause for to wepe

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¶ Ihū cⁱst oure lord himself wepte for þe deth
of lazarus his frend

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¶ Prudens answerde Certes wel I wot attem-
perel wepyng is no þing defended to him þat sorwful is . amonges
folk in sorwe . But it is raþer graūted him to wepe /

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þe apostel poule
vnto þe Romayns writeþ . A man schal reioyce with hem þ^t maken
ioye . And wepe with such folk as wepen

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¶ But þougħ attemperel
wepyng be graunted ; Outrageous wepynge certes is defended //

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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 14 October 2024].

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