The Tale of Sir Thopas
Folio 205r
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The child sayd also mote I the
To morwe wil I meete with þe
And ȝit I hope par ma fay
That þou schalt with þis launcegay
Schal I persyn if þat I may
Er it be fully prime of day
For heer schalt þou be slawe
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Sir thopas drough on bak ful fast
This geaunt at him stoones cast /
Out of a fell staf slynge
But faire eschapeþ child thopas
And al it was þurgħ goddis gras
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And þurgħ his berynge /
Ȝet lesteneþ lordynges to my tale /
Merier þan þe nightyngale /
How ser thopas wiþ sides smale /
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Prikynge ouer hul and dale /
His mery men comaunded he
To make him boþe game and gle
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With a geaunt with heedes þre
Of oon þat schon ful bright
Do come he sayde my mynstrales
And gestours for to telle tales
Of Romaunces þat ben reales
Of popes and of Cardinales
Thay fet him first þe swete wyn
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And made him eek in a maselyn
Of gyngebred þat was so fyn
And licorys and eek comyn