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The Parson's Prologue Folio 235r 1 of 2 folios

¶ The Prologe / of the Persons tale

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By that the Maūciple hadde his tale al ended

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The Sonne // fro the south lyne is descended

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So lowe / that he nas nat to my sighte

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Degrees .29. as of highte

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Ten of the Clokke / it was so as I gesse

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For .xj. foot and litel moore / or lesse

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My shadwe was / at thilke tyme as there

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Of swiche feet / as my lengthe parted weere

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In .6. feet equal / of proporcioū

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Ther with / the Mones exaltacioū

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I mene Libra / alwey gan ascende

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As we were entryng at a Thropes ende

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For which oure hoost as he was wont to gye

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As in this cas / oure Ioly compaignye

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Seyde in this wise / lordynges euerichon

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Now lakketh vs / no tales / mo than oon

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Fulfild is my Sentence / and my decree

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I trowe / þ^t we han herd of ech degree

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Almoost fulfild is al myn ordinaunce

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I pray to god / so yeue hym right good chaunce

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That telleth this tale / to vs lustily

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Sire preest quod he / artow a Vicary

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Or arte a person / sey sooth by thy fey

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Be what thow be / ne breke thow nat oure pley

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For euery man saue thow / hath toold his tale

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Vnbokele / and shewe vs / what is in thy Male

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For trewely / me thynketh by thy cheere

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Thow sholdest / knette vp wel a greet matere

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Telle vs a fable anon / for Cokkes bones

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¶ This person / answerde al atones

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Thow getest fable noon / ytoold for me

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For Poul / that writeth vn to Thymothe

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Repreueth hem / þ^t weyuen Soothfastnesse

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And tellen fables / and swich wrecchednesse

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Why sholde I sowen draf out of my fest

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Whan I may sowen whete / if þ^t me lest

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The Multitext Edition is developed by the Digital Humanities Institute at The University of Sheffield in collaboration with Estelle Stubbs, Michael Pidd, Orietta Da Rold, Simon Horobin, Claire Thomson and Linda Cross.

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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 December 2024].

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