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The Squire's Tale Folio 129r 1 of 18 folios

¶ Here bigynneth / the Squiers tale ~

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AT Sarray / in the land of Tartarye

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Ther dwelte a kyng that werreyed Russye

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Thurgh which / ther deyde many a doghty man

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This noble kyng was clepid Kambyuskan

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Which in his tyme / was of so greet renoun

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That ther nas nowher in no Regioun

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So excellent a lord / in alle thyng

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Hym lakked noght þ^t longed to a kyng

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As of the secte / of which þ^t he was born

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He kepte his lay / to which þ^t he was sworn

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And ther to / he was hardy / wys / and riche

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Pietous and Iust and eueremoore yliche

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Sooth of his word / benigne and honurable

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Of his corage / as any Centre stable

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Yong fressħ / and strong in armes desirous

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As any Bachiler of al his hous

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A fair persone he was / and fortunat

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And kepte alwey / so wel Roial estat

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That ther nas no wher / swich another man

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¶ This noble kyng this Tartre Cambyuskan

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Hadde two sones / on Elfeta his wyf

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Of whiche / the eldeste highte Algarsyf /

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That oother sone / was clepid Cambalo

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A doghter hadde / this worthy kyng also

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That yongest was / and highte Canacee

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But for to telle yow / al hir beautee

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It lyth nat in my tonge / nyn my konnyng

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I dar nat vndertake / so heigh a thyng

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Myn englyssħ eek / is insufficient

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It moste been / a Rethor excellent

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That koude his colours / longyng for that Art

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If he sholde hir / discryuen euery part

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I am noon swich / I moot speke as I kan

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And so bifel / that whan this Kambyuskan

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Hath .xx. wynter / born his dyademe

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As he was wont fro yeer to yeer I deme

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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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