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The Tale of Melibeus Folio 216r 38 of 38 folios

¶ Here bigynneth Chaucers tale of Melibeus ~

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A yong man whilom / called Melibeus myghty and
riche / bigat vp on his wif / þ^t called was Prudence / a
doghter / which þ^t called was Sophie [wedge]

[wedge]

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vp on a day bifel / þ^t
he for his desport is went in to the feeldes / hym to pleye /

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his
wif & eek his doghter / hath he laft inwith his hous / of which
the dores weren faste yshette /

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thre of his olde foos / han it espi-
ed / & setten laddres / to the walles of his hous / and by wyndo-
wes ben entred /

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and betten his wif / & wounded his doghter / w^t
fyue mortal woundes in fyue sondry places /

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this is to seyn /
in hir feet in hir handes / in hir erys / in hir nose / and in hir
mouth / and leften hir for deed & wenten awey

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¶ Whan Me-
libeus retourned was in to his hous / & seigh al this meschief / he
lyk a mad man / rentynge his clothes / gan to wepe / and crye ~

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¶ Prudence his wyf / as ferforth as she dorste / bisoughte hym / of
his wepyng for to stynte /

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but nat for thy / he gan to crye &
wepen euere lenger the moore

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¶ This noble wif Prudence
remembred hire / vp on the sentence of Ouyde / in his book þ^t
cleped is / the remedie of loue / wher as he seith /

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he is a fool /
that destourbeth the moder / to wepe / in the deth of hir child ~
til she haue wept hir fille / as for \a/ certeyn tyme /

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and thanne
shal man doon his diligence w^t amyable wordes / hir to re-
conforte / and preye hir / of hir wepyng for to stynte /

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for which
reson / this noble wyf Prudence / suffred hir housbonde / for to
wepe & crye / as for a certeyn space /

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and whan she say hir
tyme / she seyde hym in this wise ¶ Allas my lord quod she /
why make ye your self for to be lyk a fool /

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for sothe / it aperte-
neth nat to a wys man / to maken swich a sorwe /

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yowre ~
doghter / with the g^ace of god / shal warisshe and escape ~

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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 5 December 2024].

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