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The Canon's Yeoman's Tale Folio 160r 19 of 19 folios

Incipit Fabula .

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Wythe þis chanon dwelled haue .I. seuen ȝere /

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And of his science am .I. neuer þe nere

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Al þat .I. had .I. haue .I. lost þere by

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Ther .I. was wont to be riht frissche & gay

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Of cloþinge & of good arraie

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Nowe may .I. were an hose vpon myn hede

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And where my coloure was boþe freche & rede

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Now it is wan & of a lewde hewe

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Who so it vseþ sore schaƚƚ he rewe

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And of my swynke ȝit blered is myne eyȝe

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Lo whiche avantage is for to multepliȝe .

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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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