The Multitext Edition > London, British Library MS. Lansdowne 851
The Shipman's Tale
Folio 180v
1 of 12 folios
BOt þan spak oure Oste vnto maister schipmaū
Maister qd he to vs sūme tale tel ȝe caū
Where withe ȝe myht glad al þis company
If it were ȝoure pleseinge .I. wote wele sekurlye
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Sertes qd þis Schipman a tale .I. can teƚƚ
And þefore herkeneþ hyderward how þat .I. wil speƚƚ