The Reeve's Tale Folio 52v 2 of 10 folios
That doun he gotħ / and cried harrow I dye
Theise Clerkes / bete hym wele / and lete hī lye
And ordeyned hem / and toke here hors a non
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And eke here mele / and on
And at the Mille / ȝet they toke here cake
Of half a busshel flour / ful wel I bake
And hatħ I lost / the gryndyng
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And paid for Corrected from: s<nothing> s þ e sopere / euer ydele
Of Aleyn and of Ioħ n / þ t beten hī wele
His wyf is swyued / and his dougħ ter als
Lo / swicħ it is / a Millere to be fals
And þ er fore / this pro uerbe / is seid ful sotħ
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Hym thar nat wene wel / that euele dotħ
A gylour / shal hī self / begyled by
And god þ at sitteth heye / in mageste
Saue al this companye / grete and smale
Thus haue I quyt the Millere / in my tale¶ qd the Reve
qd the Reve in the right margin.