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1. The General Prologue
2. The Knight's Tale
3. The Miller's Prologue
4. The Miller's Tale
5. The Reeve's Prologue
6. The Reeve's Tale
7. The Cook's Prologue
8. The Cook's Tale
9. Introduction to the Man of Law's Tale
10. The Man of Law's Tale
11. The Wife of Bath's Prologue
12. The Wife of Bath's Tale
13. The Friar's Prologue
14. The Friar's Tale
15. The Summoner's Prologue
16. The Summoner's Tale
17. The Clerk's Tale
18. Lenvoye de Chaucer
19. Words of the Host
20. The Merchant's Prologue
21. The Merchant's Tale
22. Epilogue to the Merchant's Tale
23. The Squire's Tale
24. The Franklin's Tale
25. The Physician's Tale
26. Introduction to the Pardoner's Tale
27. The Pardoner's Prologue & Tale
28. The Shipman's Tale
29. The Prioress' Tale
30. The Tale of Sir Thopas
31. Here the Host 'stynteth' Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopas
32. The Tale of Melibeus
33. The Monk's Prologue
34. The Monk's Tale
35. The Nun's Priest's Prologue
36. The Nun's Priest's Tale
37. Epilogue to the Nun's Priest's Tale
38. The Second Nun's Tale
39. The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue
40. The Canon's Yeoman's Tale
The Tale of Melibeus Folio 165r 31 of 32 folios
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And after þ at / þ u shalt considre þ ine frendes / &
thyne enemys /
thyne enemys /
And as touchyng thy frendes / þ u shalt considre
whicħ of hem ben most feitħ ful / & most wyse / & eldest & most
appreued in coū seillyng /
whic
appreued in co
And of hē shalt þ u axe thy coū seil /
as the cas requiretħ
as the cas requiret
co
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For Salamon seitħ / þ t
for rigħ t as the herte of a man / delitetħ in sauour þ t is swo-
te / rigħ t so the coū seil of trewe frendes / ȝeuetħ swetnesse to
the soule //¶ Nota
for rig
te / rig
the soule //
he seitħ also / there may no thyng / be likned to þ e
trewe frend /
trewe frend /
for certes / gold ne siluer ben nat so meche wortħ
as the good wil / of a trewe frend / /
as the good wil / of a trewe frend / /
And eke he seitħ / that a tr-
ewe frend / is a sto ng defence / who so þ t it fyndetħ / certes he fyn-
detħ a gret tresor
ewe frend / is a st
det
we frendes / ben discrete
thy co
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clepen to ȝoure co
seyn /
lynges
longe tyme the pudence
ne ben ay acomplissed by strengthe / ne be delyuernesse of body /
but by good co
whic
forcen /
a gen
ȝoure frendes
des haue
co
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for al it so be / þ t þ u first ne telle thy coū seil / but to
a fewe /þ u maist afterward / telle it to moo folk / if it be nede /
a fewe /
but
loke alwey /þ t þ ine coū seillor s haue thilke thre condicioū s / þ t
I haue seid bifore /þ t is to seye ; þ t they be trewe / wyse / & olde
exper ience /
loke alwey /
I haue seid bifore /
ex
and werk nat alwey in euer y nede / by oo coū seillor allone /
for somtyme bihouetħ it to be coū seiled by manye / //
for somtyme bihouet
For Sala-
mon seitħ / Saluacioū of thynges / is where as þ er e ben many
coū seillor s
mon seit
co
de be co
eschue
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mon seit
seille / but after his owen lust /
the book seitħ / the
pro prete of a fool / is this ; he trowetħ ligħ tly harm / of euer y wigħ t
& ligħ tly trowetħ al bounte / in hī self /
the co
to preysen ȝoure
fastnesse of thynges /
wherfore Tullyus seitħ / A mong alle þ e