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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
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Lo quod D ame Prudence / how ligħ tly is euer y man enclyned / to his
owene desir / & to his owene plesance
owene desir
of the phisiciens / ne shulden nat han ben vnderstonden in that
wise
ne vengeance to vengeance / ne wrong
semblable
vengeance / ne a wrong
but euer ycħ of hem /
encrescetħ & aggreggetħ other
encrescet
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siciens / shulden ben vnderstonde in this wyse /
For good & wyk-
kednesse / ben two conta ries / And pees & werre / vengeance & suffraū -
ce / discord& acord / & manye othere thynges
kednesse / ben two cont
ce / discord
But certes wykked-
nesse / shal be warisshed / by goodnesse / discord by a cord / werre by
pees /& so fortħ of othere thynges
nesse / shal be warisshed / by goodnesse / discord by a cord / werre by
pees /
Poule the Apostle in many places /
he seitħ / ne ȝeldetħ nat harm
for harm / ne wykked speche / for wykked speche /
for harm / ne wykked speche / for wykked speche /
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but do wel to hī /
þ t dotħ to the harm / & blisse hī / þ t seitħ to the harm
manye othere places / he amonestet
wil I speke to ȝow / of
by the men of lawe /
as ȝe han herd bifore
That ouer alle thynges / ȝe shuln do ȝour
diligence / to kepe ȝoureper sone / & to warnestore ȝoure hous /
diligence / to kepe ȝoure
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And
seiden also /þ t in this cas / ȝow ougħ te for to werke ful auysely /
& witħ gret deliberacoū
seiden also /
touchet
ȝe shuln vnderstonde / þ t
heþ t hatħ werre / shal euer e more deuoutly & mekely preyen bi-
forñ alle thynges /
he
for
for certes in
this world /þ er e is no wigħ t / þ t may be coū seilled Corrected from: &ne& ne kept suffice-
antly / wt oute the kepyng / of oure lord iħ u ci st
this world /
antly / wt oute the kepyng / of oure lord i
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tence / acordet
in Idel waket
mitte the kepyng
appreued and I knowe /
for to kepe / For Cato
thyne frendes /
For þ er e Corrected from: isnysis nys noon so good a Phisicien / as thy trewe
frend
frend
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folk /
For Piers Alfonce seitħ / Ne take no compaignye by the weye
of a straunge man / but if so be /þ t þ u haue knowe hī of a lenger
tyme /
of a straunge man / but if so be /
tyme /
And if so be / þ t he falle in to thy compaignye / per auen-
ture / wt outen thyn assent /
ture / wt outen thyn assent /
enquere thā ne as subtilly as þ u
maist / of his cō uer sacioū / & of his lyf byfore ¶ and feyne thy
wey / seyþ t þ u wolt go thider / as þ u wolt nat go /
maist / of his c
wey / sey
and if he beretħ