Excerpt from The Cambridge Ms. (University Library, Gg; 4. 27) Of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales A schef Of pekok arwys brygte schene Vndir his belte he bar ful thryftyly Wel coude he dresse hese takil gemanly Hese arwis droupede nought with federys lowe And in his hand he bare a myghty bowe A not hed badde he with a broun vesage Of wode craft wel coude he a1 pe usage Vp on his arm he bar a gay braser And by his side a swerd a bokeler And on that Oper side a gay daggere Harneysed wel &schrap as poynt of spere A Cristofere on his brest of siluyr schene An horn he bar pe baudryk was of grene A foster was he sothli as I gesse Ther was also a Dunne a prieresse 1[ That of here smylyng was ful simple coy Here gretteste oth was but be seynt loy And sche was clepid Madame Eglentyne h'ul wel sche song pe seruyse of deuyne Entuned in here nose so semely And french sche spak ful fayre fetysely As aftyr pe sobole of stratforthe at the bowe h'or french of parys was to here onknowe 1t At mete wel I-taugt was sche with alle Sche let no morsel from here lyppis falle N e wette here fyngyr in here sause depe Wel couthe sche carye a morsel wel kepe That no drope ne fel vp on here brest In curteysie was set ful meche here lyst Hire ouere lippe wipede sche so klene That in hire coppe per was no ferthyng sene. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

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