The Corpus Ms. of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Ed. by F.J. Furnivall (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 Excerpt: ...take fiaf ofer to Valerian hire make (33) With body clene and wif vnwemmyd foujt / 225 kepef ay wel fis corounes quod he ifrom paradys to jou haue I hem broujf Ne neuer more schulle fey roten be 228 H Ne leese here swete sauour trustef me Ne neuere wighf schal seen hem wif tiis yhe Buf he be chaste and hate vilonye / 231 (34) And fou valerian for fou so sone 232 Assentedesf to good counseil also Sey whaf f e luste and fou schalf haue fy bone / I haue a brofer quod valerian fo 235 faf in fis world I loue no man so I pray jou faf my brofer may han grace To knowe fe troufe as I do in fis place 238 (35) The aungel answerde god likef joure requeste 239 And bof e with f e palme of1 martirdome je schulle come vnto fe blisful feste And wif faf word Tiburce his brofer come 242 And whan faf he f e sauour vndernome Which faf f e roses and fe lylies caste / 'W ifinne his herte he gan to wondre faste / 245 (36) And seyde in fis tyme I wondre of1 fe jeere 246 Whenne fis swote sauour comef so / And Rosis and lilyes faf I smelle heere ffor fough I hadde hem in myn hondes tuo 249 The sauour mignt in me no deppere go f c swete smelle faf in myn herte I fynde haf chaunged me al in anoft r kinde 252 (37) valerian sayde tuo corounes han we 253 Snow whif and Rose Reed faf schynef cleere Which faf fin yhe haf no mighf to see And as fou smellesf hem forugh my preyere 256 So schalf fou seen hem leeue brofer deere If1 it/ so be faf fou wolf wifouten slonfe Bileeue arighf and knowe verray troufe leaf iro 259 (38) Tiburce answerde saisf fou fis to ne In sofnesse or in drem herkne jc fis In dremes qu&d valerian han we be vnto fis tyme brofer myn y-wys Buf now af erste oure trouf e dwellyng1 is how wosf fou quod Tiburce and in whaf wyse Quod valerian faf I sohal fe deuyse / (39) fe ...