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Part	A
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THE PHISICIENS TALE	B
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Heere folweth the Phisiciens tale	B
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Ther was as telleth Titus Livius	C
A knyght that called was Virginius	C
Fulfild of honour and of worthynesse	C
And strong of freendes and of greet richesse	C
This knyght a doghter hadde by his wyf	D
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No children hadde he mo in al his lyf	D
Fair was this mayde in excellent beautee	A
Aboven every wight that man may see	C
For Nature hath with sovereyn diligence	C
Yformed hir in so greet excellence	C
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As though she wolde seyn 'Lo I Nature	E
Thus kan I forme and peynte a creature	E
Whan that me list who kan me countrefete	A
Pigmalion noght though he ay forge and bete	A
Or grave or peynte for I dar wel seyn	F
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Apelles Zanzis sholde werche in veyn	F
Outher to grave or peynte or forge or bete	A
If they presumed me to countrefete	A
For He that is the former principal	G
Hath maked me his vicaire general	G
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To forme and peynten erthely creaturis	C
Right as me list and ech thyng in my cure is	C
Under the Moone that may wane and waxe	C
And for my werk right nothyng wol I axe	C
My lord and I been ful of oon accord	A
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I made hir to the worship of my lord	A
So do I alle myne othere creatures	C
What colour that they han or what figures '	-
Thus semeth me that Nature wolde seye	H
This mayde of age twelf yeer was and tweye	H
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Is which that Nature hadde swich delit	A
For right as she kan peynte a lilie whit	A
And reed a rose right with swich peynture	E
She peynted hath this noble creature	E
Er she were born upon hir lymes fre	E
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Where as by right swiche colours sholde be	C
And Phebus dyed hath hir treses grete	A
Lyk to the stremes of his burned heete	A
And if that excellent was hir beautee	A
A thousand foold moore vertuous was she	C
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In hire ne lakked no condicioun	F
That is to preyse as by discrecioun	F
As wel in goost as body chast was she	C
For which she floured in virginitee	A
With alle humylitee and abstinence	C
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With alle attemperaunce and pacience	C
With mesure eek of beryng and array	E
Discreet she was in answeryng alway	I
Though she were wise Pallas dar I seyn	F
Hir facound eek ful wommanly and pleyn	F
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No countrefeted termes hadde she	C
To seme wys but after hir degree	C
She spak and alle hir wordes moore and lesse	C
Sownynge in vertu and in gentillesse	C
Shamefast she was in maydens shamefastnesse	C
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Constant in herte and evere in bisynesse	C
To dryve hir out of ydel slogardye	H
Bacus hadde of hire mouth right no maistrie	C
For wyn and youthe dooth Venus encresse	C
As man in fyr wol casten oille or greesse	C
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And of hir owene vertu unconstreyned	A
She hath ful ofte tyme syk hir feyned	A
For that she wolde fleen the compaignye	H
Wher likly was to treten of folye	H
As is at feestes revels and at daunces	C
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That been occasions of daliaunces	C
Swich thynges maken children for to be	C
To soone rype and boold as men may se	C
Which is ful perilous and hath been yoore	C
For al to soone may they lerne loore	C
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Of booldnesse whan she woxen is a wyf	D
And ye maistresses in youre olde lyf	D
That lordes doghtres han in governaunce	C
Ne taketh of my wordes no displesaunce	C
Thenketh that ye been set in governynges	C
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Of lordes doghtres oonly for two thynges	C
Outher for ye han kept youre honestee	A
Or elles ye han falle in freletee	A
And knowen wel ynough the olde daunce	C
And han forsaken fully swich meschaunce	C
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For everemo therfore for Cristes sake	J
To teche hem vertu looke that ye ne slake	J
A theef of venysoun that hath forlaft	A
His likerousnesse and al his olde craft	A
Kan kepe a forest best of any man	F
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Now kepeth wel for if ye wole ye kan	F
Looke wel that ye unto no vice assente	A
Lest ye be dampned for your wikke entente	A
For who so dooth a traitour is certeyn	F
And taketh kepe of that that I shal seyn	F
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Of alle tresons sovereyn pestilence	C
Is whan a wight bitrayseth innocence	C
Ye fadres and ye moodres eek also	C
Though ye han children be it oon or two	I
Youre is the charge of al hir surveiaunce	C
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Whil that they been under youre governaunce	C
Beth war if by ensample of youre lyvynge	K
Or by youre necligence in chastisynge	K
That they perisse for I dar wel seye	H
If that they doon ye shul it deere abeye	H
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Under a shepherde softe and necligent	A
The wolf hath many a sheep and lamb to rent	A
Suffyseth oon ensample now as here	C
For I moot turne agayn to my mateere	C
This mayde of which I wol this tale expresse	C
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So kepte hirself hir neded no maistresse	C
For in hir lyvyng maydens myghten rede	A
As in a book every good word or dede	A
That longeth to a mayden vertuous	C
She was so prudent and so bountevous	C
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For which the fame out sprong on every syde	A
Bothe of hir beautee and hir bountee wyde	A
That thurgh that land they preised hire echone	F
That loved vertu save encye allone	F
That sory is of oother mennes wele	G
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And glad is of his sorwe and his unheele	G
The doctour maketh this descripcioun	F
This mayde upon a day wente in the toun	F
Toward a temple with hir mooder deere	C
As is of yonge maydens the namere	C
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Now was ther thanne a justice in that toun	F
That governour was of that regioun	F
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And so bifel this juge hise eyen caste	A
Upon this mayde avysynge hym ful faste	A
As she cam forby ther as this juge stood	A
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Anon his herte chaunged and his mood	A
So was he caught with beautee of this mayde	A
And to hymself ful pryvely he sayde	A
'This mayde shal be myn for any man '	-
Anon the feend into his herte ran	F
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And taughte hym sodeynly that he by slyghte	A
The mayden to his purpos wynne myghte	A
For certes by no force ne by no meede	A
Hym thoughte he was nat able for to speede	A
For she was strong of freends and eek she	C
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Confermed was in swich soverayn bountee	A
That wel he wiste he myghte hir nevere wynne	F
As for to maken hir with hir body synne	F
For which by greet deliberacioun	F
He sente after a cherl was in the toun	F
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Which that he knew for subtil and for boold	A
This Juge unto this cherl his tale hath toold	A
In secree wise and made hym to ensure	C
He sholde telle it to no creature	C
And if he dide he sholde lese his heed	A
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Whan that assented was this cursed reed	A
Glad was this juge and maked him greet cheere	C
And yaf hym yiftes preciouse and deere	C
Whan shapen was al hir conspiracie	C
Fro point to point how that his lecherie	C
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Parfourned sholde been ful subtilly	G
As ye shul heere it after openly	G
Hoom gooth the cherl that highte Claudius	C
This false juge that highte Apius	C
So was his name for this is no fable	G
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But knowen for historial thyng notable	G
The sentence of it sooth is out of doute	A
This false juge gooth now faste aboute	A
To hasten his delit al that he may	E
And so bifel soone after on a day	E
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This false juge as telleth us the storie	G
As he was wont sat in his consistorie	G
And yaf his doomes upon sondry cas	C
This false cherl cam forth a ful greet pas	C
And seyde 'Lord if that it be youre wille	G
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As dooth me right upon this pitous bille	G
In which I pleyne upon Virginius	C
And if that he wol seyn it is nat thus	C
I wol it preeve and fynde good witnesse	C
That sooth is that my bille wol expresse '	-
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The juge answerde 'Of this in his absence	C
I may nat yeve diffynytyve sentence	C
Lat do hym calle and I wol gladly heere	G
Thou shalt have al right and no wrong heere '	-
Virginius cam to wite the juges wille	G
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And right anon was rad this cursed bille	G
The sentence of it was as ye shul heere	G
'To yow my lord Sire Apius so deere	G
Sheweth youre povre servant Claudius	C
How that a knyght called Virginius	C
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Agayns the lawe agayn al equitee	E
Holdeth expres agayn the wyl of me	G
My servant which that is my thral by right	E
Which fro myn hous was stole upon a nyght	E
Whil that she was ful yong this wol I preeve	D
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By witnesse lord so that it nat yow greeve	D
She nys his doghter nat what so he seye	H
Wherfore to yow my lord the Juge I preye	H
Yeld me my thral if that it be youre wille '	-
Lo this was al the sentence of his bille	G
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Virginius gan upon the cherl biholde	E
But h	-