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PROLOGUE TO THE REVES TALE	A
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The prologe of the Reves Tale	A
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Whan folk hadde laughen at this nyce cas	B
Of Absolon and hende Nicholas	C
Diverse folk diversely they seyde	D
But for the moore part they loughe and pleyde	D
Ne at this tale I saugh no man hym greve	E
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But it were oonly Osewold the Reve	E
Bycause he was of carpenteres craft	D
A litel ire is in his herte ylaft	D
He gan to grucche and blamed it a lite	D
'So theek ' quod he 'ful wel koude I you quite	D
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With bleryng of a proud milleres eye	F
If that me liste speke of ribaudye	F
But ik am oold me list no pley for age	G
Gras tyme is doon my fodder is now forage	H
This white top writeth myne olde yeris	C
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Myn herte is also mowled as myne heris	C
But if I fare as dooth an openers	C
That ilke fruyt is ever leng the wers	C
Til it be roten in mullok or in stree	I
We olde men I drede so fare we	J
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Til we be roten kan we nat be rype	K
We hoppen ay whil that the world wol pype	K
For in oure wyl ther stiketh evere a nayl	A
To have an hoor heed and a grene tayl	A
As hath a leek for thogh oure myght be goon	L
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Oure wyl desireth folie evere in oon	L
For whan we may nat doon than wol we speke	M
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke	M
Foure gleedes han we whiche I shal devyse	C
Avauntyng liyng anger coveitise	C
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Thise foure sparkles longen unto eelde	D
Oure olde lemes mowe wel been unweelde	D
But wyl ne shal nat faillen that is sooth	N
And yet ik have alwey a coltes tooth	N
As many a yeer as it is passed henne	L
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Syn that my tappe of lif bigan to renne	L
For sikerly whan I was bore anon	L
Deeth drough the tappe of lyf and leet it gon	L
And ever sithe hath so the tappe yronne	L
Til that almoost al empty is the tonne	L
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The streem of lyf now droppeth on the chymbe	O
The sely tonge may wel rynge and chymbe	O
Of wrecchednesse that passed is ful yoore	I
With olde folk save dotage is namoore '	-
Whan that oure Hoost hadde herd this sermonyng	M
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He gan to speke as lordly as a kyng	M
He seide 'What amounteth al this wit	D
What shul we speke alday of hooly writ	D
The devel made a reve for to preche	P
And of a soutere shipman or a leche	P
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Sey forth thy tale and tarie nat the tyme	O
Lo Depeford and it is half wey pryme	O
Lo Grenewych ther many a shrewe is inne	L
It were al tyme thy tale to bigynne '	-
'Now sires ' quod this Osewold the Reve	E
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'I pray yow alle that ye nat yow greve	E
Thogh I answere and somdeel sette his howve	E
For leveful is with force force of showve	E
This dronke Millere hath ytoold us heer	I
How that bigyled was a Carpenteer	I
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Peraventure in scorn for I am oon	L
And by youre leve I shal hym quite anoon	L
Right in his cherles termes wol I speke	M
I pray to God his nekke mote breke	M
He kan wel in myn eye seen a stalke	M
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But in his owene he kan nat seen a balke '	-
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Simkin a rich thieving miller of Trumpington Mill near	I
Cambridge is well served by two Cambridge clerks of the	N
north country who beguile his wife and daughter recover	I
the stolen meal which he had hid and leave him well beaten	L
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Part	D
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THE PROLOGUE TO THE COKES TALE	A
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The prologe of the Cokes Tale	A
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The Cook of London whil the Reve spak	M
For joye him thoughte he clawed him on the bak	M
'Ha ha ' quod he 'for Criste passioun	L
This miller hadde a sharp conclusioun	L
Upon his argument of herbergage	H
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Wel seyde Salomon in his langage	H
Ne brynge nat every man into thyn hous '	-
For herberwynge by nyghte is perilous	C
Wel oghte a man avysed for to be	J
Whom that be broghte into his pryvetee	D
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I pray to God so yeve me sorwe and care	I
If evere sitthe I highte Hogge of Ware	I
Herde I a millere bettre yset awerk	M
He hadde a jape of malice in the derk	M
But God forbede that we stynte heere	I
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And therfore if ye vouche sauf to heere	I
A tale of me that am a povre man	L
I wol yow telle as wel as evere I kan	L
A litel jape that fil in oure citee '	-
Oure Hoost answerde and seide 'I graunte it thee	J
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Now telle on Roger looke that it be good	D
For many a pastee hastow laten blood	D
And many a Jakke of Dovere hastow soold	D
That hath been twies hoot and twies cold	D
Of many a pilgrim hastow Cristes curs	C
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For of thy percely yet they fare the wors	C
That they han eten with thy stubbel goos	C
For in thy shoppe is many a flye loos	C
Now telle on gentil Roger by thy name	O
But yet I pray thee be nat wroth for game	O
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A man may seye ful sooth in game and pley '	-
'Thou seist ful sooth ' quod Roger 'by my fey	E
But sooth pley quaad pley ' as the Flemyng seith	N
And ther fore Herry Bailly by thy feith	N
Be thou nat wrooth er we departen heer	I
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Though that my tale be of an hostileer	I
But nathelees I wol nat telle it yit	D
But er we parte ywis thou shalt be quit '	-
And ther with al he lough and made cheere	I
And seyde his tale as ye shul after heere	I
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THE TALE Unfinished	D
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Perkin a London apprentice being dismissed by his	C
master seeks his companions in dice revel and disport	D

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