Author(s): Geoffrey Chaucer
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 750
Publisher: FB&C LTD
Language: English
Date Published: 2018-09-12
Dimensions: 152.4 x 228.6 x 38.1mm
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Excerpt from The Cambridge Ms. (University Library, Gg. 4. 27) Of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Vol. 1 And smale fowles maken melodye That slepen afl' the nyght with open eye So priketh hem nature in here corages Than longen folk to gon in pilgrymages And palmers for to seke straunge strondes To ferne halwes couthe in sondry londes And specialy from enerio schires ende Of Englond to Caunterburye thei wende The holy blisfufl' martyr for to seke. That hem hath holpen when pat pei were seke Byfefl that in that sesoun on a daye In suthwerk at the Thabard as I laye Body to wenden on my pilgrymage To Cannterhnry with fufi deuoute corage At nyght was come in to pat hostelrye We'll uyno and twenty in a companye Of sondry folk by auenture falle In felschip and pilgrymes were pei alle That towards Cauntirbnry wolde rydo l cambridge 1 [this page, Harl. Ms. 2 group A. 1. General paonoovs. Cambridge M8. 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.