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Now goþ þis marchaunt faste and bysyly Til he cam in to Bruges meryly To Flaundres ward his prentys wel him gydeþ þe morne came and forþ þis marchaunt rydeþ Til þat daun Iohn rydeþ to his abbeye þey dranken

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causeþ more dispence And compynable and reuerent was sche A wyf he hadde of excellent beaute That riche was for which men heelde him wys A Marchaunt whilom dwelled at Seint Denys Here bygynneþ þe schipmannes tale f . 204

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A certeyn frankes and some wiþ him he ladde To borwe of certein frendes þat he hadde For which þis marchaunt is y wont to gon To paye xx þousand scheldes anon þat needes moste he make a Cheuesaunce For

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shipmannes tale A Marchaunt whilom dwelt at seint denys That riche was for which men hild him wis A wyf he had of excellent beaute And compaynable and reuerent was she Which is a thing that causeth more dispence Than

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And thus I lete hem ete and drynke and pleye This Marchaunt and this monk a day or tweye The thrid day this Marchaunt vp riseth And on his nedes sadly him auyseth And vp in to his countyng hous

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beye And fare now weel myn owene cosyn deere Graunt mercy of ȝoure cost of ȝoure goodely chere This noble Marchaunt gentely a non Answerede seyde o cosyn myn daun Iohn Now sekyrly this is a smal requeste Myn gold

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marchaūt ridith To Flaunderis ward his prentys weel hȳ gydith Tyl he cam in to Bruggis myriely Now goth this Marchaunt faste busyly A boute his neede byeth creaunceth He neythir pleyeth at deis ne daunceth But as a marchaūt

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Shal fastyng al this day thus eleng goon What lat vs here messe and go we dyne Wif quod this Marchaunt litil canst thow deuyne The curious bisinesse that we haue For of vs chapmen so god me saue And

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here hand þis sōme of gold and gat of hem þe band Creaunsed haþ and eek payed in Parys This marchaunt wiþ þat was ful war and wys And fare wel dere cosyn til we mete Gret wel oure dame

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, next folwyng the Pardoner A Marchaunt whilom dwelled , at Seynt Denys That riche was , for which men helde h#299; wys A wyf he hadde , of excellent beaute And compaignable , and reuelous was she Which is

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next , the Marchaunt was a gon To Seynt Denys , I comen is Daun Iohn With crovne and berd al fressh , and newe I shaue In al the hous , there nas so litel a knaue Ne no

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ryalliche I bore A cok hadde þey wt hē for þenonys To boile the chekenys the marye bonys And poudir Marchaunt tard galyngale Wel coude he knowe a drauȝt of londen ale He couth roste sethe boyle frye Makyn mortereus

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nothir ful of fyn vernage And volatyl as was his vsage And thus I lete hem drynke ete pleye This Marchaunt this Monk aday or tweye The thredde day this Marchaūt vp a ryseth And on hise nedis sadly hȳ

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þing myshapped haþ a now Anoþer tyme it may be wel ynow Vs moste putte oure good in aduenture A marchaunt par de may not ay endure Trusteþ me wel in his propsperite Somtyme his good is drowned in þe

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in þe frosty night This worthi lymytour was called huberd A Marchaunt was þer wiþ a forked berd In motteleye high on horse he sat Vppon his heed a Flaūdrisch beuer hat , His botus clapsud faire and fetously His

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fayn . whan þat þe sonne vpriseþ No more of þis as now for it suffiseþ But so bifel þis marchaunt on a day , Schop him to make redy his array , Toward þe toun of Bruges for to

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, and seethe , and broille , frye Wel koude he knowe , a draghte of london ale And poudre marchaunt. tart and , Galyngale To boille the chiknes , with the Marybones A Cook they hadde with hem ,

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And tales , bothe of pees and of debat I were right now , of tales desolat Nere þt a Marchaunt goon is many a yere Me taughte a tale , which þt ye shal heere In Surrye whilom ,

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plesaūt to þe deuel . For þer by wynneth he þe moste pray of þis world And right as a marchaunt deliteþ h#299; most in chaffare þt he haþ most auauntage of ; Right so delitith þe feend in þis