• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

pikpurs and eke the pale drede The smyler wyth the knyf vnder the cloke The shepne brennyng wyth the blak smoke . The treson of the mordryng in the bed The open werre wyth woundes al bibled Contek wyth blody

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

þunder dent and fyre leuene , Mote þy wicked necke be to broke þou seist þat droppyng houses and eek smoke And chydyng wyues maken men to fle Out of here owne houses a bñdicite What eyleþ swich an olde

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

eke the pale drede The smylere wt þe knyf , vnder the cloke The shippen brennyng , wt the blak smoke The tresoū of the morderyng , in the bedde The open werre , wt woundes al be bledde Conteke

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

dynt , and firy leuen Mote thy welked nekke , be to broke Thow seist that droppyng houses , eke smoke And chidyng wyues , maken men to flee Out of here owen houses , a benedicite What eilith swich

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

the pale drede The smyler , with the knyfã vnder the cloke The shepne , brennynge , wt the blake smoke The tresoū , of the mordrynge in the bedde The open werre , wt woundes al bibledde Contek with

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

of the kite, and the turtle-dove 'For to dystroye flen'. 'Take a bole horn and bren it and do it smoke and alle þe flen wyl fle away'. 'ȝyf it be anoyntyd þerwyth'. English ff. 126r-128v Medical recipes 'Tak betoyne