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Here bygynneth the BookHere bygynneth theHere bygynneth the prologeThe prologeof the tales of Caunterburyof the knyghtes taletales of Cauunterbiry Compiled by Geffrei Chaucers
  
Here bygynneth the Book2Edition Hg
Here bygynneth the1Fi
Here bygynneth the prologe1Ht
The prologe1Ha3
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Here bygynneth the Book2Edition Hg (Here bygynneth the Book)
Here bygynneth the1Fi (Here bigynneth the)
Here bygynneth the prologe1Ht (Here beginneth the Prolog)
The prologe1Ha3 (The prologe)
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Here bygynneth the BookHere bygynneth theHere bygynneth the prologeThe prologeof the tales of Caunterburyof the knyghtes taletales of Cauunterbiry Compiled by Geffrei Chaucers
of the tales of Caunterbury3Edition Hg Ht
of the knyghtes tale1Ha3
tales of Cauunterbiry Compiled by Geffrei Chaucers1Fi
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of the tales of Caunterbury3Edition Ht (of the tales of Caunterbury), Hg (of the tales of Cauntꝰbury)
of the knyghtes tale1Ha3 (of the knyghtes tale)
tales of Cauunterbiry Compiled by Geffrei Chaucers1Fi (Talys of Cauıı̄t̉biry Compiled by Geffrei Chaucers)
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Here bigynneththe prologof this bookthe whichis namedethe talisof Cauntur buryin the whiche pro logthautour openly declariththe names of alle the pilgremesthere condicions and there array
  
Here bigynneth2Edition Se
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Here bigynneth2Edition Se (Here bigynneth)
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Here bigynneththe prologof this bookthe whichis namedethe talisof Cauntur buryin the whiche pro logthautour openly declariththe names of alle the pilgremesthere condicions and there array
  
the prolog2Edition Se
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the prolog2Edition Se (the prolog)
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Here bigynneththe prologof this bookthe whichis namedethe talisof Cauntur buryin the whiche pro logthautour openly declariththe names of alle the pilgremesthere condicions and there array
  
of this book2Edition Se
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of this book2Edition Se (of this book)
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Here bigynneththe prologof this bookthe whichis namedethe talisof Cauntur buryin the whiche pro logthautour openly declariththe names of alle the pilgremesthere condicions and there array
  
the which2Edition Se
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the which2Edition Se (the which)
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Here bigynneththe prologof this bookthe whichis namedethe talisof Cauntur buryin the whiche pro logthautour openly declariththe names of alle the pilgremesthere condicions and there array
  
is namede2Edition Se
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is namede2Edition Se (is namede)
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Here bigynneththe prologof this bookthe whichis namedethe talisof Cauntur buryin the whiche pro logthautour openly declariththe names of alle the pilgremesthere condicions and there array
  
the talis2Edition Se
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the talis2Edition Se (the talis)
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Here bigynneththe prologof this bookthe whichis namedethe talisof Cauntur buryin the whiche pro logthautour openly declariththe names of alle the pilgremesthere condicions and there array
  
of Cauntur bury2Edition Se
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of Cauntur bury2Edition Se (of Cauntur bury)
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Here bigynneththe prologof this bookthe whichis namedethe talisof Cauntur buryin the whiche pro logthautour openly declariththe names of alle the pilgremesthere condicions and there array
  
in the whiche pro log2Edition Se
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in the whiche pro log2Edition Se (in the whiche pro log)
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Here bigynneththe prologof this bookthe whichis namedethe talisof Cauntur buryin the whiche pro logthautour openly declariththe names of alle the pilgremesthere condicions and there array
  
thautour openly declarith2Edition Se
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thautour openly declarith2Edition Se (thautour openly declarith)
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Here bigynneththe prologof this bookthe whichis namedethe talisof Cauntur buryin the whiche pro logthautour openly declariththe names of alle the pilgremesthere condicions and there array
  
the names of alle the pilgremes2Edition Se
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the names of alle the pilgremes2Edition Se (the names of alle the pilgremes)
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Here bigynneththe prologof this bookthe whichis namedethe talisof Cauntur buryin the whiche pro logthautour openly declariththe names of alle the pilgremesthere condicions and there array
there condicions and there array2Edition Se
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there condicions and there array2Edition (there condicions and there array), Se (there condiciouns and there array)
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Here begynneththe book of tales of Caunterburyecompiled by Geffraie Chaucers of Brytayne chef poete
  
Here begynneth2Edition Ha2
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Here begynneth2Edition (Here begynneth), Ha2 (hEre begynneth)
      Original spellingGeneral Prologue IRE-b Collation  
  
Here begynneththe book of tales of Caunterburyecompiled by Geffraie Chaucers of Brytayne chef poete
  
the book of tales of Caunterburye2Edition Ha2
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the book of tales of Caunterburye2Edition Ha2 (the book of tales of Caunterburye)
      Original spellingGeneral Prologue IRE-b Collation  
  
Here begynneththe book of tales of Caunterburyecompiled by Geffraie Chaucers of Brytayne chef poete
compiled by Geffraie Chaucers of Brytayne chef poete2Edition Ha2
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compiled by Geffraie Chaucers of Brytayne chef poete2Edition Ha2 (compiled by Geffraie Chaucers of Brytayne chef poete)
      Original spellingGeneral Prologue Preface Collation  
O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
O yee2Edition Ha3
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O yee2Edition Ha3 (O yee)
      Original spellingGeneral Prologue Preface Collation  
  
O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
so2Edition Ha3
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so2Edition Ha3 (so)
      Original spellingGeneral Prologue Preface Collation  
  
O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
noble and worthi pryncis2Edition Ha3
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noble and worthi pryncis2Edition Ha3 (noble and worthi pryncis)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
and princesse2Edition Ha3
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and princesse2Edition Ha3 (and princesse)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
Oþer estatis or degrees2Edition Ha3
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Oþer estatis or degrees2Edition Ha3 (Oþer estatis or degrees)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
what euer2Edition Ha3
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what euer2Edition Ha3 (what euer)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
yee beo2Edition Ha3
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yee beo2Edition Ha3 (yee beo)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
þat haue Disposicione or plesaunce2Edition Ha3
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þat haue Disposicione or plesaunce2Edition Ha3 (þᵗ haue Disposicione or plesaunce)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
to rede or here þe stories2Edition Ha3
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to rede or here þe stories2Edition Ha3 (to rede or here þe stories)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
Of olde tymis Passed2Edition Ha3
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Of olde tymis Passed2Edition Ha3 (Of olde tymis Passed)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
to kepe yow frome ydelnesse2Edition Ha3
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to kepe yow frome ydelnesse2Edition Ha3 (to kepe yow frome ydelnesse)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
And slowþe mescheuing oþer folies2Edition Ha3
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And slowþe mescheuing oþer folies2Edition Ha3 (And slowþe mescheuing oþer folies)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
þat might Be cause2Edition Ha3
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þat might Be cause2Edition Ha3 (þat might Be cause)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
of more harome filowyng2Edition Ha3
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of more harome filowyng2Edition Ha3 (of more harome filowyng)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
vowcheth sauf2Edition Ha3
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vowcheth sauf2Edition Ha3 (vowcheth sauf)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
I be seche yowe to fynde2Edition Ha3
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I be seche yowe to fynde2Edition Ha3 (I be seche yowe to fynde)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
yowe occupacioun in þe Reding2Edition Ha3
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yowe occupacioun in þe Reding2Edition Ha3 (yowe occupacion̄ in þe Reding)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
Here of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowing2Edition Ha3
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Here of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowing2Edition Ha3 (Here of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowing)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
First foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporte2Edition Ha3
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First foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporte2Edition Ha3 (First foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporte)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
and leornyng2Edition Ha3
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and leornyng2Edition Ha3 (and leornyng)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
Of alle þoo that beon gentile of birthe1Edition
Of all þoo that beon gentile of birthe1Ha3
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Of alle þoo that beon gentile of birthe1Edition (Of aƚƚ þoo that beon gentile of birthe)
Of all þoo that beon gentile of birthe1Ha3 (Of all þoo that beon gentile of birthe)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
or of cōdicouns2Edition Ha3
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or of cōdicouns2Edition Ha3 (or of condicoūs)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
By þe laureal and moste famous poete2Edition Ha3
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By þe laureal and moste famous poete2Edition Ha3 (By þe laureal and moste famous poete)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
þat euer Was to fore2Edition Ha3
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þat euer Was to fore2Edition Ha3 (þat euer Was to fore)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
him as in þemvelisshing2Edition Ha3
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him as in þemvelisshing2Edition Ha3 (him as in þemvelisshing)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
of oure rude Moders englisshe tonge2Edition Ha3
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of oure rude Moders englisshe tonge2Edition Ha3 (of oure rude Moders englisshe tonge)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
clepid Chaucyer a Gavfrede2Edition Ha3
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clepid Chaucyer a Gavfrede2Edition Ha3 (clepid Chaucyer a Gavfrede)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
Of whos soule god for his mercy2Edition Ha3
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Of whos soule god for his mercy2Edition Ha3 (Of whos soule god for his mercy)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
  
have pitee of his Grace Amen2Edition Ha3
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have pitee of his Grace Amen2Edition Ha3 (have pitee of his Grace Amen)
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O yeesonoble and worthi pryncisand princesseOþer estatis or degreeswhat eueryee beoþat haue Disposicione or plesaunceto rede or here þe storiesOf olde tymis Passedto kepe yow frome ydelnesseAnd slowþe mescheuing oþer foliesþat might Be causeof more harome filowyngvowcheth saufI be seche yowe to fyndeyowe occupacioun in þe RedingHere of þe tales of Caunterburye wiche beon Compilid in þis boke filowingFirst foundid ymaGenid and made boþe for disporteand leornyngOf alle þoo that beon gentile of birtheOf all þoo that beon gentile of birtheor of cōdicounsBy þe laureal and moste famous poeteþat euer Was to forehim as in þemvelisshingof oure rude Moders englisshe tongeclepid Chaucyer a GavfredeOf whos soule god for his mercyhave pitee of his Grace AmenNowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale
Nowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale2Edition Ha3
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Nowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale2Edition Ha3 (Nowe here firste begynnyþe þe prologe of þekneytis tale)
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Incipit liber Galfridi Chaucer de gestis peregrinorum versus CantuariamIncipit liber Galfridi Chaucer de gestis peregrinoorum versus CantuariamIncipit tractatus Galfridi Chaucer de gestis peregrinorum versus CantuariamIncipit prologus fabularum CantuariensiumPOEMATAGaufredi Chaucer Poetae AngliIncipiunt Prologi in fabulas Canterburienses
Incipit liber Galfridi Chaucer de gestis peregrinorum versus Cantuariam1Edition
Incipit liber Galfridi Chaucer de gestis peregrinoorum versus Cantuariam1En3
Incipit tractatus Galfridi Chaucer de gestis peregrinorum versus Cantuariam1Ch
Incipit prologus fabularum Cantuariensium1La
POEMATAGaufredi Chaucer Poetae AngliIncipiunt Prologi in fabulas Canterburienses1Ps
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Incipit liber Galfridi Chaucer de gestis peregrinorum versus Cantuariam1Edition (Incipit liber Galfridi Chaucer de gestis peregrinorum versus Cantuariam)
Incipit liber Galfridi Chaucer de gestis peregrinoorum versus Cantuariam1En3 (Incipit liber Galfrid Chaucer de gestis peregrinoꝝ versus Cantuariam)
Incipit tractatus Galfridi Chaucer de gestis peregrinorum versus Cantuariam1Ch (Incipit tractatus Galfr͗ Chaucer de Gestis Peregrinoꝝ v̉sus Cantuariam)
Incipit prologus fabularum Cantuariensium1La (Incipit prologus fabularum Cantuariensium)
POEMATAGaufredi Chaucer Poetae AngliIncipiunt Prologi in fabulas Canterburienses1Ps (POEMATAGaufredi Chauceri Poetae AngliIncipiunt Prologi in fabulas Canterburienses)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
GRete thankes lawde and honour ought2Edition Cx2
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GRete thankes lawde and honour ought2Edition Cx2 (GRete thankes lawde and honour ought)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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to2Edition Cx2 (to)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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be gy uen2Edition Cx2 (be gy uen)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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vnto2Edition Cx2 (vnto)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
the clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passioms2Edition Cx2
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the clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passioms2Edition Cx2 (the clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiōs)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
myracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the world2Edition Cx2
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myracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the world2Edition Cx2 (myracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the world)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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vnto2Edition Cx2 (vnto)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
thys present tyme by whyche2Edition Cx2
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thys present tyme by whyche2Edition Cx2 (thys present tyme by whyche)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
we2Edition Cx2
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we2Edition Cx2 (we)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
ben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whom2Edition Cx2
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ben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whom2Edition Cx2 (ben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whom)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
we2Edition Cx2
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we2Edition Cx2 (we)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
shold not haue knowen2Edition Cx2
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shold not haue knowen2Edition Cx2 (shold not haue knowen)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
yf2Edition Cx2
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yf2Edition Cx2 (yf)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
they had not left2Edition Cx2
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they had not left2Edition Cx2 (they had not left)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
to2Edition Cx2
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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to2Edition Cx2 (to)
      Original spellingGeneral Prologue Prohemye Collation  
  
GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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fore alle other2Edition Cx2 (fore alle other)
      Original spellingGeneral Prologue Prohemye Collation  
  
GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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we2Edition Cx2 (we)
      Original spellingGeneral Prologue Prohemye Collation  
  
GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
to gyue2Edition Cx2
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to gyue2Edition Cx2 (to gyue)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
a synguler laude vnto that noble2Edition Cx2
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a synguler laude vnto that noble2Edition Cx2 (a synguler laude vnto that noble)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
and2Edition Cx2
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and2Edition Cx2 (⁊)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
grete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tongue2Edition Cx2
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grete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tongue2Edition Cx2 (grete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tongue)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
maye wel2Edition Cx2
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maye wel2Edition Cx2 (maye wel)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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haue the2Edition Cx2 (haue the)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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name2Edition Cx2 (name)
      Original spellingGeneral Prologue Prohemye Collation  
  
GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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of a laureate2Edition Cx2 (of a laureate)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
poe2Edition Cx2
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poe2Edition Cx2 (poe)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
te For2Edition Cx2
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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to2Edition Cx2 (to)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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      Original spellingGeneral Prologue Prohemye Collation  
  
GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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it appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought not2Edition Cx2 (it appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought not)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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to2Edition Cx2 (to)
      Original spellingGeneral Prologue Prohemye Collation  
  
GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
haue place2Edition Cx2
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haue place2Edition Cx2 (haue place)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
ne2Edition Cx2
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ne2Edition Cx2 (ne)
      Original spellingGeneral Prologue Prohemye Collation  
  
GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
be compred emomg2Edition Cx2
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be compred emomg2Edition Cx2 (be compred emōg)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
ne to2Edition Cx2
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ne to2Edition Cx2 (ne to)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
hys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he made2Edition Cx2
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hys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he made2Edition Cx2 (hys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he made)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
ma2Edition Cx2
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ma2Edition Cx2 (ma)
      Original spellingGeneral Prologue Prohemye Collation  
  
GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
ny bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye as2Edition Cx2
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ny bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye as2Edition Cx2 (ny bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye as)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
wel2Edition Cx2
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
in me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble is2Edition Cx2
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in me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble is2Edition Cx2 (in me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he cō prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictiōs and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble is)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
theyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examyned2Edition Cx2
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theyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examyned2Edition Cx2 (theyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examyned)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
to2Edition Cx2
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to2Edition Cx2 (to)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
thende that it be made acordyng vnto his owen2Edition Cx2
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thende that it be made acordyng vnto his owen2Edition Cx2 (thende that it be made acordyng vnto his owen)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
ma2Edition Cx2
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ma2Edition Cx2 (ma)
      Original spellingGeneral Prologue Prohemye Collation  
  
GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
kyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer made2Edition Cx2
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kyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer made2Edition Cx2 (kyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer made)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
ne2Edition Cx2
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ne2Edition Cx2 (ne)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
sette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one brought2Edition Cx2
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sette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one brought2Edition Cx2 (sette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one brought)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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to2Edition Cx2 (to)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
me vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray true2Edition Cx2
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me vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray true2Edition Cx2 (me vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray true)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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and cor2Edition Cx2 (⁊ cor)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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ijProhemyenombre1Cx2 (ijProhemyenombre)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
of them whyche anon were sold2Edition Cx2
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of them whyche anon were sold2Edition Cx2 (of them whyche anon were sold)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
to2Edition Cx2
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to2Edition Cx2 (to)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
many and dyuerse gentyl2Edition Cx2
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many and dyuerse gentyl2Edition Cx2 (many and dyuerse gentyl)
      Original spellingGeneral Prologue Prohemye Collation  
  
GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
men2Edition Cx2
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men2Edition Cx2 (men)
      Original spellingGeneral Prologue Prohemye Collation  
  
GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
of whome one gentylman cam2Edition Cx2
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of whome one gentylman cam2Edition Cx2 (of whome one gentylman cam)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
to2Edition Cx2
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to2Edition Cx2 (to)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
me and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had made2Edition Cx2
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me and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had made2Edition Cx2 (me and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had made)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
To2Edition Cx2
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To2Edition Cx2 (To)
      Original spellingGeneral Prologue Prohemye Collation  
  
GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
whom I answerd that I had2Edition Cx2
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whom I answerd that I had2Edition Cx2 (whom I answerd that I had)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
ma2Edition Cx2
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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de it accordyng2Edition Cx2 (de it accordyng)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
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to my2Edition Cx2 (to my)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
copye and by me was nothyng added2Edition Cx2
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copye and by me was nothyng added2Edition Cx2 (copye and by me was nothyng added)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
ne2Edition Cx2
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ne2Edition Cx2 (ne)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomgne tohys beaute uous volumes and aournate writynges of whom he mademany bokes and treatyces of many a noble historye aswelin me tre as in ryme and prose and them so craftyly made that he com prehended hys maters in short quyck and hye sentences es chewyng prolyxyte castyng away the chaf of superfluyte and shewyng the pyked grayn of sentence vtteryd by crafty and su gred eloquence of whom emong all other of hys bokes I pur pose temprynte by the grace of god the book of the tales of caun tyrburye in whiche I fynde many a noble hystorye of euery asta te and degre fyrst rehercyng the condictioms and tharraye of eche of them as properly as possyble istobe sayd Andaftertheyr tales whyche ben of noblesse wysedom gentylesse Myrthe and also of veray holynesse and vertue wherin he fynysshyth thys sayd booke whyche book I haue dylygently ouersen and duly examynedtothende that it be made acordyng vnto his owenmakyng for I fynde many of the sayd bookes whyche wry ters haue abrydgyd it and many thynges left out And in som̄e place haue sette certayn versys that he neuer madenesette in hys booke of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughttome vj yere passyd whyche I supposed had ben veray trueand correcte And accordyngtothe same I dyde do enprynte acertaynnombrecertaynOm.aOm.ijProhemyenombreof them whyche anon were soldtomany and dyuerse gentylmenof whome one gentylman camtome and said that this book was not accordyng in many places vnto the book that Gefferey chaucer had madeTowhom I answerd that I hadmade it accordyngto mycopye and by me was nothyng addednemynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyngvn tohys owen first book by hym made and sayd moreyfI wold enprynte it agayn he wold gete me the same book for a copye how be it he wystwelthat hys fader wold not gladly departe fro itTowhom I said in caas that hecoudegete me suche a book trewe and correcteyetI wold ones endeuoyre metoenprynte it agayn fortosaysfye thauctour where astofore by ygnouraunce I erryd in hurtyng and dyffamyng his book in dyuerce places in settyng insomethynges that he neuer sayd ne made and le utyng out many thynges that he made whyche ben requysite to be sette in it And thys we fyll at accord And he ful gentylly gate of hys fader the said book and delyuerd it to me by whiche I haue corrected my book as here after alle alonge by thayde of almyghty god shal folowe whom I humbly beseche to gyue me grace and ayde to achyeue and accomplysshe to hys lawde ho nour and glorye and that alle ye that shal in thys book rede or heere wyll of your charyte emong your dedes of mercy remem bre the sowle of the sayd Gefferey chaucer first auctour and ma ker of thys book And also that alle we that shal see and rede therin may so take and vnderstomde the good and vertuous ta les that it may so prouffyte vnto the helthe of our sowles that after thys short and transitorye lyf we may come to euerlastyng lyf in heuen Amen
  
mynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyng2Edition Cx2
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mynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyng2Edition Cx2 (mynusshyd Thenne he sayd he knewe a book whyche hys fader had and moche louyd that was very trewe and accordyng)
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GRete thankes lawde and honour oughttobe gy uenvntothe clerkes poetes and historiographs that haue wreton many noble bokes of wysedom of the lyues passiomsandmyracles of holy sayntes of hystoryes of noble and famous Actes and faittes And of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the worldvntothys present tyme by whycheweben dayly enformed and haue knowleche of many thynges of whomweshold not haue knowenyfthey had not lefttovs theyr monumentis wreton Emong whom and inespecialtofore alle otherweoughtto gyuea synguler laude vnto that nobleandgrete philosopher Gefferey chaucer the whiche for his ornate wry tyng in our tonguemaye welhaue thenameof a laureatepoete Fortofore that he by hys labour enbelysshyd ornated and made faire our englisshe in thys Royame was had rude specheandincongrue asyetit appiereth by olde bookes whyche at thys day ought nottohaue placenebe compred emomg