But taketh it noght I pray yow in desdeyn This is the poynt to speken short and pleyn That ech of yow to shorte with oure weye In this viage shal tellen tales tweye From IiTo kaunterbyry ward schall tell tales tweyTo Caunterburyward I mene it so And homward he shal tellen othere two Of auentures that whilom haue bifalle And which of yow that bereth hym best of alle That is to seyn that telleth in this cas Tales of best sentence and moost solas Shal haue a Souper at oure aller cost Here in this place sittynge by this post Whan that we come agayn fro Caunterbury And for to make yow the moore mury I wol myself goodly wit yow ryde Right at myn owene cost and be your gyde And whoso wole my Iuggement with seye Shal paye al that we spende by the weye And if ye vouchesauf that it be so Tel me anoon withouten wordes mo And I wol erly shape me therfore This thyng was graunted and oure othes swore With ful glad herte and preyden hym also That he wolde vouchesauf for to do so And that he wolde been oure gouernour And of oure tales iuge and reportour And sette a souper at a certeyn prys And we wol ruled been at his deuys In heigh and logh and thus by oon assent We been acorded to his iuggement