Well lov'd he in the morn a sop in wine.
(The General Prologue)
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O mercy, dere herte, and help me fromThe deeth, for I, whyl that my lyf may laste,
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But Cristes lore, and his apostles twelve He taughte, but first he folwed it him-selve.
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And as for me, thogh that I can but lyte, On bakes for to rede I me delyte, And to hem yeve I feyth and ful credence, And in myn herte have hem in reverence So hertely, that ther is game noon, That fro my bokes maketh me to goon, But hit be seldom, on the holyday Save, certeynly, when that the month of May Is comen, and that I here the foules singe, And that the floures ginnen for to springe, Farwel my book and my devocion.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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