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Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. Prologue
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
anglais 39, f. 1
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English
Latin
parchment
From 1425 To 1467
June 5, 2023, 12:54 p.m.
July 21, 2023, 11:23 a.m.

copie antérieure à la mort de Jean d’Orléans comte d’Angoulême (1400-1467) dont les armes sont tracées dans l’initiale.
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(U) Whan that April w(i)t(h) his shourez swote
the drought of March hath p(er)cyd to the rote
and bathid ev(er)y veyn in such lycour
of which vertu engendrid is the flour,
whan Zepherus eke with his sweete breth
enspired hath in every holt and heth
the tendre croppes and the yong sonne
hath in the Reyne his half cours yronne
and smale foules makyn melody
that slepyn al the nyght with opyn ey,
so prikkith hem nature in here coragez,
than longyn folk to gon on pilgrimagez
and palmers for to sekyn straunge strondez
to feere halwys sowht in sundry londys
and specially from ev(er)y shirez ende
of Englond to Canntyrbury thei wende,
the holy blisful martyr for to seke
that hem hath holpyn when thei were seeke.
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(U)
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Whan
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that
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April
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w(i)t(h)
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his
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shourez
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swote
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the
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drought
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of
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March
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hath
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p(er)cyd
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to
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the
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rote
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and
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bathid
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ev(er)y
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veyn
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in
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such
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lycour
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of
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which
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vertu
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engendrid
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is
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the
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flour
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,
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whan
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Zepherus
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eke
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with
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his
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sweete
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breth
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enspired
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hath
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in
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every
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holt
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and
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heth
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the
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tendre
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croppes
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and
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the
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yong
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sonne
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hath
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in
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the
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Reyne
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his
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half
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cours
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yronne
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and
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smale
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foules
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makyn
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melody
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that
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slepyn
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al
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the
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nyght
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with
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opyn
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ey
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,
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so
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prikkith
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hem
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nature
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in
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here
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coragez
,
,
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than
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longyn
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folk
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to
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gon
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on
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pilgrimagez
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and
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palmers
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for
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to
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sekyn
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straunge
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strondez
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to
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feere
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halwys
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sowht
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in
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sundry
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londys
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and
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specially
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from
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ev(er)y
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shirez
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ende
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of
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Englond
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to
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Canntyrbury
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thei
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wende
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the
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holy
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blisful
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martyr
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for
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to
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seke
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that
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hem
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hath
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holpyn
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when
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thei
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were
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seeke
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