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The Canterbury Tales and Other Works of Chaucer (Middle E...

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The Canterbury Tales and Other Works of Chaucer (Middle English), by Geoffery Chaucer, [14th cent.] The Canterbury Tales The Summoner's Tale Lordynges, ther is in Yorkshire, as I gesse, 1710 A mersshy contree called Holdernesse, In which ther wente a lymytour aboute To preche, and eek to begge, it is no doute. And so bifel that on a day this frere Hadde preched at a chirche in his manere, And specially, aboven every thyng, Excited he the peple in his prechyng To trentals, and to yeve, for…