No Fear Literature: The Canterbury Tales: The Nun's Priest's Tale The Nun’s Priest’s Tale Page 19

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Lo, swich it is for to be recchelees, And necligent, and truste on flaterye. But ye that holden this tale a folye, As of a fox, or of a cok and hen, Taketh the moralitee, good men. For seint Paul seith, that al that writen is, To our doctryne it is y-write, y-wis. Taketh the fruyt, and lat the chaf be stille.	Lo, swich it is for to be recchelees, And necligent, and truste on flaterye. But ye that holden this tale a folye, As of a fox, or of a cok and hen, Taketh the moralitee, good men. For seint Paul seith, that al that writen is, To our doctryne it is y-write, y-wis. Taketh the fruyt, and lat the chaf be stille.
Now, gode God, if that it be thy wille, As seith my lord, so make us alle good men; And bringe us to his heighe blisse. Amen.	Now, gode God, if that it be thy wille, As seith my lord, so make us alle good men; And bringe us to his heighe blisse. Amen.
HERE IS ENDED THE NONNE PREESTES TALE.	HERE IS ENDED THE NONNE PREESTES TALE.

Original Text	Modern Text
Lo, swich it is for to be recchelees, And necligent, and truste on flaterye. But ye that holden this tale a folye, As of a fox, or of a cok and hen, Taketh the moralitee, good men. For seint Paul seith, that al that writen is, To our doctryne it is y-write, y-wis. Taketh the fruyt, and lat the chaf be stille.	Lo, swich it is for to be recchelees, And necligent, and truste on flaterye. But ye that holden this tale a folye, As of a fox, or of a cok and hen, Taketh the moralitee, good men. For seint Paul seith, that al that writen is, To our doctryne it is y-write, y-wis. Taketh the fruyt, and lat the chaf be stille.
Now, gode God, if that it be thy wille, As seith my lord, so make us alle good men; And bringe us to his heighe blisse. Amen.	Now, gode God, if that it be thy wille, As seith my lord, so make us alle good men; And bringe us to his heighe blisse. Amen.
HERE IS ENDED THE NONNE PREESTES TALE.	HERE IS ENDED THE NONNE PREESTES TALE.