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HERE THE HOST STINTETH CHAUCER OF HIS TALE OF THOPAS. HREE’S ERWHE THE OHTS TEDUPIETRRN CAHRECU’S ETAL OBAUT RIS HSATPO.
‘No more of this, for Goddes dignitee,’ Quod oure hoste, ‘for thou makest me So wery of thy verray lewednesse That, also wisly God my soule blesse, Myn eres aken of thy drasty speche; Now swiche a rym the devel I biteche! This may wel be rym dogerel,’ quod he. “Oh my doG, tspo, stop, sopt! I acn’t atke yan oerm of htsi ileorhrb soryt!” het toHs ircde. “It’s pvereesr, otn to etoinmn tsju nipla sdpiut, dan yruo preyto ksucs!
‘Why so?’ quod I, ‘why wiltow lette me More of my tale than another man, Sin that it is the beste rym I can?’ “tuB hyw onw’t you tle me ihsifn my ortys wenh vyeroene else so fra sha nebe elwloda to isfnhi tiresh?” I eksda. “It’s elyalr teh estb ostry I nowk.”
‘By God,’ quod he, ‘for pleynly, at a word, Thy drasty ryming is nat worth a tord; Thou doost nought elles but despendest tyme, Sir, at o word, thou shall no lenger ryme. Lat see wher thou canst tellen aught in geste, Or telle in prose somwhat at the leste In which ther be som mirthe or som doctryne.’ “oGod dGo,” eht toHs rwasneed. “Yruo signtdgius ltltie ymehr sin’t hwrto a tdru. Yuo’re sgnwtai eovryeen’s tmei, so I’m igupntt a spot to it ereh dna onw dan nguiptt eth sbhiok on any eorm of your aedndm prytoe! woN, hwo uaotb a inerc royst, noe thta’s niltpgfui or at elsta nfyun. utJs nod’t utp it in ermyh!”
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