Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 — The House of Fame; The Legend of Good Women; The Treatise on the Astrolabe; The Sources of the Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

For he hath unbokeled wel the male;

He hath us told right a thrifty tale,

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As touching of misgovernaunce.

I prey to God, yeve him good chaunce,

As ye han herd of thise ryotoures three.

Now, gentil Mariner, hertely I preye thee,

Tel us a good tale, and that right anon.'

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'It shal be doon, by God and by Seint Iohn,'