Chaucerian and Other Pieces / Being a Supplement to the Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

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That al this May I wol thy singer be.'

I thanked her, and was right wel apayed;

'Ye,' quod she, 'and be thou not amayed,

Though thou have herd the Cukkow er than me.

For, if I live, it shal amended be

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The nexte May, if I be not affrayed.

And oon thing I wol rede thee also;

Ne leve thou not the Cukkow, loves fo;