Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer Text encoding by us.

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Hengwrt Chaucer Ellesemere Chaucer

Here bygynneth the Book of the tales of Caunterbury

Whan that AverillAprill with hishise shoures soote The droghte of march hath p[er]cedperced to the roote And bathed every veyne in swich lycourlicour Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth