Described Hardwick & Luard: iv.126; Manly & Rickert i. 365–71; Seymour 2 56–61.

[1]

f. 200

A ʒonge man called was melobius myʒhty and riche beʒate opon his wyffe þat called was prudence a doughter whiche þat called was sophia opon a day befell þat he for his disporte is went into þe feldes hym to playe his wyffe and his douʒhter he hath be lafte within his house …

f. 217v

… in þe siʒht of oure lorde godde he is so free and so merciable þat he will forʒiff us our giltes and brynge to þe endles blisse amen.

‘Here begynneth þe tale of melobius and prudence’ (f. 200); ‘here endeth chaucers tale of meloby and prudence’ (f. 217v). ‘Tale of Melibee’, Chaucer, Canterbury Tales. IPMEP 18; Wells XVI:66. With some omissions listed by Seymour 2 p. 59.

Other texts: See Dd.4.24 [2].

[2]

f. 222

Oure swete lorde god of heuen þat no mann will perissh but will þat we commen all to the knowleche of hym and to þe blisfull lyffe þat is perdurable amonysshet us by þe prophete jeremie þat [f. 222v] seith in þis wise stondeth opon þe waies and seeth and asketh of olde pathes …

f. 252v

… and þe liffe be dethe and mortificacion of synn to þilk liffe he us brynge þat boʒht us wiþ his precious blode amen.

‘Explicit fabula rectoris’ (f. 252v). ‘The Parson's Tale’, Chaucer, Canterbury Tales. IPMEP 529; Wells XVI:89. With some omissions listed by Seymour 2 p. 59.

Other texts: See Gg.4.27 [2].

[3]

f. 252v

Nowe preie i to þam all þat redith þis litell tretys þat ʒif þer be eny thynge in it þat liketh hem þat þerof þei will thonken oure lorde iesu criste of whome procedith al wytte and al goodnes and ʒif þer be eny thynge þat displese hem i praye hem also þat þei arette it to þe defaute of myn unkonnynge …

… þe precious blode of his herte so þat i may bene one of hem at ye day of dome þat schull be saued amen.

‘Here takeith þe maker of þis booke his leue’ (f. 252v); ‘Here endith þe boke of þe tales of caunturbury compilede by geffray chaucer of whoos soule iesu criste haue mercy amen’ (f. 252v). ‘Retraction’, Chaucer, Canterbury Tales. IPMEP 482; Wells XVI:89.

Other texts: See Ii.3.26 [3].