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From: VAX::LOU "Lou Burnard" 2-FEB-1989 16:18:31.77 To: ARCHIVE CC: LOU Subj: <%here bygynneth the book of the tales of caunterbury%> Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote And bathed euery veyne in swich licour Of which vertu engendred is the flour 5 Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth Inspired hath in euery holt and heeth The tendre croppes and the yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his half cours yronne And smale foweles maken melodye \ 10 That slepen al the nyght with open eye So priketh hem nature in hir corages Than longen folk to goon on pilgrymages And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes To ferne halwes kouthe in sondry londes 15 And specially from euery shires ende Of Engelond to Caunterbury they wende The holy blisful martir for to seke That hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke Bifel that in . . .