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| As thus though that I telle somdeel more | |||
| Of prouerbis than ye haue herd before | |||
| Comprehendid in this litil tretis here | |||
| 40 | To enforce with the effect of my matere | ||
| And though I not the same wordis say | |||
| As ye haue herd yet to you alle I pray | |||
| Blameth me not for as in my sentence | |||
| Shulle ye now here fynde no difference | |||
| 45 | For the sentence of this trete lite | ||
| Aftir the whiche mery tale this I write | |||
| And therfore harkenyth what I shal say | |||
| And lete me telle my tale I you pray | |||
| Sequitur Chawcers tale . | |||

