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Ellesmere Chaucer (MSS EL 26 C 9)

The Wife of Bath, f. 72r.
Upon an amblere esily she sat,
Ywympled wel, and on hir heed an hat
As brood as is a bokeler or a targe;
A foot-mantel aboute hir hipes large,
And on hir feet a paire of spores sharpe.
(lines A 469-473.)

Colloquial name(s): The Ellesmere Chaucer
Official name(s): MSS EL 26 C9

Date: c. 1400-1410 (source)
Origin: England

Online facsimile available via: Huntington Digital Library