Text name The Tale of Melibee File name cmctmeli.m3 Manuscript Ellesmere 26 C 9, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA Date c1390 Dialect East Midlands (London) Genre Philosophy/Fiction Edition Benson, Larry D. 1987. The Riverside Chaucer. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Third edition. Sample Pp. 217-239, exhaustive
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