Canterbury tales

I dont really know what these type of poems are called but i enjoyed reading them because figuring out what a particular word meant and knowing that words with such atrocious spelling actually got published(and was a hit at the stands) is amazing.

'This Loller here wol preach us somewhat

'Nay by my father's soule! that schal he not,'

Sayde the schipman, 'here schal he not preche,

He schal no gospel glosen here, ne teche.

We lever all on the gret God, quod he.

He wolden sowen some difficulte

- CANTEBURY TALES

"Though it be the songe of old and younge,

That I sholde be to blame,

Theyrs the charge that spoke so large

In hurtynge of my name"

- THE NUT BROWN MAYDE

‘Canterbury Tales’ is a collection of stories written by Geoffery Chaucer during the 14th century. The verses are told by a collection of pilgrims on a pilgrimage to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket. The tales are written in Middle English and were very much the vernacular at that time. Since Chaucer was a significant political figure then, this work is said to hint at contemporary events. It has also been debated that it was these tales that helped in popularizing the literary use of vernacular, English but this is not true. Regarding spelling, innovations were made decades after Chaucer’s lifetime. More here.

About the "NUT/NOT brown mayde", Im researching.