• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

a nothir lest To tempte his wyf ȝit oftere ȝif he may O needeles was sche temptid in assay But weddede men ne knewe no mesure Whan that þey fynde a pacient creature Wyf quod this Markys ȝe han herd

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

twyn an husbonde his wyf A ȝeer more lastyth this blysful lyf Tyl that the knyȝt of whō I spak of thus That of kayrrud was clepid Arueragus Schoop hȳ to goon dwelle a ȝeer or tweyne In Ingelond that

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

that hȳ lykith he it on schette And whan he wolde paye his wyf hire dette In somyr sesoun thidyr wolde he go And May his wyf no wyȝt but they two And thyng that were nat doon a bedde

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

gardyn in the ferthere syde Pluto that is kyng of fayrye And manye a lady in his cūpainygnye Folwynge his wyf the queen Proserpyne Eche aftyr othir right as ony lyue Whil that sche gaderede flourys in the mede In

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

mageste On to this olde blynde worthi knyght That he schal han a ȝyn hic eyen sight Whan that his wyf wolde don hȳ vilenye Thāne schal he knowe al hire harloterye Bothe in repref of hire of othere mo

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

there neuere man of thyng so fayn But on his wyf his thouȝt was euere mo Vp to the tre he caste his eyen two And saw that Damyan his wyf hadde dressed In swich maner it may not been

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

not a word Ne clepe ne crye but ben in hese preyere For it is goddys owene heste dere Thȳ wyf þè motyn hangyn fer a twen For that be twixe ȝow schal ben no syn No more in lokȳge

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

day alenge goon What lat vs heere a masse go we dyne Wyf quod this man lytyl canst thow deuyne The Curyouse besynesse that we haue For of vs Chapmen al so god me saue And by that lord that

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

That myn lord Daun Iohn was come a gayn And schortely to the poynt rygh for to goon This fayre wyf a cordyt with daun Iohn That for hise hunderede frankys he schulde al nyght Haue hyre in hise armys

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

made of generacioū And for what profyt was a wyf I wrouȝt Trostyth ryȝt wel þey were nat mad for nouȝt Glose ho so wele I seye vp doun That þey were makyd for purgacyoū Of vryne boþe thyngis smale

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

trewe entent That neuer ȝit refusid ȝoure hest And we wil lord if þat ȝe wil assent Chese ȝow a wyf in schort tyme atte lest Born of þe gentilest and þe heighest Of al þis lond so þat it

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

me as soon as euer I may But þer as ȝe haue profred me to day To chese me a wyf I wol relese That choys and pray ȝow of þat profre cesse , For god it woot þat childer

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

ȝe vouche sauf what so bytyde , Thy doughter wil I take er þat I wende , As for my wyf vnto hir lyues ende , Thow louest me I wot it wel certeyn And art my faithful liege man

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

sondry wyse , I may not do as euery plough man may My poeple me constreignith for to take Anoþer wyf and certeyn day by day And eek þe popes rancour for to slake Consentith it þat dar I vndertake

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

hert and al For sith I ȝaf to ȝow my maydenhede And am ȝour trewe wyf it is no drede God schilde such a lordes wyf to take Anoþer man to housbond or to make And of ȝour newe wif

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

and þy benignite As wel as euer wōman was assayed In gret estate and propreliche arrayed Now knowe I dere wyf þy stedefastnesse And hir in armes took and gan hir kesse And sche for wonder took of it no

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

in sorwe and in distresse Than þat his wyf were of hir trouþe fals The sorwe of Dorigen he tolde him als How loþ hir was to ben a wikked wikked wyf And þat sche leuer had han lost hir

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

weddid ben I trowe þat it be so For wel I woot it fareth so with me I haue a wyf . þe worste þat may be For þough þe feend to hir y coupled were Sche wold him ouer

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

couþe by an hundred þousend del Singe so wonder merily and wel Now had þis phebus in his hous a wyf Which þat he loued . more þan his lif And night and day . did euermor diligence Hir for

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

wil not telle of textes neuer a del I wol go to my tale as I bigan Whan phebus wyf had sent for hir lemman Anon þay wrouȝten al her wil volage , This white crow þat heng alway in