• "This is the table of the historye of reynart the foxe.", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 143.
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and your fayr chyldren to god and take my leue / My wyf shal thynke longe after me / Dere cosyn said she ye shal not departe til ye haue eten / for yf ye dyde I wold saie ye

• "This is the table of the historye of reynart the foxe.", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 156.
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the choys / and your wyf and your chyldren / er ony come in my body / Therto I wyl alway a∣byde by you / that where ye be ther shal no hurte ne scathe come to yow / ye

• "This is the table of the historye of reynart the foxe.", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 170.
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/ and eche of them wente to theyr owne howses / The foxe wente to dame er∣melyn his wyf whiche welcomed hym frendly he tolde to her and to his chyldren / alle the wonder / that to hym was

• "Incipit Speculum vite Cristi.", Catholic Church. Pope (1484-1492 : Innocent VIII), page 101.
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that thou hast taken to thy wyf / & folowe me. For I shal bryng the to a better and more parfy¦te weddynge than thys is. And āone wythoute more Johan lefte hys wyf there. and folowed Jhesus. In thys

• "Here begynneth a lytell treatyse or booke named Johan Mau[n]deuyll knyght born in Englonde in the towne of saynt Albone [and] speketh of the wayes of the holy londe towarde Jherusalem, [and] of marueyles of Ynde [and] of other dyuerse cou[n]trees.", Mandeville, John, Sir., page 131.
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that he sholde suffre no pe∣naūce yf he were layde in the erthe for etynge of wormes. And yf his wyf haue noo childern than they brenne her with hym / & they saye it is a good reason that

• "Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope whiche were translated out of Frensshe in to Englysshe by wylham Caxton at westmynstre in the yere of oure Lorde M. CCCC. xxxiij.", Aesop., page 255.
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that alle the parentes of his wyf were heuy and melancolyous / he prayd and besoughte them / that they wold telle hym the cause of their heuynes and sorowe / but none of them alle ansuerd / Neuertheles he

• "[Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive, Lombardica historia] [Wyllyam Caxton].", Jacobus, de Voragine, ca. 1229-1298., page 254.
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viij weke / of whos kynrede Zacha¦ryas was descendyd / fader of Saynt Iohan baptyste / This Zacharye had to wyf one of the doughters of the kyn∣rede of aaron / whos name was elysa∣beth doughter of esmeria whyche was

• "[Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive, Lombardica historia] [Wyllyam Caxton].", Jacobus, de Voragine, ca. 1229-1298., page 445.
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Sa∣lamon / For Nathan had a wyf / Of whome he engendryd Iacob / And whanne Nathan was deed / Melchy whiche was sone of leuy / and broder of panther wedded the wyf of Nathan moder of Iacob /

• "This book was compyled [and] made atte requeste of kyng Phelyp of Fraunce ... whyche book is callyd in frensshe. le liure Royal¨ that is to say the ryal book. or a book for a kyng. ...", Laurent, Dominican, fl. 1279., page 63.
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the goodes of theyr lordes & maysters wythoute theyr know∣yng and ayenst theyr wylle / In thys synne synneth the wyf whyche causeth by hir synne that the chylde whyche she know¦eth wel that she hath had of another mā

• "This book was compyled [and] made atte requeste of kyng Phelyp of Fraunce ... whyche book is callyd in frensshe. le liure Royal¨ that is to say the ryal book. or a book for a kyng. ...", Laurent, Dominican, fl. 1279., page 282.
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whan a man gooth to hys wyf in suche tyme as he ought not. that is whan she is in the maladye or sekenesse that cometh vnto wymmen oftyme. He that spareth not hys wyf whan she is in suche

• "This book was compyled [and] made atte requeste of kyng Phelyp of Fraunce ... whyche book is callyd in frensshe. le liure Royal¨ that is to say the ryal book. or a book for a kyng. ...", Laurent, Dominican, fl. 1279., page 300.
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to the world ¶ The wyf of Loth ageynst the commaundement of the aungel behelde the cyte fro whens she came out which brenned & therfor she was trned in to an ymage of salte. The wyf of Loth sygnefyeth

• "This book was compyled [and] made atte requeste of kyng Phelyp of Fraunce ... whyche book is callyd in frensshe. le liure Royal¨ that is to say the ryal book. or a book for a kyng. ...", Laurent, Dominican, fl. 1279., page 301.
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dyscyples. Remembre you of the wyf of loth. That is to say. Beholde ye not that whiche ye haue lefte for the loue of me. lest ye lese the lyf of grace. lyke as the wyf of loth lost the

• "For as moche as late by the comau[n]dement of the right hye [and] noble princesse my right redoubted lady my lady Margarete by the grace of god Duchesse of Bourgoyne Brabant [et]c. [...] as to the historie of Iason [...]", Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460., page 8.
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aage. Then̄e hs wyf conceyued of his seed and multeplied the generaci∣on humayn of a right fayr sone At the burthe of this so∣ne the noble quene deyde / And whan the king Eson sawe his wyf so departe from

• "For as moche as late by the comau[n]dement of the right hye [and] noble princesse my right redoubted lady my lady Margarete by the grace of god Duchesse of Bourgoyne Brabant [et]c. [...] as to the historie of Iason [...]", Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460., page 156.
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grete faute And therwith̄ cam there his wyf that kneled to the erthe tofore the nobles & the peple and required them of ḡce for her husbond so humbly that the kyng had pytie of her. & saued zethephius lyf.

• "For as moche as late by the comau[n]dement of the right hye [and] noble princesse my right redoubted lady my lady Margarete by the grace of god Duchesse of Bourgoyne Brabant [et]c. [...] as to the historie of Iason [...]", Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460., page 161.
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saide king Oethes▪ had a doughter by his wyf ortis / This doughter grewe & was named Medea. & becam passing beauteuo{us} & fayr. yet he had another doughter by his wyf & a sone. the doughter was named Caliope

• "For as moche as late by the comau[n]dement of the right hye [and] noble princesse my right redoubted lady my lady Margarete by the grace of god Duchesse of Bourgoyne Brabant [et]c. [...] as to the historie of Iason [...]", Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460., page 258.
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she was a fore Iason. She escried him in this manere. Iason / Iason thou knowest that I am thy wyf / thou leuest me for another / & wenest thy self not to haue mesprised to me. I haue

• "tHe holy appostle and doctour of the peple saynt Poule sayth in his epystle. Alle that is wryten is wryten vnto our doctryne and for our lernyng. ...", Cessolis, Jacobus de., page 22.
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were better and more for the comyn wele of Rome. that a man shold haue two wyues / Or a wyf to haue two bs∣ondys / And whan she had vnderstonde thys / He defended hyr that she shold telle

• "tHe holy appostle and doctour of the peple saynt Poule sayth in his epystle. Alle that is wryten is wryten vnto our doctryne and for our lernyng. ...", Cessolis, Jacobus de., page 23.
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that they had leuer / And also hit were better for the comyn wele that a wyf shold haue two husbondys than a man two wyues / The sena∣tours heeryng this were gretely abasshyd and wyst not to say /

• "tHe holy appostle and doctour of the peple saynt Poule sayth in his epystle. Alle that is wryten is wryten vnto our doctryne and for our lernyng. ...", Cessolis, Jacobus de., page 30.
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the castel to hym yf he wold take her to his wyf and wedde her / And he agreed therto and sware that he wold haue her to his wyf on that con∣dicion. whan than the kyng was in the

• "tHe holy appostle and doctour of the peple saynt Poule sayth in his epystle. Alle that is wryten is wryten vnto our doctryne and for our lernyng. ...", Cessolis, Jacobus de., page 68.
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that was borne wyth caym. & thus began heyt that caym had ayenst abel / For hys wyf was fayere than cayms wyf / and for this cause he slewe abel wyth the chestebone of a beste / And at