• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

, abouen al his costage His wyf ful redy , mette hym at the gate As she was wont of old vsage algate And al that nyght in myrthe they bisette For he was riche , and cleerly out of

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

and thanne we wol hem shewe Thow seyst we wyues , wil oure vices hyde What eyleth , swich an old man for to chide Out of hir owene houses , a bñdicitee ; And chidyng wyues , maken men

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

doun , and writ in his dotage Of venus werkes , worth his olde sho The clerk whan he is old , and may noght do Ther fore no wōman , of no clerk is preysed And venus faileth ,

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

or lith aboue I nolde for al the metal , ne for oore For thogh þt I be foul , old , and poore Nay thanne quod she , I shrewe vs bothe two Taak al my good , and

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

clepe hym fader , for youre gentilesse Seyn , þt men an old wight sholde doon fauour Were in no book , ye gentils of honour And certes sire , thogh noon auctoritee Now sire , of elde ye repreue

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

shal be profitable Vp sterte thanne the yongest folk attones and te most partye of that compaignye han scorned this old wise man and bigonnen to make noyse and seiden that right so as whil that Iren is hoot men

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

gret fyr hath longe tyme endured that there ne dwelleth som vapour of warmnes and therfore seith Salamon In thin old foo , trust neuer for sikerly , thogh thyn enmy be reconsiled , and maketh the cheer of humilite

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

him alwey to doon some thing bi which he may renouel his good name For it is writen that the old good loos or good na- me of a man is soon goon and passed whan it is nat newed

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

sompne , an old wyf orrible Feynyng a cause , for he wold hire brydle And happed that he saw , byforñ h#299; ryde A gay ȝoman , vnder a forest syde A bowe he bar , and arwes bright

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

, take here ensaumple of me This Sompnour clappeth , at the wydewes gate Come out qd he , thow old , very trate I trowe þè hast , som Frere or prest with the Who clappeth there , seith

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

Emelye Noman myght gladen , Theseus Sauyng his old fader , Egeus That knew this worldlis , transmutacioū As he had seyn it chaunge , boþe vp douñ Ioye after woo , and woo after gladnes And shewed h#299; ensample

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

the illumination and is visible from the verso of 39v.<resp>ODR</resp></notetxt></note> In al the companye , ne was þere ȝong ne old That he ne seide , it was a noble storie And worthy for to drawen , to memorie And

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

god is kyng To take a wyf , it is a glorious thyng And namely whan a man , is old and hore Than is a wyf , the fruyt of his tresore Than shuld he take , a ȝong

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

preye ȝow to my wyl , ȝe wyln assent Dyuerse men , diuersly h#299; told Of mariage , manye ensaumples old Some blamed it , some preised it certeyn But at the laste , shortly for to seyn As al

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

, and maken melodee A boute that welle , and daunsyng as men told This noble knyght , Ianuarie the old Swich deynte hath , in it to walke and pley That he wol suffre , no wyght bere the

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

ȝet to nyght Ne se ȝe nought , this honurable knyght By cause allas , that he is blynd and old His owen man , shal make h#299; cokewold Lo where he syt , the lechour oon the tree Now

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

gret temple , of ston Of Sampson , now wol I no more sayn Beth war by this ensample , old and playn That nomannomennomaen telle here co&#363;seil , to here wyues Of swich thyng , as they wolde han

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

make a statue of gold Sexti cubites long , seuene in brede To which ymage , he bothe ȝong and old Comaunded to loute , and haue in drede Or in a furneys , ful of flaumbes rede He shal

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

hoor vp on his hed ȝe shulde a ryse , wherfore I ȝeue ȝow red Ne doth vn to an old man , noon harm now Nomore than that ȝe wolde , a man dide ȝow In age , if

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

falleth , there Mercurie is reised Therfore no womman , of no Clerk is preysed The Clerk whan he is old , may nat do Of venus werkes , worth his olde shoo Than syt he doun , and wryteth