• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

wylle Thurgh eggyng of his wyf , h#299; for to pley In his gardeyn , and no wyght but they twey That in a morwe , vn to this May seith he Ryse vp my wyf , my loue ,

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

To take a wyf it is a glorious thyng And namely , whan a man , is oold and hoor Thanne is a wyf the fruyt of his tresor Thanne sholde he take , a yong wyf a feir On

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

wille Thurgh eggyng of his wyf hym for to pleye In his gardyn , and no wight but they tweye That in a morwe , vn to this May seith he Rys vp my wyf , my loue , my

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

, seide oure hoost tho Now swich a wyf , I preye god kepe me fro Lo swich sleightes , and subtilitees In wōmen ben , for ay as besiens bees Ben they , vs sely men for to deceyue

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

hoost tho Now swich a wyf I prey god kepe me fro Lo which sleightes and subtilitees In wommen ben for as bisi as bees Ben thei vs sely men for to deceyue And from a soth euer wol thei

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

flesch but in his lyf Loue wel þy wyf as crist loueþ his chirche Ther as þer nys no wijf þe hous to keepe If þou loue þy self þou louest þy wyf I warne þe if wysly þou wilt

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

Fair was þis mayde in excellent beaute Abouen euery wight þat man may se A doughter he hadde by his wyf And neuere hadde he mo in all his lyf And strong of frendes and of gret richesse Fulfilled of

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

And in the Gardyn , walketh to and froo And hath hise thynges seid , ful curteisly This goode wyf cam walkyng , preuyly In to the Gardyn , there he walketh softe And h#299; salueth , as she hath

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

to take Another wyf , and crien day by day And eek the pope , rancour for to slake Consenteth it that dar I vndertake And treweliche , thus muche I wol yow seye My newe wyf is comynge by

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

my maydenhede And am youre trewe wyf , it is no drede God shilde , swich a lordes wyf to take Another man , to housbonde , or to make And of youre newe wyf , god of his grace

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

wyf , and pryuely he sighte And spedde hym fro the table , that he myghte Parfay thoghte he , fantome is in myn heed I oghte deme , of skilful Iuggement That in the salte see , my

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

ȝe han proferede me to day To chese me a wyf I ȝow relese That choys prey ȝow of þt profere sese Let me a lone In chesȳge of myn wyf That charge vp on myn bak I wele endure

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

But dredles if pleynly speke I schal A wyf wele laste in thȳ hous endure Weel lengere thā the lyste perauenture Maryage is a ful gret sakrement He which that hath no wyf I helde hȳ schent He lyuyth helpeles

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

wyf ȝif so were that sche hadde Moo thewys goode , than her vicis badde And al this askyth leyser for tenqueere For god it wot I haue wept manye a tere Ful priuyly syn that I hadde a

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

grace The senatourys wyf hyre aūte was But for al þt sche knew hyre neuere þe more I wele no lengere taryen in þis cas But to kyng alla which I spak of ȝore That for hise wyf wepede syghede

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

But sithe I am a wyf it sit nat me To telle no wigh of oure pryuyte Neythir a bedde ne in non othyr place God schilde I schulde it telle for his grace A wyf ne schal nat seyn

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

but for honeste , No vileyns worde . ȝit to him spak he But atte last he sayd vnto þe wyf Dame quod he . god ȝiue ȝow good lyf ȝe han her touchid al so mot I the In

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

Madryan I hadde leuer þan a barel ale That godeleef my wyf had herd þis tale For sche is no þing of such pacience As was þis melibeus wyf dame prudence By goddes boones whan I bete my knaues Sche

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

Haue but oon hert . in wele and in distresse , A wyf ; a seinte mary benedicite How might a man haue eny aduersite That haþ a wyf . certes I can not say The ioye þat is bitwixen

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

Ther as þer is no wyf þe hous to kepe I warne þe if wisly þou wilt wirche Loue wel þy wyf as crist doth his chirche If þou louest þiself þou louest þy wyf , No man hatith his