• The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterb...

. The Manciple. The Parson . THE KNYGHT. THE MILLERE. THE REVE. THE COOK . THE MAN OF LAWE. THE WYF OF BATHE. THE FRERE. THE SOMONOUR. THE CLERK OF OXENFORD. THE MERCHANT. THE SQUIRE . THE FRANKLIN . THE

• The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury ...

191 ] Oure hoost seyde / and swoor by goddes bones Me were leuere / than a barel ale My wyf at hom / had herd this legende ones This is / a gentil tale for the nones As to

• The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterb...

Ey goddes mercy / seyde oure Hoost tho Now swich a wyf/ I pray god kepe me fro Lo whiche sleightes / and subtiltees In wommen been / for ay as bisy as bees Been they / vs sely men

• The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury ...

lines in the MS. ] Ey goddes mercy / seyde oure Hoost tho Now swich a wyf / I prey god kepe me fro Lo whiche sleightes / and subtiltees In wommen ben / for ay as bisy as bees

• The Lansdowne ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Lansdowne ms of Chaucer's Canterb...

169. ] Ey . goddis Mercy / said our oste tho. Nowe suche a wyf / y pray god kepe me fro loo suche sleyhtis / and sotiltees In wommen bene / for ay as besy as bees Ben they

• The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's C...

hoste þo Now such a wyf I pray god keep me fro lo whiche sleightes and subtilitees In wommen ben for ay as busy as bees Ben þay vs seely men for to desceyue And from a soth. euer wol

• The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterb...

his tale Oure hoost seyde / and swoor by goddes bones Me were leuere / than a barel ale My wyf at hoom / had herd this legende ones This is a gentil tale / for the nones As to

• The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterb...

] preye ffor I wol telle / a legende and a lyf Bothe of a Carpenter / and of his wyf How that a clerk / hath set the wrightes cappe ¶ The Reue answerde / and seyde stynt thy

• The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury ...

I preye ffor I wol telle / a legende and a lyf Bothe of a Carpenter / and of his wyf How þat a clerk hath set the wrightes cappe ¶ The Reue answerde / and seyde stynt thy clappe

• The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury ...

sith I am a wyf / it sit nat me To tellen no wight of oure priuetee Neither abedde / ne in noon oother place God shilde / I sholde it tellen for his grace A wyf ne shal nat

• The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterb...

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 shold e he take / a yong wyf and a

• The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterb...

been / I trowe that it be so ffor wel I woot it fareth so with me I have a wyf/ the worste that may be ffor thogh the feend / to hire ycoupled were She wolde hym ouermacche /

• The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Ca...

/ I trowe that it be so fful wel I wot / it fareth so by me I haue a wyf / the werste that may be ffor though the fend / to hire I-coupled were She wolde him ouer

• The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's C...

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 macche

• The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury ...

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

• The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury ...

his wyf looked so foule ¶ Greet was the wo / the knyght hadde in his thoght Whan he was with his wyf / a bedde ybroght He walweth / and he turneth to and fro His olde wyf/ lay

• The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury ...

hadde leuere / than a barel Ale That goode lief my wyf / hadde herd this tale She nys no thyng of swich pacience As was / this Melibeus wyf Prudence By goddes bones / whan I bete my knaues

• The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Ca...

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 Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Corpus ms...

I hadde leuer þan a barel ale That goode leef my wyf had herd þis tale ffor sche nys no þing of such pacience As was þis Mellibeus wyf Prudence By goddes bones whan I bete my knaues Sche bringeþ

• The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterb...

/ his wyf looked so foule ¶ Greet was the wo / the knyght hadde in his thoght Whan he was with his wyf abedde ybroght/ He walweth / and he turneth to and fro His olde wyf / lay