• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 224.
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she wylle obeye of curtesieA wyf is keper of thy husbondryeWel may the seek man bewayle and wepeThere as no wyf is the hous to kepeI warne the if thou wysely wilt wircheLoue wel thy wyf as crist loueth his

• "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 21.
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newe wyf / And anone the seruaunt wente in to the hows / and s yd to Exantus wyf / Madame ther ben newe tydyuges / And what ben they sayd she / Exantus shalle haue a newe wyf /

• "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 77.
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cosyns of his wyf. And yf he take hyr the maryage is none after the lawe / and yf he take a wyf after hyr cosyn. he loseth the ryght that he hath to hys owen wyf. in so moche

• "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 13.
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in for to preyse the to thy lady and maystresse my wyf / well sayd Esope / And Exan∣tus entryd in to his hows / and sayd to his wyf / Dame ye shalle nomore haue cause to be at

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 222.
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a walBut drede not yf I playnly speke shalA wyf wil laste and in thy hous endureWel lenger than the liste {per}auentureMariage is a ful greet sacramentWho that hath no wyf is but shentHe liuyth helples and is al desolatI

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 230.
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to mariageAnd namely with a yong wyf & a feirBe hym that made watir erthe and heirThe yongest man that is in al this routeIs besy ynough to brynge it abouteTo haue a wyf alone but trusteth meYe shul not

• "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 20.
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the chere / And therfore thou oughtest to saye to thy wyf / and not to her that loueth the best / ¶ Thenne Exātus sayd to his wyf thou seest that this felawe is a raylar and an Inuentar

• "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 251.
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at his dyner / there was brought before hym vnto his wyf a child of thre yere of age / or there aboute / wherfore he demaunded of his wyf / My frend to whome belongeth this fayre child /

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 220.
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as god is kyngTo take a wyf it is a glorious thingAnd namely whan a man is old and hoorThen is a wyf the fruyt of his tresoorThan sholde he take a yong wyf & a feirOn whiche he myghte

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 221.
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some clerkis sayn it is not soOf whiche Theophraste is on of thoWhat fors theygh Theophraste doth lyeNe take no wyf quod he for husbondryeAs forto spare in housholde thyn expenceA trewe seruaunt doth more diligenceThy good to kepe than

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 226.
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warm wexe plyeTherfore I say you pleynly in a clauseI wol non olde wyf haue for this causeFor yf so were yf y hadde suche myschaunceThat I in here coude haue no plesaunceThan sholde I lede my lif in avontryeAnd

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 250.
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Ianuary hath caught so greet awylThorough eggyng of his wyf hym forto pleyeIn his gardyn & no wight but they tweyeThat in a morow vnto this may said heRise vp my wyf my loue my lady freThe turtelis voys I

• "Here begynneth the prologue or prohemye of the book callid Caton whiche booke hath ben translated in to Englysshe by Mayster Benet Burgh, late Archedeken of Colchestre and hye chanon of saint stephens at westmestre ... and by cause of late cam to my hand a book of the said Caton in Frensshe, whiche reherceth many a fayr lernynge and notable ensamples, I haue translated it oute of frensshe in to Englysshe, as al along here after shalle appiere, whiche I presente vnto the cyte of london.", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 38.
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deuyl / Item thou oughtest to holde the by thy wyf yf thou be maryed / Saynt Crisostom sayth that he is a fole whiche leueth his good and trewe wyf and holdeth other comyn wymmen in his felawshyp /

• "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 281.
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onely to his wyf But whan the lecherye and the delyte is so grete in hys wyf that reason is deed and so blynde. that as moche he wold doo to hyr yf she were not his wyf. In suche

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 730.
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felawe vnto man / Man shold bere hym to his wyf. in fayth. in trouthe and in loue as seyth saynt Poule / and that man shold lue his wyf as Crist dyde holy chirche that louyd it so wel

• "Here begynneth the prologue or prohemye of the book callid Caton whiche booke hath ben translated in to Englysshe by Mayster Benet Burgh, late Archedeken of Colchestre and hye chanon of saint stephens at westmestre ... and by cause of late cam to my hand a book of the said Caton in Frensshe, whiche reherceth many a fayr lernynge and notable ensamples, I haue translated it oute of frensshe in to Englysshe, as al along here after shalle appiere, whiche I presente vnto the cyte of london.", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 153.
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THou oughtest to flee and eschewe all hate and me∣lancolye of thy wyf / that is to saye whanne thou hast a fayre wyf / And that thow hast not wel / wherwith to susteyne her estate / ner wherwith

• "Thus endeth the doctrinal of sapyence the whyche is ryght vtile and prouffytable to alle crysten men, whyche is translated out of Frenshe in to englysshe by wyllyam Caxton at westmestter [sic] fynysshed the. vij. day of may the yere of our lord, M,cccc lxxx ix Caxton me fieri fecit.", Roye, Gui de, ca. 1345-1409., page 54.
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defendeth alle desyres and consentyng to haue flesshly companye to another mans wyf and other woman whateuer she be / but yf it be to thy wedded wyf. It defendeth the euyll signes without forth. whiche may drawe folk to

• "Here begynneth the prologue or prohemye of the book callid Caton whiche booke hath ben translated in to Englysshe by Mayster Benet Burgh, late Archedeken of Colchestre and hye chanon of saint stephens at westmestre ... and by cause of late cam to my hand a book of the said Caton in Frensshe, whiche reherceth many a fayr lernynge and notable ensamples, I haue translated it oute of frensshe in to Englysshe, as al along here after shalle appiere, whiche I presente vnto the cyte of london.", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 49.
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bourgeys wyf seyng her husbond which supposeth to be trouth that the olde woman had tolde to hym / And yet ageyn the olde bawde yede for to speke wyth the bourgeys wyf and said to hyr maystresse be you

• "[Here begynneth the booke which the knyght of the toure made and speketh of many fayre ensamples and thensygnementys and techyng of his doughters].", La Tour Landry, Geoffroy de, 14th century., page 90.
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and take the moost seurest wey / wherof I wold ye wyst hou it happed to an euyll wyf / whiche was wyf to a roper or ca∣ble maker / seruynge for shippes and grete vessels vpon the see /

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 532.
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a doughter vpon his wyf that Callyd was Prudence whiche dough∣ter Callyd was sophie / Vpon a day befyll that he for his disporte wente hym in to the feldes for to pleye / His wyf & his doughter hath