• "[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 163.
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them / and be wyllynge to loue her / and take her to his wyf / why shalle she not loue hym Syre sayd his wyf / To this I shalle ansuere yow / It is so as to me

• "This is the table of the historye of reynart the foxe.", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 25.
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threwe a deel of hem in the ryuer whiche was wyde & depe / ther was the persons wyf one of them wherfor he was ful of sorow whan he sawe his wyf lye in the water / hym lusted

• "This is the table of the historye of reynart the foxe.", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 37.
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that I goo wyth yow to the court and answe∣re for my self / than to sette m / my wyf / and my chyldren in a venture for to be loste / aryse vp late vs goo hens /

• "This is the table of the historye of reynart the foxe.", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 79.
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haunteth his false & shrewde rewle / How corbant the roke complayned on the foxe for the deth of his wyf capitulo .xxiiijo.rYght as the cony had made an ende of his com¦playnt / cam in corbant the roek flowen

• "This is the table of the historye of reynart the foxe.", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 136.
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fysshe cleue on it that foure of them shold not conne ete it. The fool my wyf supposed he had said trouthe / And she wente in the myre to the bely to er she cam in to the water

• "This is the table of the historye of reynart the foxe.", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 139.
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one so stedfast a wyf beyng inso grete peryll of deth now aske ye hys wyf / yf it be so as he sayth / yf she wyl saye the trouth I wote wel / she shal saye as I

• "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 68.
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his owne childern that he had goten of yt wyf / & after he made slee the other his seconde wyf and a sone that he had goten of that same wyf / & after he dyde slee his owne

• "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 158.
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syde of his throne is the sege of his wyf a degree lower than he sytteth & that is of Iasper bordured with golde / & the sege of his se∣onde wyf is a degree lower than the fyrst &

• "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 249.
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he might he sholde take & wedde a new wyf· say∣ing that the loue & new acqueyntaūce of a new wyf shold make him lightly to lose & forgete the thoughtes & Ima∣gynacions of loue and the plaisirs that he

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 251.
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the wiket sodenlyNow wyf quod he here been but ye and IThat art the creature that I bst loueFor by that lord that sit vs alle aboueI hadde leuyr right now dye on a knyfThan the offenden myn owen dere

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 273.
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is for on of thyse myschaunsisBen ther now none othir resemblaunsisThat may be like your parablis vntoBut yf a sely wyf be on of thoThow liknest eke a womannys loue to helleTo bareyn lond there watir may not dwelleThow liknest

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 282.
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his lyfNot but for ones opyn he her sayLokyng out of his dore vp on adayAnothir wyf tolde he me be nameBut for his wyf was at a someris gameWithoute his wyting he forsook her eekAnd than wolde he vp

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 329.
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set your herte on fireAnd chiden here the holy InnocentYour wyf that is here so meke and so pacientAnd therfore Thomas trow me yf thou listNe stryue not with thy wyf as for the bestAnd bere thyse word awey now

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 345.
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assentTo wedde me as sone as euer y mayBut ther as ye haue profrid me to dayTo chese me a wyf I you releceThat chois and pray you of your profir secFor god it woot that childryn ofte beenVnlik her

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 369.
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I am your trewe wyf it is no dredeGod shilde uche a lordis wyf to takeAnother husbond or ony man to makeAnd of your newe wyf god of his graceSo he graunte you weel and presperiteFor I wol gladly yelde

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 376.
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he be god that for vs deydeThow art my wyf non other I haueNe neuer I hadde as god my soule saueThis is thy doughter whiche thou hast supposidTo be my wyf that othir feithfullyShal be myn heir as I

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 410.
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take my leueAs of the trewest and eke the best wyfThat euer yet I knew in al my lyfBut euery wyf bewaar of her behesteOn Dorigene remembrith acte lesteThus can a squier do a gentil dedeAs wel as can a

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 680.
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to other werkys of charyte / Eke whan he vfith his wyf withouten desyre souerayn of engendrure to the honour of god or for thentent to yelde his wyf the dette of his body / eke whan he wil not

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 703.
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most vn¦couenable betwix a man and his wyf / For there is neuer reste / And therfore saith Salamon / An hous that is vn¦couerd in rayn and droppyng / and a chiding wyf be like a man that is

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 723.
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he doth with his wyf / Certes that oppynyon is fals God woot a man may sle hym silf with his owen knyff and make hym dronke with his owen tonne / Certes be it wyf or chylde or worldly