• Select English works of John Wyclif; edited from original mss. by Thomas Arnold. Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.Select English works of John Wyclif; edite...

to whom serven two bifore. Baptist was in prison wiþ Heroude Antipas, for he reprovede his advoutre wiþ his broþer wyf. And Joon bounden in prison herde of Cristis werkes , and he made moche joie and preiside myche Crist

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

be falle in Ialous rage Lat maken / with this water his potage And neuere shal he moore / his wyf mystriste Though he the soothe / of hir defaute wiste Al had she / taken preestes / two or

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

so wilde ffor in that contree was ther noon? . . . . . no gap in the MS. Neither wyf ne childe ¶ Til þat ther cam a greet geaunt His name was / sire Olifaunt A perilous man

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

dale This widwe / of which I telle yow my tale Syn thilke day / þat she was last a wyf In pacience / ladde a ful symple lyf ffor / litel was hire catel and hire rente By housbondrye

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

be falle in Ialous rage Lat maken with this water / his potage And neuere shal he moore / his wyf mystriste Thogh he the soothe / of hir defaute wiste Al hadde she / taken preestes / two or

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

wylde? ffor in that contree / was ther noon . . . . . no gap in the MS. Neither wyf / ne childe ¶ Til þat ther cam / a greet geaunt His name was / sire Olifaunt A

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

Ihesus Syrak seith / that if the wyf haue maistrie / she is contrarious / to hir housbonde [ 2250 ] ¶ And Salomon seith / Neuere in thy lyf / to thy wyf / ne to thy child /

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

a man be fallen in a Ielouse rage let maken with þis water/ hys potage And neuere shal he hys wyf mystruste Thouȝe he þe sothe of his defaute wyste Alle hade she taken preestes two or thre here ys

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

wyf þat called was Prudence . a doughter which þat cleped was Sapience [ 2158 ] ¶ vpon a day felle þat he for his disporte is went in to þe feeldes him to pleye [ 2159 ] his

• 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...

Sayde þis man . and sche wil come anoon ¶ Ey mayster welcome be ȝe by seint Iohn Sayde þis wyf how fare ȝe hertily Þe frere ariseþ vp ful curteysly And hir embracith in his armes narwe And kist

• 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...

man be ful in ialous rage let make wiþ þis water his potage And neuer schal h e more his wyf mys trist þough he þe soþ of hir defaute wist Al hadde sche take prestes tuo or þre her

• The early South-English legendary ; or, Lives of saints. I. Ms. Laud, 108, in the Bodleian library. Edited by Carl Horstmann.The early South-Englis...

toun wel bar; And al-so he slov þat folk to grounde : al þat he miȝte of-gon, Ȝong and old, wyf and Mayde : he ne sparede neuere on. children fram heore moder breste : he drov and let heom

• The early South-English legendary ; or, Lives of saints. I. Ms. Laud, 108, in the Bodleian library. Edited by Carl Horstmann.The early South-Englis...

Ioye þat þe[re ] was : And þat manie Miȝten i-seo, bi-twene þe guode wyf and hire sones : þe swete breþren þreo! ÞIs guode wyf axede hire tweye sones : hov huy to liue come. " Dame , "

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

his wyf þat called was prudence a doughter whiche þat cleped sapience. [ 2158 ] vpon a day fel þat he for his disport is went in to þe feldes him to pleye / [ 2159 ] his wyf and

• Hoccleve's works. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall. Hoccleve, Thomas, 1370?-1450?Hoccleve's works. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall. Hoccleve, Thomas, 13...

mea ob gra|ciam tui, " & c. To Egipt wentë, with his wyf saray, And whan þat þei ny vn-to Egipt cam, Þus seyde he vnto his wyf by þe way: ' I wote wel þou art fair; it is

• 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...

Prudens his wyf as ferforth as sche dorste bisouȝt him of his wepyng to stynte / [ 2165 ] But not for þi he gan to crie euer lenger þe more [ 2166 ] ¶ this noble wyf prudence remembred

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

/ thou olde virytrate I trowe thou hast som frere / or preest with thee ¶ Who clappeth seyde this wyf benedicitee God saue you sire / what is youre sweete wille? ¶ I haue quod he / of somonce

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

and of worthynesse And strong of freendes / and of greet richesse ¶ This knyght a doghter hadde by his wyf / [ Painting of the Physician ] No children hadde he mo in al his lyf ffair was this

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

/ thow olde viritrate I trowe thow hast som frere / or preest with theė ¶ Who clappeth seyde this wyf / benedicitee God saue yow sire / what is youre swete wille ¶ I haue quod he / of

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

for al þe metal ne for oure þat vnder erþe is graue or liþ aboue But if þat I þy wyf were and þi loue My loue quod he nay my dampnacion Allas þat eny of my nacion Scholde euere