• Lease

iij . Rode of land and y e whyte . leyse to y e forsayd John Dyson and Jennet hys wyf and y e heyres of y e forsayd John . lafully . geten of y e forsayd Jennet duryng

• Chaucer, Canterbury Tales

myle . And that a sleigh and vsant for to stele his name was hoten . deynous symken . A wyf he had co m men of a noble kyn The p er son . of ye towne . her

• Piers Plowman A

. / J haue a kny3t hett co n science come late fro m by3onde If he wole þee to wyf wolt þou assente 3ea lord quoþ þe lady god forbede ellis but J hoolly be at 3oure heest gurd

• Piers Plowman A

pes to þe p er lement & put vp a bulle how þ t wrong a3ens his wille hadde his wyf taken & how he rauaschid rose reygnaldis dou3t er & molde of her maidenhod mawgr her chekis boþe my

• Ordinance

soster wyth oute the Abbotys wyl and hys asent . Ne ther shel no brother be receyued there wyth hys wyf / / Al-so the Abbot Rauf ordeynede that euerych brother and soster thet bereth the abyth a moneth efter

• Northern Homily Collection

. Bot snybbed herod when he dyd mysse . & sayde itt wasse a-gayns y e law . hys broyir wyf fleschly to knaw . He heyldyd noght bot styfly stode & for hys soth saw sched hys blode .

• Homilies

is a trespasse i n the wedded+man y t takyt a-noy er ya n hise owene wyf or ell i n a weddyd wyf yat tak t a-noy er yan her housbo n de y i s brau n che

• Articles of faith, Ordo visitandi and marriage service

lond . or any-thyng y t hysen is . ageyn gud reson . y u shalt not coueyte yi neghbure wyf ne his doght ur . ne his s er uaunt . ne his bestes . ne nothyng yat hyssen

• Prose Brut

better counsel the land scholde bee distroied þorugh Engist and his folke and kyng vortiger hade gette of his ferst wyf iij sonnes the ferst men called vortiger the s e c on de catagren and th þridde passent thee

• Religious miscellany

to me . Wyte wele that thow schalt dye for thow forgete my comaundement and herdest the worde of thy wyf the which J 3af to the to be thyn vndirlyng and s u biecte . to haue hir al

• Myrour of Recluses

of straunge wo m men turnyd nat and chaungyd þe herte of Salomon þe Wyse wheþir þe sy3te of vries wyf ba þinge her maade dauyd þ e holy p ro phete to falle in-to cursyd avoutrie & man-slau3tr What

• Ordinance

þe Abbott es wyl & his assent Nether schel no broþ er . be receyuyd þ er e with his wyf Also þe Abbot Raaf Radulfus ordeynyde þt eu er ych gap sost er . þ t beryth þe abyt

• Book to a Mother and Pater Noster

not oon herte & oo soule & þis was openly schewed whe n ne petre cursyde ananye & saphire his wyf . for þei haden p ro purte & gret multitude is now . of þis secte saue hem lakkeþ

• Booke of Curtassye

loke þ u sytt & make no stryf fol. 18rwher þo est co m mau n dys or ellis þo wyf Eschewe þ e he3est place w t wyn But þ u be beden to sitt þ er -in Of

• Long Charter of Christ

God made man & lord of lyf Man drew hym self to lyuyn in dred yrow ye wordys of hys wyf & quente ys of ye quelly qued an angel-ys dent adam gan dryf ye blyssful blisse y t hym

• Piers Plowman C

County: Herefordshire Code: L7320 MS reference: London, BL Harley 2376 Text: Piers Plowman C fol. 12rline 18Now ys mede þe mayde+no mo of hem alle þorow bedelys & baylyues brou3t byfor þe kyng þe+kyng Callede a klerke ;

• Sermons

County: Leicestershire Code: L0130 MS reference: Cambridge University Library, Dd.x.50, Hand A Text: Sermons Tranche 1 fol. 2rHe schall falle downe A3ene so þ t vnneth he schall Be seye . The iij day þ e se swyne

• Cursor Mundi

made was Adam dere hit shal be bou3t Til hit be bet þ t þ u hast wrou3t Take þi wyf in þi honde Leue 3e shul þis lufsome londe Jnto þe wrecched world to be þi lif shal þinke

• Sermons

hur þe gospel þ t he wrote . & for encheson þat he was clene mayden & had neyþ ur wyf ny child he was myche þe more chere to our lady . & sche tau3t hi ful goodly how

• Lavenham's treatise on the seven deadly sins

and sowle gap Spoubreche SPousebreche ys a trespas in þ e weddyd man þat takyth a-noþ er þan his weddyd wyf or ellys a weddyd woman þat takyth an-oder man þ er þan her husbond . This braunche of leche