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] as ye desire to know how y wilbe desposet as tochyng your land for titil thereof, for certen my wyf and y welbe with you uppon Ester to see yf ye and we cane agre within our self: and

MYNSTRES TEODINȜEALDRUM. Yyf ] Wyf Hs. Yyf seo ȝeferæden mycel sy, syn ȝecorene of dan sylue ȝesustre, þa þe godes ȝewitnesse syn & halȝre drohnunȝe, & syn ȝesette teodinȝealdre, þa syn embhidiȝe and cariende embe hyre ealderscipes on eallum þingum

Southwerk I ȝou preye For I wol telle a legende and a lyf Bothe of a Carpenter and of his wyf how þat þe clerk haþ set þe wriȝtes cappe / The reue answered and seyde stynt þi clappe /

Madryan I hadde leuer þan a barel ale That godeleef my wyf had herd þis tale For sche is no þing of such pacience As was þis melibeus wyf dame prudence By goddes boones whan I bete my knaues Sche

bed / thy wyf / I saugh hym swy & cetera ¶ Nota malum quid. ¶ What wol ye moore / the Crowe anon hym tolde By sadde tokenes / and by wordes bolde How þat his wyf had doon

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

1 wo was 1 [ 1_1 later ] hym his wyf lokede so foule Gret was þe wo þe knyȝt hadde in his thouȝt Whan he was wyth his wyf in bedde I-brouȝt He walwith & he turnyth too &

Is kyng To take a wyf it is a glorious thyng And nemely whan a man is old & hore Thanne is a wyf the freut of his tresore Thanne schulde he take a ȝong wyf & a fayr On

But siþenes I am a wyf it sit nouȝt me To telle no wight of oure pryuyte Neyþer a bedde ne in non oþer place God schilde I scholde telle it for his grace A wyf ne schal nat seyn

hondred thousand deel Syngen / so wonder myrily and weel ¶ Now hadde this Phebus / in his hous a wyf/ Which þat he louede / moore than his lyf And nyght/ and day / dide euere his diligence Hire

Ther as þer is no wyf þe hous to kepe I warne þe if wisly þou wilt wirche loue wel þy wyf as crist doth his chirche If þou louest þiself þou louest þy wyf / No man hatith his

was him his wyf loked so foule Gret was þe wo . þe knight had in his þought whan he was with his wyf on bedde brought He walwith and he torneth to and fro his olde wyf lay smylyng

my maydenhede And am youre trewe wyf/ it is no drede God shilde / swich a lordes wyf to take Another man / to housbonde / or to make And of youre newe wyf / god of his grace So

in this cas I was aboute / to wedde a wyf allas What sholde I bye it / on my flessh so deere Yet hadde I leuere / wedde no wyf to yeere ¶ Abyd quod she / my tale

maydenhede And am youre trewe wyf / it is no drede God shilde / swich a lordes wyf to take Another man / to housbond / or to make ¶ And of youre newe wyf / god of his grace

maystresse his wyf, Humfrey Starky , Recorder of London , Robert Tate , merchaunt of Caleys: not|withstanding I moved him betwene him and me and mastres Jane that he shuld breke this testament, and make my mastresse his wyf sole

of Mele And that a sly / and vsaunt for to stele His name was hoote / deynous Symkyn A wyf he hadde / ycomen of noble kyn The person of the toun / hir fader was With hire he

· feyth-full man And by þe preciouse corpus madryan I hade leuere þan a Barelle of ale þat godeleve my wyf hade hard þis tale ffor she nys no þenge of suche pacience · As was þis Melibeus wyfes prudence

corn and mele And þat a sleigh and vsyng for to stele / his name was hoote deynous Symekyn A wyf he hadde / come of noble kyn The parsoun of the toun hir fader was with hire he ȝaf

tale/ A Marchaunt whilom dwelled at seint Denys That riche was for which men hild him wys A wyf he had of excellent beaute And companable and reuerent was sche which is a þing þat causeth more despence Than worth

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