• "This is the dyalogus or co[m]munyng betwxt [sic] the wyse king Salomon and Marcolphus.", Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?, page 35.
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evyll For agood wyf makyth hyr husbande glad ād blythewyth hyre goodnesse She is a parte the lyryngof hyre husbond vpon erthe. and hyr lernyng ad¦vauntagythor forthryth hys body She is a yif∣teof god / A wyse wyf and a

• "Thystorye of the right noble and worthy knyght parys and of the fayre vyenne the dolphyns doughter of vyennoys.", Pierre, de la Cépède, 15th cent., page 82.
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the goo∣desthat his fader lefte. & gaf to hymysabeau to his wyf / which lyued togyder longe tyme in grete loue & con∣corde.And sone after the doulphynand hys wyf deyeden And thennewas parys doulphyn ād had the pos¦sesyonof alle the

• "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 246.
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¶ The xij fable is of a blynd man and of his wyf / THere was somtyme a blynd man whiche had a fayre wyf / of the whiche he was moche Iaus / He kepte her so that she

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 173.
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so longe I soiourned thereIn orisoun with many a bittir tereTyl Ihesus hath conuertid thorough his graceDame hermegilde the Constablis wyf of þ• placeIn al that lond no cristen durste routeAlle cristen men be fled fro that contreThorough paynemes that

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 355.
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in his herte he thoughte soTo tempte his wyf her sadnes to knoweThat he ne mighte out of his herte athroweForbere / wherfore he purposid on a dayThis maruaylous desire his wyf to assayeHe hadde assaid here ynough ofte tyme

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 365.
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bad as for his peplis restThat he sholde wedde anothir wyf yf he listI say he bad he sholde countirfeteThe Popis bull is makyng mencionThat he hath leue his firste wyf forto leteAs by the Popis owen dispensacionTo stynte the

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 367.
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plowman mayMy ppyl constreyneth me forto takeAnothir wyf and cryen day be dayAnd eke the peplis ranour forto slakeConcentith it that dar I wel vndertakeAnd trewly thus much I wol you sayMyn newe wyf is comyng be the wayBe strong

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 385.
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he hath bothe his lady and his loueHis lady certis and his wyf alsoThe whiche lawe and loue accordith thertoAnd when he was in his prosperiteHome with his wyf he goth to his contreNot fer ro Padmak his dwellyng wasWhere

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 407.
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trewe eek was also AlcebadesThat for his loue to dien rathir cheesThan forto suffre his body vnburyed to beWhiche a wyf was Alceste also quod sheWhat saith Omere of PenelopeAl grece knoweth of her chastiteParde of lacedomea is writyn thusThat

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 501.
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al reedThis faire wyf gan shake her hedAnd sayde thus ye god woot quod sheNay cosyn it stondith not so with meFor by that god that yaf me soule and lyfIn al the rme of Fraunce is ther no wyf

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 503.
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the worlde beganBut sith I be cam a wyf it sittith not meTo telle no wight our priuyteNeyther in bed ne in no placeGod shilde I sholde it telle for his graceA wyf sholde nat seyn of her husbondeBut al

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 680.
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Also at abusy prayer of his wyf he made his town of couentre fre of al maner tolle / oute take the tolle of horses / For to haue that fredome graunted his wyf godgyna the countesse rode naked thurgh

• "[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 36.
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that one / my wyf obeyeth me well / And the second said. I trowe / that my wyf obeye me better / ye sayd the thyrd / lede laye a wager / that whiche wyf of vs thre that

• "[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 37.
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to sprynge in to the bacyn / And the husbond said to his wyf / that what someuer he commaunded her she shold do it / his wyf whiche that moche louyd hym and dred hym herd wel the word.

• "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 48.
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dra¦per and his wyf / And therfore I gyue to the frely this purs yf thou canst put dyscencion betwene them / Thenne this bawde toke the purse and yede Incontynent for to speke to the wyf of the sayd

• "[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 98.
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/ and almost oute of his wytte for angre / and therof dyd complayne hym self to his wyf / And his wyf that of so hyhe courage was and as proude was as he counceylled hym that he shold

• "[Sir Bevis of Hampton]", Mandeville, John, Sir., page 5.
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In crystendome and also in hetFull well is knowen syr Guyes In all the londe of crystentewas none founde so gode as hewhile he was yonge and iolyfewolde syr guy wedde no wyfBut whanne he began to elde.wexed feble

• "The loue and complayntes bytwene Mars and Venus.", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 19.
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/ I redeUnwyse is he / that can noo weell endureIf thou be syker / pua the not in dredeThe wyf of bathe / I pray you that ye redeOf this mater / that we haue no hondeGod graunte you

• "tHe holy appostle and doctour of the peple saynt Poule sayth in his epystle. Alle that is wryten is wryten vnto our doctryne and for our lernyng. ...", Cessolis, Jacobus de., page 93.
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that shold haue ben that others wyf and sayd that he was seek for her. Than his frende sayd to hym. frende comforte your self / for trewly I gyue her to you to wyf with alle the do∣waire that

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 190.
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hedI ought to deme of rightful IugementThat in the salt se my wyf is dedAnd aftirward he made his argumentWhat woot I yf crist haue hir hidir sentMy wyf be se as wel as he her sentTo my contre fro