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

to a compeer / of his owene sort That loued dees / and reuel / and disport And hadde a wyf / that heeld for contenaunce A shoppe / and swyued for hir sustenaunce Of this Cokes tale maked Chaucer

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

of his first wyf. And of him tolde Jacob þat Crist shulde come. Judas gat Phares and Zaram of Thamar . Þis Phares and Zaram weren boþe getun togidere; and þis Thamar was not þe firste wyf of Judas .

• 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 his loue His lady certes / and his wyf also The which / þat lawe of loue acordeth to And whan he was / in this prosperitee Hoom with his wyf / he gooth to his contree Nat fer

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

MS. [ Sloane MS 1685, leaf 103. ] ¶ The Prologe ¶ Of þ Wyf of Bathe [headline ] Experyment/ þough none auctoryte Were in þis worlde is riȝt/ ynouȝe for me To speke of woo þat ys in mariage

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

senatours wyf / hir Aunte was But for all that she knew hire neuer the moore I wol no lenger / tarien in this cas But to kyng Alla / which I spake of yoore That wepeth for his wyf

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

and his loue His lady certes / and his wyf also The which / þat lawe of loue acordeth to And whan he was / in this prosperitee Hom with his wyf he gooth to his contree Nat fer fro

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

þat Symkyn / sholde in his blood allye She was yfostred / in a Nonnerye ffor Symkyn / wolde no wyf as he sayde But she were wel ynorissed and a mayde To sauen / his estaat of yemanrye And

• 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...

eek his wyf þey wepeden for routhe Sche was so diligent wiþouten slouþe / To serue and plese euer in þat place That alle hir louen þat loken on hir face The Constable and dame hermegyld his wyf To telle

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

senatours wyf / hir Aunte was But for al that she knew hir neuer the mo ore I wol no lenger / taryen in this cas But to kyng Alla / which I spak of yoore That for his wyf

• 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...

in sorwe and in distresse Than þat his wyf were of hir trouþe fals The sorwe of Dorigen he tolde him als how loþ hir was to ben a wikked wikked wyf And þat sc he leuer had han lost

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

newe weddid to it. And herfor was Crist not bigamus, ne brake not his matrimonye, siþ þe same Chirche his wyf lastiþ ever more, but wiþ newe wenchis is Crist now weddid , and on newe maner he kepte 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...

left his wyf And hir forsok for terme of al his lyf Nought but for open heedid he hir say lokyng out at his dore vpon a day Anoþer Romayn told he me by name That for his wyf was

• The Stonor letters and papers, 1290-1483; ed. for the Royal historical society, from the origial documents in the Public record office, by Charles ...

þe remenaunt of his servauntes, þat were here awayting, your maystership knoweth well been forthe with my lady, my lordes wyf, into Suffolk to bringe her þider: ffor God knoweth she thought full longe from þe yonge lorde and yonge

• The Stonor letters and papers, 1290-1483; ed. for the Royal historical society, from the origial documents in the Public record office, by Charles ...

s lore: and for certein I knowe that ych of them ys verely well content of other. Shee was late wyf unto the son of my lorde Montjoy: and for the certente what my cosen shall have with her, yf

• Mandeville's travels : the Egerton version / from the edition by George F. Warner. Warner, George F. (George Frederic), Sir, 1845-1936. Mandeville,...

stanes. Þe seet of his secund wyf es a gree lawer þan þe toþer; and bathe hir seet and hir burde es enourned wirschipfully as þe toþer es. Þe seet also of þe thrid wyf and hir table er a

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

a tyme , E. . And mannis fleishe is his wyf, and her workes ben hise children; and so ech haþ such a wyf, and sich children of his wyf; and so siche sevene þingis ben long|inge to ech man,

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

þis child be? for þe hond of oure Lord was wiþ him. Sacarie was a famous man, wiþ Elizabeth his wyf, and many myraclis weren bifallen aboute þe birþe of þis Joon ; and þus þe contre preiside him muche,

• Altenglische dichtungen des ms. Harl, 2253. Boeddeker, Karl, ed. 1846-Altenglische dichtungen des ms. Harl, 2253. Boeddeker, Karl, ed. 1846- Britis...

dawen: when, ms. wen. hyre sone, þat wes slawen, aros in fleysh & bon; more ioie ne mai me hauen, wyf ne mayden non. þe fifte ioie of þat wymman, when hire body to heuene cam, þe soule to þe

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

this swete clerk hese tyme he spente Aftyr hese frendys fyndynge & hese rente This carpenter hadde weddid newe a wyf Whiche þat he louede more þan hese lyf Of eightene ȝer sche was of age Ielous he was &

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

by an hunderede thousent deel Syngyn so wondir meryely & weel // Now hadde this phebus in his hous a wyf Whiche that he louede moore than his lyf And nyght & day dede euere his diligence Hire for to