• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 109.
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my tale nowI haue a wyf parde as wel as thowYet nolde I not for the oxen in my plowTake vp on me more than ynowAnd deme of my self that I were oneI wol beleue that I am noneAn

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 115.
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cat he wolde her hene nonThis parishe clerk this ioly absolonHath in his herte suche a loue longyngeThat of no wyf toke he nn offryngeFor curtesye he sae e wolde nonThe mone whan it was nyght bright shoonAnd Absolon his

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 122.
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ful yore agoHast thou not herd quod Nicholas alsoThe sorow of Noe with his feleshipOr that he mighte gete his wyf to shipHym hadde leuer I dar wel vndertakeAt that tyme than alle his wetheris blakeThat she hadde had a

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 145.
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hath so wysely bibbed aleThat as an hors he fuortith and slepeNe of his tayl behynde he takith no kepeHis wyf bare hym a burdn ful strongMen myghte hem here rowtyng a furlongThe wenche rowted eke par companyAleyn the clerk

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 188.
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woWoful Custaunce and many another moAnd longe tyme duellyd she in that placeIn holy workis euer was her graceThe senatours wyf hir aunte wasBut for al that she knew her neuer the moreI wil no lenger tarye in this caasBut

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 234.
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wyf temperatlyAnd that ye plese her not to amerouslyAnd that ye kepe you eke from other synneMy tale is doon for my wit is thynneBeth not agast here of my brotherBut lete vs wade fro this mater to anotherThe

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 247.
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siluer a cliketWith the whiche whan he list vnshitAnd whan he wolde paye his wyf his detteIn somer seson thyder wolde he goAnd May his wyf and no wight but they twoOf thingis that were not do a beddeThey in

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 253.
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in the gardy on the ferthir sidePluto that is kyng of the fairyeAnd many a lady in his companyeFolowing his wyf th quene PreserpinaWhiche that hir rauyssed out of pinaWhilis that she gadrid flouris in a medeIn claudian ye may

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 304.
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wyf of bathe. ¶.And begynneth the prolog of the frere.THis nobyl limytour this worthy frereHe made alwey a maner louryng chereVp on the sompnour but for honesteNo vileyns word as yet spak heBut atte laste he sayde vnto the

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 361.
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yeer olde and fro the bresteDartid from his norice vp on a dayThis Markis caughte yet anothir lestTo tempte his wyf yet ofter yf he mayVnnedeles was she temptid in assayBut weddid men can no mesureWhen that they fynde a

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 364.
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were boundyn to a stakeThey wol not of hir firste purpos slakeRight so this Markis hath fully purposidTo tempte his wyf as he was first disposedHe waytid as yf be word or contenaunceThat she to hym was chaungid of corageBut

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 405.
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here myghte araceTil she was sleyn right in the placeNow sith that maydens hadde suche despitTo been ispoylid with mannys delitWel oughte a wyf rathr her self to sleThan be defoylid as thinkith meWhat shal I say of Hasdraldis wyf

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 498.
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somtyme was at seynt denysThat riche was wherfore men held him wiseA wyf he hadde of excellent beauteAnd compenable and reuelons was sheWhiche thing causith more dispenceThan worth is al the fauour and reuerenceThat men hem doon at festis and

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 642.
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were loth iapid forto beAnd so is euery wight in suche degreBut al for nought for it auaylid noughtA good wyf that is cleen of werk and thoughtSholde not be kept in non awe certeynAnd trewly the more it is

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 644.
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more harm is it happith ofte soOf whiche ther comyth muche harm and wooAnd so befyl when Phebus was absentHis wyf anon hath for her lemman sentHer lemman certis that is a knauyssh specheForeyne it me that I you besecheThe

• "Hic incipit paruus Catho.", Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460., page 7.
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sharper tonge than is swerde or knyfPlayneth on thy seruaunt though none offenceThou fynde in hym lerne wele this sentenceThe wyf wol hate and cause to smerteOften hym that her husbond loueth in herteCumque mones aliquem nec se velit ipse

• "[Here begynneth the table of a book entytled the book of good maners.].", Legrand, Jacques, ca. 1365-1415., page 92.
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recyteth how man named graceus lonyd his wyf named Corneylle moche that he wold deye for to gete the helthe of his wyf. he counteth also how Cuplacius herd saye that his wyf wa∣ded·And thēne he smote hym self in

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 382.
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a lytel sone that Laodyce that was bothe his wyf and his owne sister / had brought forch by a copyner while he was absente in other landes ¶ Therfor the wyf ordeygned venym for metridas whan he come home·

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 418.
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his wyf comyn to al that wolde haue hir ¶ Eusebius in historia ecclesiastica libro tercio This nycholas had a fayr wyf and was blamed of the apos∣tles as though̄ he were Ielous and he brought forth his wyf &

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 441.
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that his lord gaue hym to wyf Than his fader and his moder sought Iulian in euery londe And it hap∣ped atte laste that they came to Iulians owne castel and whan Iulians wyf had talked with them / she