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
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
¶ 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
/ 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
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
/ 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
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
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