• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

, of thyng so feyn But oon his wyf , his thought was euere moo Vp oon the tree , he cast hise eyen two And saw that Damyan , hys wyf had dressed In swich manere , it may

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

, I nam nat lief to gabbe Sey what þè wyle , I shal it neuere telle To child ne wyf , by h#299; þt harwed helle Now Iohn qd this Nicholas , I wol þatnat<rp><cow>þ</cow>n</rp>at lye I haue founden

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

swich a feest , and reuel make That as I trowe , I shal the Soudan quyte For though his wyf be cristened , neuere so whyte She shal haue nede , to wasshe a wey the rede Though she

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

honour þt oure eldres , with vs laft His wyf , his lordes , hise concubynes Ay dronken , while here appetites laste Out of þeise noble vesseles , sondry wynes And oon a wal , this kyng his eyen

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

The wyf cam lepyng inward , with a renne She seide allas , ȝoure hors goth to the fenne With wylde Mares , as fast as he may go Vnthank come on his hand , þt bond h#299; so And

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

As he were on the quak , or on the pose To bedde he goth , with h#299; goth his wyf As ony Iay , she light was and iolyf So was hire ioly whistel , wel I wette The

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

wold han caught a slepe W Inne a while , this Iohn the Clerk vp lepe And on this goode wyf , he leyd on sore So mery a fit , ne had she nat ful ȝore He pryketh hard

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

, and riche , and ther to free And buxome vn to his wyf , and fressh a bedde But by that ilke lord , that for vs bledde For his honour , my self for to arraye A Sonday

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

while that I am his wyf I haue the power , duryng al my lyf Vp on his propre body , and nat he Right thus the Apostel , told it vn to me And bad oure husbondes , for

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

this , be wyues that ben wyse But if it be , whan they h&#275; mys a vyse A wys wyf shal , if that she can hire good Bere h#299; an honde , that the kow is wood And

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

me , in thy cheste Thow shuldest seye good wyf , go where the liste Taketh ȝoure disport , I wol nat leue no tales I knowe ȝow for a trewe wyf , Dame Alys We loue noman , that

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

had getyn , vn to me Be maistrye , al the soueraynte And that he seide , myn owen trewe wyf Do as the list , the terme of al thy lyf Kepe thyn honour , kepe eke myn estate

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

that bar lyf Saue oon the grene , he saw sittyng a wyf A foulere wyght , there may noman deuyse A geyn the knyght , this olde wyf gan aryse And seide , sire knyght , hereforthhere forthhere,forth ne

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

nat lyk a worm , go by the weye Remembre yow , myn owene lord so deere I was your wyf , though I vnworthy weere Wherfore , in gerdou of my maydenhede Which þt I broghte , and noght

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

wyf That for swich cas , birafte hir self hir lyf , How trewe eek was , to Alcebiades His loue , rather for to dyen chees Than for to suffre , his body vnburyed be Lo which a

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

helpe me so as wys This is to muche , and it were goddes wille Ye wyf quod he , lat slepen that is stille It may be wel , perauenture yet to day Ye shul your trouthe holden by

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

, and in distresse Than þt his wyf , were of hir trouthe fals The sorwe of Dorigen , he tolde hym als How looth hir was , to been a wikked wyf And þt she leuere had lost that

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

be no loue ne wyf I am thow woost yet of thy compaignye A mayde , and loue huntynge and venerye And for to walken , in the wodes wilde And noght to ben a wyf , and be wt

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

Allas the deeth , allas myn Emelye Allas , departynge of oure compaignye Allas myn hertes queene , allas my wyf , Myn hertes lady , endere of my lyf , What is this world , what asketh men to

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

happeth ofte so Of which ther cometh , muchel harm wo And so bifel , whan Phebus was absent His wyf anon , hath for hir lemman sent , Hir l&#275;man ; certes this is a knauyssh speche Foryeueth it