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Prologue Flashcards

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And alle were…

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…Worthy men in hir degree

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Yet herde I never…

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…tellen in myn age upon this nombre definicioun

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God bad…

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…us for to wexe and multiplye

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But of no nombre…

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…mencioun made he of bigamye or octogamye

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To speke…

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…of wo that is in marriage

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Welcome the…

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…sixte whan that ever he shall

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Abraham and Jacob: And each of hem…

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…hadde wyves mo than two; and many another holy men also

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Men may conseille…

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…a womman to be oon, but conseilling is no comandement

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For hadde God…

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…commanded maydenhede, than hadde he dampned wedding with the dede

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And certes if ther were no…

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…seed y-sowe, Virginitee, wher of than sholde it growe?

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I wol bistowe the…

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…flour of al myn age in the actes and in fruit of marriage

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A lord in his houshold, he hath nat every vessel…

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…al of gold; Somme been of tree, and doon hir Lord servyse

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Crist: he spoke to hem that wolde live parfitly…

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…and lordinges, by your leve, that am nat I

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Trusteth right wel, …

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…they were nat maad for noght

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That they were makes for purgacioun…

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…of urine, and our bothe things smale were eek to knowe a female from a male and for noon other cause

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They maked been for bothe…

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…this is to seye for ese and of engendrure

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Lat ham be breed of…

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…pured whete-seed, and lat us wyves hoten barly breed

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In wyfhode I wol use myn…

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…instrument as frely as my maker hath it sent

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Whan that hym…

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…list com forth and paye his dette

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Which shal…

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…be both my dettour and my thral

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I have the power duryng…

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…al my lyf upon his propre body and noght he

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Pardoner: and teche us yonge men…

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…of your praktike

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As three of hem…

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…were gode and two were badde

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I laughe whan I thynk…

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…how pitously a night I made hem swynke

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The three men…

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…were gode, and riche and olde

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They had me yeven hir gold and hir treat; me neded…

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…nat do lenger dilligence to winne hir love and doon hem reverence

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A wys womman wol sette hir ever in oon…

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…to get hir love, ther as she hath noon

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But sith I hadde hem hoolly in myn honde, and sith they hadde me yeven all hir lond…

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…what sholde I taken hede hem for to plead, but it were for myn profit and myn ese?

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I governed…

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…hem so wel

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30
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Thus shul ye speke…

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…and bere hem wrong on honde

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For half so boldely…

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…kan ther no man, swere and lyen as a womman kan

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A wys wyf of that she can hir good…

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…shal beren him on hond the cow is wood

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She is honoured over al ther she goth;…

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…I sitte at hoom, I have no thrifty cloth

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Thou seist to me, it is a greet mischief…

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…to wedde a povre womman, for costage

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And if that she be rich, of heigh parage…

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…than seistow that it is tormentyre to suffre hir pryde and hir melancolye

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And if that she be fair, thou verray knave, thou seyst that every holour…

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…wol hir have; she may no whyle in chastitee abide, that is assailled upon ech syde

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Thou seyst, some folk desyre is for richesse…

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…Somme for our shap, and somme for our fairness

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And if that she be foul, thou seist that she coveiteth every man that she may se…

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…foe as a spanyel she wol on him lepe, til that she finde som man hir to chepe

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Thou seyst we wyves wol our vyces hyde…

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…til we be fast and then we wol hem shewe

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Thou seist also, that it displeseth me…

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…but if that they wolt preysee my beautee

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Why hydestow, with sorwe, the keyes…

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…of thy cheste awey fro me? It is thy good as wel as myn

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Thou shalt nat bothe…

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… Be maister of my body and of my good

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Ptolemy: of alle man his wisdom is the hyeste…

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…that rekketh never who hath the world in hende

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Thou seyst also that if we make us gay with clothing…

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…and with precious array, that it is peril of our chastitee

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St Paul, Apostle: ye women shul apparaille yow…

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…and noght to tressed heer and gay peree, as perles, ne with gold, ne clothes riche

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If the cattes skin be slyk and gay…

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…she wol nat dwelle in house half a day

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Thou lykenest wommanes love…

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…to hell, to bareyne lond, ther water may nat dwell

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Thou lykenst it also to wyld fyre…

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…the moore it brenneth, the moore it hath desir to consum every day thing that brent wol be

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Thou seyst that right as wormes…

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…shende a tree, right so a wyf destroyeth hir housbande

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Thus they seyden in hir drokenesse…

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…and al was fals

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For as an hors…

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…I koude byte and whyne

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Who-so that first to mille comth, first grint…

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…I pleyned first so was our werre y-stint

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Deceive, weping, spinning…

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…God hath yive to wommen kindely

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Atte ende I hadde the bettre in ech degree, by sleighte, or force…

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…or by som maner thing, as by continuel murmer or grucching

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Namely abedde hadden they meschaunce…

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…ther I wolde chide and do hem no plesaunce; I wolde no lenger in the bed abyde

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Til he maad…

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…his raunson unto me

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Winne who-so may…

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…for al is to selle

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Whan that it remembreth me upon my yowth…

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…and on my jolitee it tikleth me aboute myn herte roote

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Unto this day it dooth myn herte…

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…bote that I have had my world as in my tyme

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But age, allas! That al wol envenyme…

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…hath biraft my beautee and my pith

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The flour is goon, there is na-more to telle…

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…the bren, as best I can, now moste I selle

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I made him of the…

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…same wode a croce

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That in his owene grece…

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…I made hym freye

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In erthe I was…

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…his Purgatorie

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In many wyse, how sore…

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…I made him twiste

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It nis but was to burie…

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…him preciously

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That fele I on my ribs…

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…al by rewe

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That thogh he had me bet on every boon…

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…he could winne agayn my love anoon

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Was of his love…

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…daungerous to me

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Wayte what thing we may nat lightly have…

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…ther-after wol we crye al day and crave

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Forbede us thing…

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…and that desiren we

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Prees on us faste…

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…and thanne wol we flee

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This knoweth every…

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…woman that is wys

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Which that I took for…

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…love and no richesse

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I holde a mouses herte nat worth a leek, that hath but oon hole…

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…for to sterte to, and if that faille, than all is y’do

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Me thought he hadde a paire of…

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…legge, and of feer so clene and faire

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Venus me yaf my lust, my likerousnesse…

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…and Mars yaf me my sturdy hardiness

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And to him yaf I al the lond…

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…and fee, that ever was me yeven ther-bifore

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Simplicus Gallis: lefte his wyf, and hir sook for terme of al his lyf…

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…noght but for open-heeded he hir say lokinge out his dore upon a day

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Another Romayn tolde he by name, that, for his wyf was at…

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…a sommres game without-oute his witing, he for sook hir eke

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I hate him that…

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…my vices telleth me

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To reden on his book…

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…of wyked wyves

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It is impossible that any clerk wol…

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…Speke good of wyves

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Who peynted…

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…the leon, tel me who?

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If wommen hadde written stories…

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…they wolde han written men moore wikkednesse

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Of Eva first, that, for hir wikkedness…

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…was al mankynde broght to wrecchednesse

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Sampson lost…

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…his heres, slepinge

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Of Hercules and of his Dianyne…

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…that caused him to sette himself a-fyre

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Of Clitemistra, for hir lecherye…

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…that falesly made hir housband for to dye

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Eriphilem, that for an ouch of gold hath prively…

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…unto the Grekes told wher that hir housbande hidde him in a place

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Lyma and Lucye: they bothe made hir…

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…housbande a for to dye

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He knew of mo proverbes…

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…than in this world ther growen gras or herbes

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Thyn habitacioun be with a leoun or a foul dragon…

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…than with a womman usinge for to chide

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Hye in the roof abyde than…

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…with an angry wyf doun in the hous

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A fair womman, but she be chaast also, is lyk…

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…a gold ring in a sowes nose

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And some han drive…

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…nayles in hir brayn whyl that they slepe

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Somme han hem yeve…

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…poysoun in hir drinke

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Three leves…

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…have I phlight out of his book

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I with my fist so…

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…took him on the cheke, that in our fyr he fal backward

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And with this he smoot me on…

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…the heed, that in the floor I lay as I were deed

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I hitte hym…

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…on the cheke

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But atte lasts, with muchel…

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…care and wo, we fille acorded by us selven two

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He yaf me al the brydel in myn hond…

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…to han the governance of hous and lond and of his tongue

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Do as thee lust in the terme of al thy lyf…

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…keep thyn honour and keep eek myn estaat

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After that day…

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…we hadden never debaat

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I was to him as kinde…

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…as any wyf from Denmark to Inde

107
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And also trewe…

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…and so was he to me

108
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A flye and eek a frere…

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…wol falle in every dish and eek matere

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They loved me so wel…

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…by God above, that I ne tolde no deyntee of hir love

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Experience…

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…though noon auctoritee

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I laughe whan I thynke…

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…how pitously a nyght I made hem swynke

112
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I hadde hem…

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…hoolly in myn hond

113
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What sholde I taken keep hem…

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…for to plese, but it were for my profit and myn ese

114
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I chidde hem…

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…spitiously

115
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Thus shulde ye Speke…

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…and bere hem wrong on honde

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Lat hem be breed of pured…

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…whete-seed and let us wyves hoten barly-breed

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With empty hand…

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…men may none haukes lure

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