Prologue quotes Flashcards
(18 cards)
‘Flaundrissh…
…bever hat’
‘His bootes…
…clasped faire and fetisly’
‘Ther wiste…
…no wight that he was in dette’
‘Weping and wailing…
…care and oother sorwe’
‘She is a shrewe…
…at al’
‘In which he…
…lived in greet propseritee’
‘On wommen,…
…ther as was his appetit’
‘To take a wif…
…it is a glorious thing, and namely whan a man is oold and hoor’
‘For who kan be…
…so buxom as a wyf? Who is so trewe, and eek so entenif To kepe him, sik and hool, as is his make?’
‘And if thou take a wyf…
…unto thyn hoold, Ful lightly mystow been a cokewold’
‘Mariage is a ful…
…greet sacrement’
‘He which that hath no wyf,…
… I holde him shent; He liveth helplees and al desolat’
‘So buxom and so vertuous…
…is she, They moste nedes live in unitee’
‘How mighte a man…
…han any adversitee That hath a wyf?’
‘She seith nat ones…
…“nay”, whan he seith “ye”. “Do this”, seith he; “Al redy, sire” seith she’
‘Lo Judith…
…as the storie eek telle kan, By wis conseil she Goddes peple kepte, And slow him Olofernus, whil he slept’
‘Lo Abigail…
… by good conseil, how she Saved hir housbonde Nabal, whan that he Sholde han be slaine’
‘For which this Januarie…
…of whom I tolde, Considered hath, inwith his days olde, The lusty lyf, the vertuous quiete’
