| ALDAY............1 | |
| MerT 1598 For love is blynd alday, and may nat see. | 354 |
| ALDERFIRST.......1 | |
| MerT 1618 And alderfirst he bad hem alle a boone, | 374 |
| ALEYES...........1 | |
| MerT 2324 So longe aboute the aleyes is he goon, | 1080 |
| ALGATE...........1 | |
| MerT 2376 " Strugle? " quod he, " Ye, algate in it wente! | 1132 |
| ALLAS............12 | |
| MerT 1274 Where as thise bacheleris synge " allas, " | 30 |
| MerT 1757 And thoughte, " Allas! O tendre creature, | 512 |
| MerT 1828 And seyde thus, " Allas! I moot trespace | 584 |
| MerT 1869 I seye, " O sely Damyan, allas! | 624 |
| MerT 2069 Allas, this noble Januarie free, | 824 |
| MerT 2255 By cause, allas, that he is blynd and old, | 1010 |
| MerT 2329 Gan for to syke, and seyde, " Allas, my syde! | 1084 |
| MerT 2338 " Allas, " quod he, " that I ne had heer a knave | 1094 |
| MerT 2339 That koude clymbe! Allas, allas, " quod he, | 1094 |
| MerT 2339 That koude clymbe! Allas, allas, " quod he, | 1094 |
| MerT 2366 " Out! Help! Allas! Harrow! " he gan to crye, | 1122 |
| MerT 2389 Allas, " quod she, " that evere I was so kynde! " | 1144 |
| ALLE.............22 | |
| MerT 1312 Alle othere manere yiftes hardily, | 68 |
| MerT 1314 Or moebles -- alle been yiftes of Fortune | 70 |
| MerT 1440 In straunge hand, and this I telle yow alle. | 196 |
| MerT 1465 Myn herte and alle my lymes been as grene | 220 |
| MerT 1485 `Wirk alle thyng by conseil,' thus seyde he, | 240 |
| MerT 1509 Youre wordes alle and youre opinioun. | 264 |
| MerT 1548 And observances, of alle blisses bare. | 304 |
| MerT 1596 And leet alle othere from his herte goon, | 352 |
| MerT 1614 He wolde abregge hir labour, alle and some. | 370 |
| MerT 1618 And alderfirst he bad hem alle a boone, | 374 |
| MerT 1651 As alle wedded men doon with hire wyvys, | 406 |
| MerT 1749 Fulfild of alle beautee and plesaunce. | 504 |
| MerT 1787 God shilde us alle from youre aqueyntaunce! | 542 |
| MerT 1812 To eten hem alle he nas no thyng eschu. | 568 |
| MerT 1889 As custume is unto thise nobles alle. | 644 |
| MerT 1921 At after-mete ye with youre wommen alle, | 676 |
| MerT 1923 That alle ye go se this Damyan. | 678 |
| MerT 1933 With alle hir wommen unto Damyan. | 688 |
| MerT 1972 For alle thyng hath tyme, as seyn thise clerkes -- | 728 |
| MerT 2140 The wynter is goon with alle his reynes weete. | 896 |
| MerT 2248 But of wommen alle foond I noon.' | 1004 |
| MerT 2267 And alle wommen after, for hir sake, | 1022 |
| ALLEGGE..........1 | |
| MerT 1658 He wolde noon auctoritee allegge, | 414 |
| ALLONE...........2 | |
| MerT 1326 And saugh him al allone, bely-naked, | 82 |
| MerT 1561 To han his wyf allone. Trusteth me, | 316 |
| ALLYEN...........1 | |
| MerT 1414 Than I, and where me best were to allyen. | 170 |
| ALMOOST..........2 | |
| MerT 1401 And almoost, God woot, on my pittes brynke; | 156 |
| MerT 1776 Almoost he swelte and swowned ther he stood, | 532 |
| ALSO.............3 | |
| MerT 1371 Sholde han be slayn; and looke, Ester also | 126 |
| MerT 2189 As wel as ye, and also myn honour, | 944 |
| MerT 2285 Of many a verray, trewe wyf also. | 1040 |
| ALTERCACIOUN.....1 | |
| MerT 1473 As al day falleth altercacioun | 228 |
| ALWAY............1 | |
| MerT 2091 But if that he had hond on hire alway; | 846 |
| ALWEY............6 | |
| MerT 1361 Do alwey so as wommen wol thee rede. | 116 |
| MerT 1529 To whom I yeve my body for alwey. | 284 |
| MerT 1872 Telle thy wo? She wole alwey seye nay. | 628 |
| MerT 2037 That stood under a laurer alwey grene. | 792 |
| MerT 2046 He baar alwey of silver a clyket, | 802 |
| MerT 2055 But worldly joye may nat alwey dure | 810 |
| AM...............11 | |
| MerT 1400 He seyde, " Freendes, I am hoor and oold, | 156 |
| MerT 1456 But sires, by youre leve, that am nat I. | 212 |
| MerT 1644 That evere I am agast now in myn age | 400 |
| MerT 1760 I am agast ye shul it nat susteene. | 516 |
| MerT 1943 For I am deed if that this thyng be kyd. " | 698 |
| MerT 2202 I am a gentil womman and no wenche. | 958 |
| MerT 2305 I am a womman, nedes moot I speke, | 1060 |
| MerT 2315 I am a kyng; it sit me noght to lye. " | 1070 |
| MerT 2340 " For I am blynd! " " Ye, sire, no fors, " quod she; | 1096 |
| MerT 2351 I kan nat glose, I am a rude man -- | 1106 |
| MerT 2392 God helpe me so, as I am yvele apayd. | 1148 |
| AMENDED..........2 | |
| MerT 1404 Blessed be God that it shal been amended! | 160 |
| MerT 1606 Hym thoughte his choys myghte nat ben amended. | 362 |
| AMONG............1 | |
| MerT 2327 An heigh among the fresshe leves grene. | 1082 |
| AMONGES..........2 | |
| MerT 1523 Senek, amonges othere wordes wyse, | 278 |
| MerT 2028 Amonges othere of his honeste thynges, | 784 |
| AMOROUSLY........1 | |
| MerT 1680 And that ye plese hire nat to amorously, | 436 |
| AMPHIOUN.........1 | |
| MerT 1716 That Orpheus, ne of Thebes Amphioun, | 472 |
| AMYDDE...........1 | |
| MerT 2070 Amydde his lust and his prosperitee, | 826 |
| AN...............17 | |
| MerT 1260 That is bitwixe an housbonde and his wyf, | 16 |
| MerT 1272 On which he myghte engendren hym an heir, | 28 |
| MerT 1307 This sentence, and an hundred thynges worse, | 62 |
| MerT 1328 " Lat us now make an helpe unto this man | 84 |
| MerT 1376 As seith Senek, above an humble wyf. | 132 |
| MerT 1513 And trewely, it is an heigh corage | 268 |
| MerT 1564 A wyf axeth ful many an observaunce. | 320 |
| MerT 1673 Swifter than dooth an arwe out of a bowe. | 428 |
| MerT 1744 Queene Ester looked nevere with swich an ye | 500 |
| MerT 1990 That hath an herte as hard as any stoon, | 746 |
| MerT 1994 And rekke nat to been an homycide. | 750 |
| MerT 2103 That hadde an hand upon hire everemo. | 858 |
| MerT 2111 Lo, Argus, which that hadde an hondred yen, | 866 |
| MerT 2115 Passe over is an ese, I sey namoore. | 870 |
| MerT 2298 He was a lecchour and an ydolastre, | 1054 |
| MerT 2327 An heigh among the fresshe leves grene. | 1082 |
| MerT 2336 May han to fruyt so greet an appetit | 1092 |
| AND..............366 | |
| MerT 1248 And sixty yeer a wyflees man was hee, | 4 |
| MerT 1249 And folwed ay his bodily delyt | 4 |
| MerT 1252 And whan that he was passed sixty yeer, | 8 |
| MerT 1256 That day and nyght he dooth al that he kan | 12 |
| MerT 1260 That is bitwixe an housbonde and his wyf, | 16 |
| MerT 1261 And for to lyve under that hooly boond | 16 |
| MerT 1262 With which that first God man and womman bond. | 18 |
| MerT 1264 For wedlok is so esy and so clene, | 20 |
| MerT 1267 And certeinly, as sooth as God is kyng, | 22 |
| MerT 1269 And namely whan a man is oold and hoor; | 24 |
| MerT 1269 And namely whan a man is oold and hoor; | 24 |
| MerT 1271 Thanne sholde he take a yong wyf and a feir, | 26 |
| MerT 1273 And lede his lyf in joye and in solas, | 28 |
| MerT 1273 And lede his lyf in joye and in solas, | 28 |
| MerT 1277 And trewely it sit wel to be so, | 32 |
| MerT 1278 That bacheleris have often peyne and wo; | 34 |
| MerT 1279 On brotel ground they buylde, and brotelnesse | 34 |
| MerT 1282 In libertee and under noon arreest, | 38 |
| MerT 1284 Lyveth a lyf blisful and ordinaat | 40 |
| MerT 1286 Wel may his herte in joy and blisse habounde, | 42 |
| MerT 1288 Who is so trewe, and eek so ententyf | 44 |
| MerT 1289 To kepe hym, syk and hool, as is his make? | 44 |
| MerT 1291 She nys nat wery hym to love and serve, | 46 |
| MerT 1293 And yet somme clerkes seyn it nys nat so, | 48 |
| MerT 1301 And if thou be syk, so God me save, | 56 |
| MerT 1304 After thy good and hath doon many a day. | 60 |
| MerT 1305 And if thou take a wyf unto thyn hoold | 60 |
| MerT 1307 This sentence, and an hundred thynges worse, | 62 |
| MerT 1310 Deffie Theofraste, and herke me. | 66 |
| MerT 1317 A wyf wol laste, and in thyn hous endure, | 72 |
| MerT 1321 He lyveth helplees and al desolat -- | 76 |
| MerT 1323 And herke why -- I sey nat this for noght -- | 78 |
| MerT 1326 And saugh him al allone, bely-naked, | 82 |
| MerT 1329 Lyk to hymself " ; and thanne he made him Eve. | 84 |
| MerT 1330 Heere may ye se, and heerby may ye preve, | 86 |
| MerT 1331 That wyf is mannes helpe and his confort, | 86 |
| MerT 1332 His paradys terrestre, and his disport. | 88 |
| MerT 1333 So buxom and so vertuous is she, | 88 |
| MerT 1335 O flessh they been, and o fleesh, as I gesse, | 90 |
| MerT 1336 Hath but oon herte, in wele and in distresse. | 92 |
| MerT 1343 She kepeth his good, and wasteth never a deel; | 98 |
| MerT 1348 Thou art so murye, and eek so vertuous, | 104 |
| MerT 1349 And so commended and appreved eek | 104 |
| MerT 1349 And so commended and appreved eek | 104 |
| MerT 1359 They been so trewe and therwithal so wyse; | 114 |
| MerT 1368 And slow hym Olofernus, whil he slepte. | 124 |
| MerT 1371 Sholde han be slayn; and looke, Ester also | 126 |
| MerT 1373 The peple of God, and made hym Mardochee | 128 |
| MerT 1378 She shal comande, and thou shalt suffren it, | 134 |
| MerT 1379 And yet she wole obeye of curteisye. | 134 |
| MerT 1381 Wel may the sike man biwaille and wepe, | 136 |
| MerT 1387 He fostreth it, and therfore bidde I thee | 142 |
| MerT 1389 Housbonde and wyf, what so men jape or pleye, | 144 |
| MerT 1392 And namely upon the wyves syde. | 148 |
| MerT 1397 And for his freendes on a day he sente, | 152 |
| MerT 1400 He seyde, " Freendes, I am hoor and oold, | 156 |
| MerT 1401 And almoost, God woot, on my pittes brynke; | 156 |
| MerT 1406 And that anoon in al the haste I kan. | 162 |
| MerT 1407 Unto som mayde fair and tendre of age, | 162 |
| MerT 1410 And I wol fonde t' espien, on my syde, | 166 |
| MerT 1414 Than I, and where me best were to allyen. | 170 |
| MerT 1418 Oold fissh and yong flessh wolde I have fayn. | 174 |
| MerT 1420 And bet than old boef is the tendre veel. | 176 |
| MerT 1422 It is but bene-straw and greet forage. | 178 |
| MerT 1423 And eek thise olde wydwes, God it woot, | 178 |
| MerT 1436 And go streight to the devel whan I dye. | 192 |
| MerT 1440 In straunge hand, and this I telle yow alle. | 196 |
| MerT 1442 Men sholde wedde, and forthermoore woot I | 198 |
| MerT 1450 And nat oonly for paramour or love; | 206 |
| MerT 1451 And for they sholde leccherye eschue, | 206 |
| MerT 1452 And yelde hir dette whan that it is due; | 208 |
| MerT 1455 And lyve in chastitee ful holily. | 210 |
| MerT 1458 I feele my lymes stark and suffisaunt | 214 |
| MerT 1463 And blosmy tree nys neither drye ne deed. | 218 |
| MerT 1465 Myn herte and alle my lymes been as grene | 220 |
| MerT 1467 And syn that ye han herd al myn entente, | 222 |
| MerT 1488 Myn owene deere brother and my lord, | 244 |
| MerT 1493 And God it woot, though I unworthy be, | 248 |
| MerT 1499 What that he seith, I holde it ferme and stable; | 254 |
| MerT 1507 So heigh sentence, so holily and weel, | 262 |
| MerT 1508 That I consente and conferme everydeel | 264 |
| MerT 1509 Youre wordes alle and youre opinioun. | 264 |
| MerT 1513 And trewely, it is an heigh corage | 268 |
| MerT 1519 Justinus, that ay stille sat and herde, | 274 |
| MerT 1522 Syn ye han seyd, and herkneth what I seye. | 278 |
| MerT 1526 And syn I oghte avyse me right wel | 282 |
| MerT 1543 And al this axeth leyser for t' enquere. | 298 |
| MerT 1547 Certein I fynde in it but cost and care | 302 |
| MerT 1548 And observances, of alle blisses bare. | 304 |
| MerT 1549 And yet, God woot, my neighebores aboute, | 304 |
| MerT 1550 And namely of wommen many a route, | 306 |
| MerT 1552 And eek the mekeste oon that bereth lyf; | 308 |
| MerT 1557 And namely with a yong wyf and a fair. | 312 |
| MerT 1557 And namely with a yong wyf and a fair. | 312 |
| MerT 1558 By hym that made water, erthe, and air, | 314 |
| MerT 1566 " Wel, " quod this Januarie, " and hastow ysayd? | 322 |
| MerT 1567 Straw for thy Senek, and for thy proverbes! | 322 |
| MerT 1574 And with that word they rysen sodeynly, | 330 |
| MerT 1575 And been assented fully that he sholde | 330 |
| MerT 1576 Be wedded whanne hym liste and where he wolde. | 332 |
| MerT 1577 Heigh fantasye and curious bisynesse | 332 |
| MerT 1580 Many fair shap and many a fair visage | 336 |
| MerT 1583 And sette it in a commune market-place, | 338 |
| MerT 1585 By his mirour; and in the same wyse | 340 |
| MerT 1591 For hire sadnesse and hire benyngnytee | 346 |
| MerT 1593 And somme were riche and hadden badde name. | 348 |
| MerT 1593 And somme were riche and hadden badde name. | 348 |
| MerT 1594 But nathelees, bitwixe ernest and game, | 350 |
| MerT 1596 And leet alle othere from his herte goon, | 352 |
| MerT 1597 And chees hire of his owene auctoritee; | 352 |
| MerT 1598 For love is blynd alday, and may nat see. | 354 |
| MerT 1599 And whan that he was in his bed ybroght, | 354 |
| MerT 1600 He purtreyed in his herte and in his thoght | 356 |
| MerT 1601 Hir fresshe beautee and hir age tendre, | 356 |
| MerT 1602 Hir myddel smal, hire armes longe and sklendre, | 358 |
| MerT 1604 Hir wommanly berynge, and hire sadnesse. | 360 |
| MerT 1605 And whan that he on hire was condescended, | 360 |
| MerT 1612 And preyed hem to doon hym that plesaunce, | 368 |
| MerT 1614 He wolde abregge hir labour, alle and some. | 370 |
| MerT 1617 Placebo cam, and eek his freendes soone, | 372 |
| MerT 1618 And alderfirst he bad hem alle a boone, | 374 |
| MerT 1622 And verray ground of his prosperitee. | 378 |
| MerT 1626 Suffiseth hym hir yowthe and hir beautee. | 382 |
| MerT 1628 To lede in ese and hoolynesse his lyf; | 384 |
| MerT 1629 And thanked God that he myghte han hire al, | 384 |
| MerT 1631 And preyed hem to laboure in this nede, | 386 |
| MerT 1632 And shapen that he faille nat to spede; | 388 |
| MerT 1639 This is to seye, in erthe and eek in hevene. | 394 |
| MerT 1641 And eek from every branche of thilke tree, | 396 |
| MerT 1643 And so greet ese and lust in mariage | 398 |
| MerT 1643 And so greet ese and lust in mariage | 398 |
| MerT 1646 So delicat, withouten wo and stryf, | 402 |
| MerT 1649 With tribulacion and greet penaunce, | 404 |
| MerT 1653 This is my drede, and ye, my bretheren tweye, | 408 |
| MerT 1657 And for he wolde his longe tale abregge, | 412 |
| MerT 1661 And of his mercy may so for yow wirche | 416 |
| MerT 1665 And elles, God forbede but he sente | 420 |
| MerT 1668 And therfore, sire -- the beste reed I kan -- | 424 |
| MerT 1671 She may be Goddes meene and Goddes whippe; | 426 |
| MerT 1678 So that ye use, as skile is and reson, | 434 |
| MerT 1680 And that ye plese hire nat to amorously, | 436 |
| MerT 1681 And that ye kepe yow eek from oother synne. | 436 |
| MerT 1689 And with this word this Justyn and his brother | 444 |
| MerT 1689 And with this word this Justyn and his brother | 444 |
| MerT 1690 Han take hir leve, and ech of hem of oother. | 446 |
| MerT 1692 They wroghten so, by sly and wys tretee, | 448 |
| MerT 1697 If I yow tolde of every scrit and bond | 452 |
| MerT 1704 And bad hire be lyk Sarra and Rebekke | 460 |
| MerT 1704 And bad hire be lyk Sarra and Rebekke | 460 |
| MerT 1705 In wysdom and in trouthe of mariage; | 460 |
| MerT 1706 And seyde his orisons, as is usage, | 462 |
| MerT 1707 And croucheth hem, and bad God sholde hem blesse, | 462 |
| MerT 1707 And croucheth hem, and bad God sholde hem blesse, | 462 |
| MerT 1708 And made al siker ynogh with hoolynesse. | 464 |
| MerT 1710 And at the feeste sitteth he and she | 466 |
| MerT 1710 And at the feeste sitteth he and she | 466 |
| MerT 1712 Al ful of joye and blisse is the paleys, | 468 |
| MerT 1713 And ful of instrumentz and of vitaille, | 468 |
| MerT 1713 And ful of instrumentz and of vitaille, | 468 |
| MerT 1723 And Venus laugheth upon every wight, | 478 |
| MerT 1725 And wolde bothe assayen his corage | 480 |
| MerT 1726 In libertee, and eek in mariage; | 482 |
| MerT 1727 And with hire fyrbrond in hire hand aboute | 482 |
| MerT 1728 Daunceth biforn the bryde and al the route. | 484 |
| MerT 1729 And certeinly, I dar right wel seyn this, | 484 |
| MerT 1734 Of hire Philologie and hym Mercurie, | 490 |
| MerT 1735 And of the songes that the Muses songe! | 490 |
| MerT 1736 To smal is bothe thy penne, and eek thy tonge, | 492 |
| MerT 1749 Fulfild of alle beautee and plesaunce. | 504 |
| MerT 1757 And thoughte, " Allas! O tendre creature, | 512 |
| MerT 1759 Al my corage, it is so sharp and keene! | 514 |
| MerT 1763 And that the nyght wolde lasten everemo. | 518 |
| MerT 1765 And finally he dooth al his labour, | 520 |
| MerT 1769 And after that men daunce and drynken faste, | 524 |
| MerT 1769 And after that men daunce and drynken faste, | 524 |
| MerT 1770 And spices al aboute the hous they caste, | 526 |
| MerT 1771 And ful of joye and blisse is every man -- | 526 |
| MerT 1771 And ful of joye and blisse is every man -- | 526 |
| MerT 1776 Almoost he swelte and swowned ther he stood, | 532 |
| MerT 1779 And to his bed he wente hym hastily. | 534 |
| MerT 1781 But there I lete hym wepe ynogh and pleyne | 536 |
| MerT 1790 Thyn owene squier and thy borne man, | 546 |
| MerT 1798 Night with his mantel, that is derk and rude, | 554 |
| MerT 1804 And whan they sye hir tyme, goon to reste. | 560 |
| MerT 1807 He drynketh ypocras, clarree, and vernage | 562 |
| MerT 1809 And many a letuarie hath he ful fyn, | 564 |
| MerT 1813 And to his privee freendes thus seyde he: | 568 |
| MerT 1816 And they han doon right as he wol devyse. | 572 |
| MerT 1817 Men drynken and the travers drawe anon. | 572 |
| MerT 1819 And whan the bed was with the preest yblessed, | 574 |
| MerT 1821 And Januarie hath faste in armes take | 576 |
| MerT 1828 And seyde thus, " Allas! I moot trespace | 584 |
| MerT 1829 To yow, my spouse, and yow greetly offende | 584 |
| MerT 1833 That may bothe werke wel and hastily; | 588 |
| MerT 1837 And blessed be the yok that we been inne, | 592 |
| MerT 1843 And thanne he taketh a sop in fyn clarree, | 598 |
| MerT 1844 And upright in his bed thanne sitteth he, | 600 |
| MerT 1845 And after that he sang ful loude and cleere, | 600 |
| MerT 1845 And after that he sang ful loude and cleere, | 600 |
| MerT 1846 And kiste his wyf, and made wantown cheere. | 602 |
| MerT 1846 And kiste his wyf, and made wantown cheere. | 602 |
| MerT 1848 And ful of jargon as a flekked pye. | 604 |
| MerT 1850 Whil that he sang, so chaunteth he and craketh. | 606 |
| MerT 1853 In his nyght-cappe, and with his nekke lene; | 608 |
| MerT 1857 And doun he leyde his heed and sleep til pryme. | 612 |
| MerT 1857 And doun he leyde his heed and sleep til pryme. | 612 |
| MerT 1858 And afterward, whan that he saugh his tyme, | 614 |
| MerT 1880 And in a lettre wroot he al his sorwe, | 636 |
| MerT 1883 And in a purs of sylk heng on his sherte | 638 |
| MerT 1884 He hath it put, and leyde it at his herte. | 640 |
| MerT 1895 In halle sit this Januarie and May, | 650 |
| MerT 1897 And so bifel how that this goode man | 652 |
| MerT 1899 And seyde, " Seynte Marie! how may this be, | 654 |
| MerT 1908 If that he deyde, it were harm and routhe. | 664 |
| MerT 1909 He is as wys, discreet, and as secree | 664 |
| MerT 1911 And therto manly, and eek servysable, | 666 |
| MerT 1911 And therto manly, and eek servysable, | 666 |
| MerT 1912 And for to been a thrifty man right able. | 668 |
| MerT 1914 I wol myself visite hym, and eek May, | 670 |
| MerT 1916 And for that word hym blessed every man, | 672 |
| MerT 1917 That of his bountee and his gentillesse | 672 |
| MerT 1925 And telleth hym that I wol hym visite, | 680 |
| MerT 1927 And spede yow faste, for I wole abyde | 682 |
| MerT 1929 And with that word he gan to hym to calle | 684 |
| MerT 1931 And tolde hym certeyn thynges, what he wolde. | 686 |
| MerT 1937 In secree wise his purs and eek his bille, | 692 |
| MerT 1940 Save that he siketh wonder depe and soore, | 696 |
| MerT 1941 And softely to hire right thus seyde he: | 696 |
| MerT 1942 " Mercy! And that ye nat discovere me, | 698 |
| MerT 1945 And wente hire wey; ye gete namoore of me. | 700 |
| MerT 1948 He taketh hire, and kisseth hire ful ofte, | 704 |
| MerT 1949 And leyde hym doun to slepe, and that anon. | 704 |
| MerT 1949 And leyde hym doun to slepe, and that anon. | 704 |
| MerT 1952 And whan she of this bille hath taken heede, | 708 |
| MerT 1954 And in the pryvee softely it caste. | 710 |
| MerT 1961 And she obeyeth, be hire lief or looth. | 716 |
| MerT 1966 Til evensong rong and that they moste aryse. | 722 |
| MerT 1993 And hem rejoysen in hire crueel pryde, | 748 |
| MerT 1994 And rekke nat to been an homycide. | 750 |
| MerT 1998 Ther lakketh noght oonly but day and place | 754 |
| MerT 2001 And whan she saugh hir tyme, upon a day | 756 |
| MerT 2003 And sotilly this lettre doun she threste | 758 |
| MerT 2005 She taketh hym by the hand and harde hym twiste | 760 |
| MerT 2007 And bad hym been al hool, and forth she wente | 762 |
| MerT 2007 And bad hym been al hool, and forth she wente | 762 |
| MerT 2010 Al passed was his siknesse and his sorwe. | 766 |
| MerT 2011 He kembeth hym, he preyneth hym and pyketh, | 766 |
| MerT 2012 He dooth al that his lady lust and lyketh, | 768 |
| MerT 2013 And eek to Januarie he gooth as lowe | 768 |
| MerT 2018 And fully in his lady grace he stood. | 774 |
| MerT 2020 And in my tale forth I wol procede. | 776 |
| MerT 2022 Stant in delit, and therfore certeyn he, | 778 |
| MerT 2036 The beautee of the gardyn and the welle | 792 |
| MerT 2038 Ful ofte tyme he Pluto and his queene, | 794 |
| MerT 2039 Proserpina, and al hire fayerye, | 794 |
| MerT 2040 Disporten hem and maken melodye | 796 |
| MerT 2041 Aboute that welle, and daunced, as men tolde. | 796 |
| MerT 2043 Swich deyntee hath in it to walke and pleye, | 798 |
| MerT 2048 And whan he wolde paye his wyf hir dette | 804 |
| MerT 2050 And May his wyf, and no wight but they two; | 806 |
| MerT 2050 And May his wyf, and no wight but they two; | 806 |
| MerT 2051 And thynges whiche that were nat doon abedde, | 806 |
| MerT 2052 He in the gardyn parfourned hem and spedde. | 808 |
| MerT 2053 And in this wyse, many a murye day, | 808 |
| MerT 2054 Lyved this Januarie and fresshe May. | 810 |
| MerT 2064 That thou deceyvest bothe moore and lesse! | 820 |
| MerT 2067 And now thou hast biraft hym bothe his yen, | 822 |
| MerT 2070 Amydde his lust and his prosperitee, | 826 |
| MerT 2071 Is woxen blynd, and that al sodeynly. | 826 |
| MerT 2072 He wepeth and he wayleth pitously; | 828 |
| MerT 2073 And therwithal the fyr of jalousie, | 828 |
| MerT 2076 That som man bothe hire and hym had slayn. | 832 |
| MerT 2104 But nathelees, by writyng to and fro | 860 |
| MerT 2105 And privee signes wiste he what she mente, | 860 |
| MerT 2106 And she knew eek the fyn of his entente. | 862 |
| MerT 2113 Yet was he blent, and, God woot, so been mo | 868 |
| MerT 2120 And Damyan, that knew al hire entente, | 876 |
| MerT 2126 What sleighte is it, thogh it be long and hoot, | 882 |
| MerT 2128 By Piramus and Tesbee may men leere; | 884 |
| MerT 2136 In his gardyn, and no wight but they tweye, | 892 |
| MerT 2147 Com forth, and lat us taken oure disport; | 902 |
| MerT 2148 I chees thee for my wyf and my confort. " | 904 |
| MerT 2153 And in he stirte, and that in swich manere | 908 |
| MerT 2153 And in he stirte, and that in swich manere | 908 |
| MerT 2155 And stille he sit under a bussh anon. | 910 |
| MerT 2157 With Mayus in his hand, and no wight mo, | 912 |
| MerT 2159 And clapte to the wyket sodeynly. | 914 |
| MerT 2160 " Now wyf, " quod he, " heere nys but thou and I, | 916 |
| MerT 2168 And though that I be oold and may nat see, | 924 |
| MerT 2168 And though that I be oold and may nat see, | 924 |
| MerT 2169 Beth to me trewe, and I wol telle yow why. | 924 |
| MerT 2171 First, love of Crist, and to youreself honour, | 926 |
| MerT 2172 And al myn heritage, toun and tour; | 928 |
| MerT 2172 And al myn heritage, toun and tour; | 928 |
| MerT 2177 And though that I be jalous, wyte me noght. | 932 |
| MerT 2180 And therwithal the unlikly elde of me, | 936 |
| MerT 2184 Now kys me, wyf, and lat us rome aboute. " | 940 |
| MerT 2187 But first and forward she bigan to wepe. | 942 |
| MerT 2189 As wel as ye, and also myn honour, | 944 |
| MerT 2190 And of my wyfhod thilke tendre flour, | 946 |
| MerT 2199 That I be fals; and if I do that lak, | 954 |
| MerT 2200 Do strepe me and put me in a sak, | 956 |
| MerT 2201 And in the nexte ryver do me drenche. | 956 |
| MerT 2202 I am a gentil womman and no wenche. | 958 |
| MerT 2204 And wommen have repreve of yow ay newe. | 960 |
| MerT 2206 But speke to us of untrust and repreeve. " | 962 |
| MerT 2207 And with that word she saugh wher Damyan | 962 |
| MerT 2208 Sat in the bussh, and coughen she bigan, | 964 |
| MerT 2209 And with hir fynger signes made she | 964 |
| MerT 2211 That charged was with fruyt, and up he wente. | 966 |
| MerT 2213 And every signe that she koude make, | 968 |
| MerT 2217 And thus I lete hym sitte upon the pyrie, | 972 |
| MerT 2218 And Januarie and May romynge myrie. | 974 |
| MerT 2218 And Januarie and May romynge myrie. | 974 |
| MerT 2219 Bright was the day, and blew the firmament; | 974 |
| MerT 2225 And so bifel, that brighte morwe-tyde | 980 |
| MerT 2228 And many a lady in his compaignye, | 984 |
| MerT 2235 Upon a bench of turves, fressh and grene, | 990 |
| MerT 2236 And right anon thus seyde he to his queene: | 992 |
| MerT 2241 Notable of youre untrouthe and brotilnesse. | 996 |
| MerT 2242 O Salomon, wys, and richest of richesse, | 998 |
| MerT 2243 Fulfild of sapience and of worldly glorie, | 998 |
| MerT 2245 To every wight that wit and reson kan. | 1000 |
| MerT 2250 And Jhesus, filius Syrak, as I gesse, | 1006 |
| MerT 2252 A wylde fyr and corrupt pestilence | 1008 |
| MerT 2255 By cause, allas, that he is blynd and old, | 1010 |
| MerT 2263 Bothe in repreve of hire and othere mo. " | 1018 |
| MerT 2267 And alle wommen after, for hir sake, | 1022 |
| MerT 2270 And bere hem doun that wolden hem accuse. | 1026 |
| MerT 2274 And wepe, and swere, and chyde subtilly, | 1030 |
| MerT 2274 And wepe, and swere, and chyde subtilly, | 1030 |
| MerT 2274 And wepe, and swere, and chyde subtilly, | 1030 |
| MerT 2281 Wommen ful trewe, ful goode, and vertuous. | 1036 |
| MerT 2294 What though he were riche and glorious? | 1050 |
| MerT 2298 He was a lecchour and an ydolastre, | 1054 |
| MerT 2299 And in his elde he verray God forsook; | 1054 |
| MerT 2300 And if God ne hadde, as seith the book, | 1056 |
| MerT 2316 " And I, " quod she, " a queene of Fayerye! | 1072 |
| MerT 2323 " Yow love I best, and shal, and oother noon. " | 1078 |
| MerT 2323 " Yow love I best, and shal, and oother noon. " | 1078 |
| MerT 2328 This fresshe May, that is so bright and sheene, | 1084 |
| MerT 2329 Gan for to syke, and seyde, " Allas, my syde! | 1084 |
| MerT 2348 He stoupeth doun, and on his bak she stood, | 1104 |
| MerT 2349 And caughte hire by a twiste, and up she gooth -- | 1104 |
| MerT 2349 And caughte hire by a twiste, and up she gooth -- | 1104 |
| MerT 2352 And sodeynly anon this Damyan | 1108 |
| MerT 2353 Gan pullen up the smok, and in he throng. | 1108 |
| MerT 2354 And whan that Pluto saugh this grete wrong, | 1110 |
| MerT 2356 And made hym se as wel as evere he myghte. | 1112 |
| MerT 2357 And whan that he hadde caught his sighte agayn, | 1112 |
| MerT 2361 And saugh that Damyan his wyf had dressed | 1116 |
| MerT 2364 And up he yaf a roryng and a cry, | 1120 |
| MerT 2364 And up he yaf a roryng and a cry, | 1120 |
| MerT 2368 And she answerde, " Sire, what eyleth yow? | 1124 |
| MerT 2369 Have pacience and resoun in youre mynde. | 1124 |
| MerT 2379 And elles be I hanged by the hals! " | 1134 |
| MerT 2383 Ye han som glymsyng, and no parfit sighte. " | 1138 |
| MerT 2386 And by my trouthe, me thoughte he dide thee so. " | 1142 |
| MerT 2391 Com doun, my lief, and if I have myssayd, | 1146 |
| MerT 2395 And that thy smok hadde leyn upon his brest. " | 1150 |
| MerT 2409 And it is al another than it semeth. | 1164 |
| MerT 2411 And with that word she leep doun fro the tree. | 1166 |
| MerT 2413 He kisseth hire and clippeth hire ful ofte, | 1168 |
| MerT 2414 And on hire wombe he stroketh hire ful softe, | 1170 |
| MerT 2415 And to his palays hoom he hath hire lad. | 1170 |
| MerT 2418 God blesse us, and his mooder Seinte Marie! | 1174 |