| ALDAY............1 | |
| ShipT 21 For which he hadde alday so greet repair | 20 |
| ALENGE...........1 | |
| ShipT 222 Shal fasting al this day alenge goon? | 222 |
| ALGATE...........2 | |
| ShipT 11 The sely housbonde, algate he moot paye, | 10 |
| ShipT 374 As she was wont of oold usage algate, | 374 |
| ALLAS............1 | |
| ShipT 125 And seyde, " Allas, my nece, God forbede | 124 |
| ALLE.............5 | |
| ShipT 24 Amonges alle his gestes, grete and smale, | 24 |
| ShipT 61 Er he to Brugges wente, in alle wise. | 60 |
| ShipT 154 Aboven alle wommen, sikerly. | 154 |
| ShipT 218 The devel have part on alle swiche rekenynges! | 218 |
| ShipT 346 Save that he moste, in alle maner wise, | 346 |
| ALLIANCE.........1 | |
| ShipT 139 Nat for no cosynage ne alliance, | 138 |
| ALLIAUNCE........1 | |
| ShipT 40 Thus been they knyt with eterne alliaunce, | 40 |
| ALLONE...........1 | |
| ShipT 296 Savynge this marchant and daun John allone. | 296 |
| ALSO.............4 | |
| ShipT 45 To doon plesaunce, and also greet costage. | 44 |
| ShipT 89 Daun John was rysen in the morwe also, | 88 |
| ShipT 226 For of us chapmen, also God me save, | 226 |
| ShipT 261 Governeth yow also of youre diete | 260 |
| ALTHOUGH.........1 | |
| ShipT 384 With yow, my wyf, although it be me looth. | 384 |
| ALWEY............1 | |
| ShipT 396 Telle me alwey, er that I fro thee go, | 396 |
| AM...............8 | |
| ShipT 123 So ful am I of drede and eek of care. " | 122 |
| ShipT 163 But sith I am a wyf, it sit nat me | 162 |
| ShipT 181 An hundred frankes, or ellis I am lorn. | 180 |
| ShipT 214 " Quy la? " quod he. " Peter! it am I, " | 214 |
| ShipT 349 Daun John answerde, " Certes, I am fayn | 348 |
| ShipT 383 " By God, " quod he, " I am a litel wrooth | 382 |
| ShipT 413 Ye han mo slakkere dettours than am I! | 412 |
| ShipT 416 I am youre wyf; score it upon my taille, | 416 |
| AMEN.............1 | |
| ShipT 434 Taillynge ynough unto oure lyves ende. Amen | 434 |
| AMENDED..........1 | |
| ShipT 429 Sith that the thyng may nat amended be. | 428 |
| AMONGES..........2 | |
| ShipT 24 Amonges alle his gestes, grete and smale, | 24 |
| ShipT 228 Scarsly amonges twelve tweye shul thryve | 228 |
| AN...............9 | |
| ShipT 65 And eek an officer, out for to ryde, | 64 |
| ShipT 102 But it were for an old appalled wight, | 102 |
| ShipT 122 Or elles of myself to make an ende, | 122 |
| ShipT 131 For on my portehors I make an ooth | 130 |
| ShipT 181 An hundred frankes, or ellis I am lorn. | 180 |
| ShipT 201 For I wol brynge yow an hundred frankes. " | 200 |
| ShipT 271 An hundred frankes, for a wyke or tweye, | 270 |
| ShipT 389 That he yow hadde an hundred frankes payed | 388 |
| ShipT 440 The monk putte in the mannes hood an ape, | 440 |
| AND..............179 | |
| ShipT 4 And compaignable and revelous was she, | 4 |
| ShipT 4 And compaignable and revelous was she, | 4 |
| ShipT 6 Than worth is al the chiere and reverence | 6 |
| ShipT 7 That men hem doon at festes and at daunces. | 6 |
| ShipT 8 Swiche salutaciouns and contenaunces | 8 |
| ShipT 12 He moot us clothe, and he moot us arraye, | 12 |
| ShipT 15 And if that he noght may, par aventure, | 14 |
| ShipT 17 But thynketh it is wasted and ylost, | 16 |
| ShipT 19 Or lene us gold, and that is perilous. | 18 |
| ShipT 22 For his largesse, and for his wyf was fair, | 22 |
| ShipT 24 Amonges alle his gestes, grete and smale, | 24 |
| ShipT 25 Ther was a monk, a fair man and a boold -- | 24 |
| ShipT 33 And for as muchel as this goode man, | 32 |
| ShipT 34 And eek this monk of which that I bigan, | 34 |
| ShipT 37 And he agayn; he seith nat ones nay, | 36 |
| ShipT 41 And ech of hem gan oother for t' assure | 40 |
| ShipT 43 Free was daun John, and manly of dispence, | 42 |
| ShipT 44 As in that hous, and ful of diligence | 44 |
| ShipT 45 To doon plesaunce, and also greet costage. | 44 |
| ShipT 48 He yaf the lord, and sitthe al his meynee, | 48 |
| ShipT 58 A messager, and preyed hath daun John | 58 |
| ShipT 60 With hym and with his wyf a day or tweye, | 60 |
| ShipT 65 And eek an officer, out for to ryde, | 64 |
| ShipT 66 To seen hir graunges and hire bernes wyde, | 66 |
| ShipT 67 And unto Seint-Denys he comth anon. | 66 |
| ShipT 71 And eek another ful of fyn vernage, | 70 |
| ShipT 72 And volatyl, as ay was his usage. | 72 |
| ShipT 73 And thus I lete hem ete and drynke and pleye, | 72 |
| ShipT 73 And thus I lete hem ete and drynke and pleye, | 72 |
| ShipT 73 And thus I lete hem ete and drynke and pleye, | 72 |
| ShipT 74 This marchant and this monk, a day or tweye. | 74 |
| ShipT 76 And on his nedes sadly hym avyseth, | 76 |
| ShipT 77 And up into his countour-hous gooth he | 76 |
| ShipT 80 And how that he despended hadde his good, | 80 |
| ShipT 81 And if that he encressed were or noon. | 80 |
| ShipT 82 His bookes and his bagges many oon | 82 |
| ShipT 84 Ful riche was his tresor and his hord, | 84 |
| ShipT 86 And eek he nolde that no man sholde hym lette | 86 |
| ShipT 88 And thus he sit til it was passed pryme. | 88 |
| ShipT 90 And in the gardyn walketh to and fro, | 90 |
| ShipT 90 And in the gardyn walketh to and fro, | 90 |
| ShipT 91 And hath his thynges seyd ful curteisly. | 90 |
| ShipT 94 And hym saleweth, as she hath doon ofte. | 94 |
| ShipT 96 Which as hir list she may governe and gye, | 96 |
| ShipT 103 As been thise wedded men, that lye and dare | 102 |
| ShipT 105 Were al forstraught with houndes grete and smale. | 104 |
| ShipT 110 And with that word he lough ful murily, | 110 |
| ShipT 111 And of his owene thought he wax al reed. | 110 |
| ShipT 113 And seyde thus, " Ye, God woot al, " quod she. | 112 |
| ShipT 115 For, by that God that yaf me soule and lyf, | 114 |
| ShipT 118 For I may synge `allas and weylawey | 118 |
| ShipT 123 So ful am I of drede and eek of care. " | 122 |
| ShipT 125 And seyde, " Allas, my nece, God forbede | 124 |
| ShipT 129 Conseille or helpe; and therfore telleth me | 128 |
| ShipT 135 By God and by this portehors I swere, | 134 |
| ShipT 140 But verraily for love and affiance. " | 140 |
| ShipT 141 Thus been they sworn, and heerupon they kiste, | 140 |
| ShipT 142 And ech of hem tolde oother what hem liste. | 142 |
| ShipT 144 As I have noon, and namely in this place, | 144 |
| ShipT 148 " Nay, " quod this monk, " by God and Seint Martyn, | 148 |
| ShipT 157 And hasteth yow, and gooth youre wey anon. " | 156 |
| ShipT 157 And hasteth yow, and gooth youre wey anon. " | 156 |
| ShipT 173 And wel ye woot that wommen naturelly | 172 |
| ShipT 176 Hardy and wise, and riche, and therto free, | 176 |
| ShipT 176 Hardy and wise, and riche, and therto free, | 176 |
| ShipT 176 Hardy and wise, and riche, and therto free, | 176 |
| ShipT 177 And buxom unto his wyf and fressh abedde. | 176 |
| ShipT 177 And buxom unto his wyf and fressh abedde. | 176 |
| ShipT 184 And if myn housbonde eek it myghte espye, | 184 |
| ShipT 185 I nere but lost; and therfore I yow preye, | 184 |
| ShipT 191 And doon to yow what plesance and service | 190 |
| ShipT 191 And doon to yow what plesance and service | 190 |
| ShipT 193 And but I do, God take on me vengeance | 192 |
| ShipT 198 That I yow swere, and plighte yow my trouthe, | 198 |
| ShipT 202 And with that word he caughte hire by the flankes, | 202 |
| ShipT 203 And hire embraceth harde, and kiste hire ofte. | 202 |
| ShipT 203 And hire embraceth harde, and kiste hire ofte. | 202 |
| ShipT 204 " Gooth now youre wey, " quod he, " al stille and softe, | 204 |
| ShipT 205 And lat us dyne as soone as that ye may; | 204 |
| ShipT 207 Gooth now, and beeth as trewe as I shal be. " | 206 |
| ShipT 209 And forth she gooth as jolif as a pye, | 208 |
| ShipT 210 And bad the cookes that they sholde hem hye, | 210 |
| ShipT 211 So that men myghte dyne, and that anon. | 210 |
| ShipT 213 And knokketh at his countour boldely. | 212 |
| ShipT 216 How longe tyme wol ye rekene and caste | 216 |
| ShipT 217 Youre sommes, and youre bookes, and youre thynges? | 216 |
| ShipT 217 Youre sommes, and youre bookes, and youre thynges? | 216 |
| ShipT 220 Com doun to-day, and lat youre bagges stonde. | 220 |
| ShipT 223 What, lat us heere a messe, and go we dyne. " | 222 |
| ShipT 227 And by that lord that clepid is Seint Yve, | 226 |
| ShipT 230 We may wel make chiere and good visage, | 230 |
| ShipT 231 And dryve forth the world as it may be, | 230 |
| ShipT 232 And kepen oure estaat in pryvetee, | 232 |
| ShipT 235 And therfore have I greet necessitee | 234 |
| ShipT 238 Of hap and fortune in oure chapmanhede. | 238 |
| ShipT 240 And come agayn, as soone as evere I may. | 240 |
| ShipT 242 As be to every wight buxom and meke, | 242 |
| ShipT 243 And for to kepe oure good be curious, | 242 |
| ShipT 244 And honestly governe wel oure hous. | 244 |
| ShipT 249 And with that word his countour-dore he shette, | 248 |
| ShipT 250 And doun he gooth, no lenger wolde he lette. | 250 |
| ShipT 252 And spedily the tables were yleyd, | 252 |
| ShipT 253 And to the dyner faste they hem spedde, | 252 |
| ShipT 254 And richely this monk the chapman fedde. | 254 |
| ShipT 256 This chapman took apart, and prively | 256 |
| ShipT 259 God and Seint Austyn spede yow and gyde! | 258 |
| ShipT 259 God and Seint Austyn spede yow and gyde! | 258 |
| ShipT 262 Atemprely, and namely in this hete. | 262 |
| ShipT 265 And if that any thyng by day or nyght, | 264 |
| ShipT 266 If it lye in my power and my myght, | 266 |
| ShipT 279 And fare now wel, myn owene cosyn deere; | 278 |
| ShipT 280 Graunt mercy of youre cost and of youre cheere. " | 280 |
| ShipT 282 Answerde and seyde, " O cosyn myn, daun John, | 282 |
| ShipT 285 And nat oonly my gold, but my chaffare. | 284 |
| ShipT 294 And prively he took hem to daun John. | 294 |
| ShipT 296 Savynge this marchant and daun John allone. | 296 |
| ShipT 297 They drynke, and speke, and rome a while and pleye, | 296 |
| ShipT 297 They drynke, and speke, and rome a while and pleye, | 296 |
| ShipT 297 They drynke, and speke, and rome a while and pleye, | 296 |
| ShipT 299 The morwe cam, and forth this marchant rideth | 298 |
| ShipT 302 Now gooth this marchant faste and bisily | 302 |
| ShipT 303 Aboute his nede, and byeth and creaunceth. | 302 |
| ShipT 303 Aboute his nede, and byeth and creaunceth. | 302 |
| ShipT 306 He let his lyf, and there I lete hym dwelle. | 306 |
| ShipT 309 With crowne and berd al fressh and newe yshave. | 308 |
| ShipT 309 With crowne and berd al fressh and newe yshave. | 308 |
| ShipT 313 And shortly to the point right for to gon, | 312 |
| ShipT 317 And this acord parfourned was in dede. | 316 |
| ShipT 320 And bad the meynee " Farewel, have good day! " | 320 |
| ShipT 323 And forth he rydeth hoom to his abbeye, | 322 |
| ShipT 327 And with his wyf he maketh feeste and cheere, | 326 |
| ShipT 327 And with his wyf he maketh feeste and cheere, | 326 |
| ShipT 328 And telleth hire that chaffare is so deere | 328 |
| ShipT 334 A certeyn frankes; and somme with him he ladde. | 334 |
| ShipT 335 And whan that he was come into the toun, | 334 |
| ShipT 336 For greet chiertee and greet affeccioun, | 336 |
| ShipT 339 But for to wite and seen of his welfare, | 338 |
| ShipT 340 And for to tellen hym of his chaffare, | 340 |
| ShipT 342 Daun John hym maketh feeste and murye cheere, | 342 |
| ShipT 343 And he hym tolde agayn, ful specially, | 342 |
| ShipT 344 How he hadde wel yboght and graciously, | 344 |
| ShipT 348 And thanne he sholde been in joye and reste. | 348 |
| ShipT 348 And thanne he sholde been in joye and reste. | 348 |
| ShipT 351 And if that I were riche, as have I blisse, | 350 |
| ShipT 354 Lente me gold; and as I kan and may, | 354 |
| ShipT 354 Lente me gold; and as I kan and may, | 354 |
| ShipT 355 I thanke yow, by God and by Seint Jame! | 354 |
| ShipT 362 And in his compaignye moot I goon. | 362 |
| ShipT 364 And fare wel, deere cosyn, til we meete! " | 364 |
| ShipT 365 This marchant, which that was ful war and wys, | 364 |
| ShipT 366 Creanced hath, and payd eek in Parys | 366 |
| ShipT 368 The somme of gold, and gat of hem his bond; | 368 |
| ShipT 369 And hoom he gooth, murie as a papejay, | 368 |
| ShipT 375 And al that nyght in myrthe they bisette; | 374 |
| ShipT 376 For he was riche and cleerly out of dette. | 376 |
| ShipT 378 His wyf al newe, and kiste hire on hir face, | 378 |
| ShipT 379 And up he gooth and maketh it ful tough. | 378 |
| ShipT 379 And up he gooth and maketh it ful tough. | 378 |
| ShipT 381 And wantownly agayn with hym she pleyde | 380 |
| ShipT 385 And woot ye why? By God, as that I gesse | 384 |
| ShipT 387 Bitwixen me and my cosyn daun John. | 386 |
| ShipT 390 By redy token; and heeld hym yvele apayed, | 390 |
| ShipT 401 But boldely she seyde, and that anon, | 400 |
| ShipT 408 To doon therwith myn honour and my prow, | 408 |
| ShipT 409 For cosynage, and eek for beele cheere | 408 |
| ShipT 414 For I wol paye yow wel and redily | 414 |
| ShipT 415 Fro day to day, and if so be I faille, | 414 |
| ShipT 417 And I shal paye as soone as ever I may. | 416 |
| ShipT 419 And nat on wast, bistowed every deel; | 418 |
| ShipT 420 And for I have bistowed it so weel | 420 |
| ShipT 422 As be nat wrooth, but lat us laughe and pleye. | 422 |
| ShipT 426 Turne hiderward, and maketh bettre cheere. " | 426 |
| ShipT 428 And for to chide it nere but folie, | 428 |
| ShipT 430 " Now wyf, " he seyde, " and I foryeve it thee; | 430 |
| ShipT 433 Thus endeth my tale, and God us sende | 432 |
| ShipT 441 And in his wyves eek, by Seint Austyn! | 440 |
| ShipT 443 " But now passe over, and lat us seke aboute, | 442 |
| ShipT 445 Another tale; " and with that word he sayde, | 444 |
| ShipT 452 " Gladly, " quod she, and seyde as ye shal heere. | 452 |