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| WBT 14 Herkne eek, lo, which a sharp word for the nones, | 14 |
| WBT 15 Biside a welle, Jhesus, God and man, | 14 |
| WBT 42 The firste nyght had many a myrie fit | 42 |
| WBT 50 To wedde, a Goddes half, where it liketh me. | 56 |
| WBT 66 Men may conseille a womman to been oon, | 72 |
| WBT 74 A thyng of which his maister yaf noon heeste. | 80 |
| WBT 79 I woot wel that th' apostel was a mayde; | 84 |
| WBT 83 And for to been a wyf he yaf me leve | 88 |
| WBT 99 For wel ye knowe, a lord in his houshold, | 104 |
| WBT 103 And everich hath of God a propre yifte -- | 108 |
| WBT 117 And of so parfit wys a [wright] ywroght? | 122 |
| WBT 122 Were eek to knowe a femele from a male, | 128 |
| WBT 122 Were eek to knowe a femele from a male, | 128 |
| WBT 133 Thanne were they maad upon a creature | 138 |
| WBT 139 Crist was a mayde and shapen as a man, | 144 |
| WBT 139 Crist was a mayde and shapen as a man, | 144 |
| WBT 140 And many a seint, sith that the world bigan; | 146 |
| WBT 146 Oure Lord Jhesu refresshed many a man. | 152 |
| WBT 165 Ye been a noble prechour in this cas. | 170 |
| WBT 166 I was aboute to wedde a wyf; allas! | 172 |
| WBT 209 A wys womman wol bisye hire evere in oon | 214 |
| WBT 216 That many a nyght they songen `Weilawey!' | 222 |
| WBT 228 Swere and lyen, as a womman kan. | 234 |
| WBT 231 A wys wyf, if that she kan hir good, | 236 |
| WBT 243 And if I have a gossib or a freend, | 248 |
| WBT 243 And if I have a gossib or a freend, | 248 |
| WBT 244 Withouten gilt, thou chidest as a feend, | 250 |
| WBT 246 Thou comest hoom as dronken as a mous, | 252 |
| WBT 248 Thou seist to me it is a greet meschief | 254 |
| WBT 249 To wedde a povre womman, for costage; | 254 |
| WBT 251 Thanne seistow that it is a tormentrie | 256 |
| WBT 256 That is assailled upon ech a syde. | 262 |
| WBT 263 Thou seyst men may nat kepe a castel wal, | 268 |
| WBT 267 For as a spanyel she wol on hym lepe, | 272 |
| WBT 272 A thyng that no man wole, his thankes, helde. | 278 |
| WBT 280 Out of hir owene houses; a, benedicitee! | 286 |
| WBT 284 Wel may that be a proverbe of a shrewe! | 290 |
| WBT 284 Wel may that be a proverbe of a shrewe! | 290 |
| WBT 297 And but thou make a feeste on thilke day | 302 |
| WBT 306 Yet hastow caught a fals suspecioun. | 312 |
| WBT 320 I knowe yow for a trewe wyf, dame Alys. " | 326 |
| WBT 333 He is to greet a nygard that wolde werne | 338 |
| WBT 334 A man to lighte a candle at his lanterne; | 340 |
| WBT 334 A man to lighte a candle at his lanterne; | 340 |
| WBT 347 I wol nat wirche as muchel as a gnat. | 352 |
| WBT 348 Thou seydest this, that I was lyk a cat; | 354 |
| WBT 349 For whoso wolde senge a cattes skyn, | 354 |
| WBT 352 She wol nat dwelle in house half a day, | 358 |
| WBT 370 But if a sely wyf be oon of tho? | 376 |
| WBT 376 Thou seyest, right as wormes shende a tree, | 382 |
| WBT 377 Right so a wyf destroyeth hire housbonde; | 382 |
| WBT 399 Under that colour hadde I many a myrthe. | 404 |
| WBT 417 And make me a feyned appetit; | 422 |
| WBT 425 I ne owe hem nat a word that it nys quit. | 430 |
| WBT 429 For thogh he looked as a wood leon, | 434 |
| WBT 435 And han a sweete spiced conscience, | 440 |
| WBT 439 That it is fair to have a wyf in pees. | 444 |
| WBT 441 And sith a man is moore resonable | 446 |
| WBT 448 I koude walke as fressh as is a rose; | 454 |
| WBT 453 My fourthe housbonde was a revelour -- | 458 |
| WBT 454 This is to seyn, he hadde a paramour -- | 460 |
| WBT 456 Stibourn and strong, and joly as a pye. | 462 |
| WBT 459 Whan I had dronke a draughte of sweete wyn! | 464 |
| WBT 461 That with a staf birafte his wyf hir lyf, | 466 |
| WBT 466 A likerous mouth moste han a likerous tayl. | 472 |
| WBT 466 A likerous mouth moste han a likerous tayl. | 472 |
| WBT 484 I made hym of the same wode a croce; | 490 |
| WBT 516 In this matere a queynte fantasye: | 522 |
| WBT 527 He som tyme was a clerk of Oxenford, | 532 |
| WBT 534 For hadde myn housbonde pissed on a wal, | 540 |
| WBT 535 Or doon a thyng that sholde han cost his lyf, | 540 |
| WBT 542 Had toold to me so greet a pryvetee. | 548 |
| WBT 543 And so bifel that ones in a Lente -- | 548 |
| WBT 561 Upon my peril, frete hem never a deel; | 566 |
| WBT 572 I holde a mouses herte nat worth a leek | 578 |
| WBT 572 I holde a mouses herte nat worth a leek | 578 |
| WBT 586 A ha! By God, I have my tale ageyn. | 592 |
| WBT 591 But for that I was purveyed of a make, | 596 |
| WBT 597 After the beere, me thoughte he hadde a paire | 602 |
| WBT 602 But yet I hadde alwey a coltes tooth. | 608 |
| WBT 605 As help me God, I was a lusty oon, | 610 |
| WBT 618 My chambre of Venus from a good felawe. | 624 |
| WBT 635 For that I rente out of his book a leef, | 640 |
| WBT 637 Stibourn I was as is a leonesse, | 642 |
| WBT 638 And of my tonge a verray jangleresse, | 644 |
| WBT 646 Lookynge out at his dore upon a day. | 652 |
| WBT 648 That, for his wyf was at a someres game | 654 |
| WBT 667 Why that I rente out of his book a leef, | 672 |
| WBT 669 He hadde a book that gladly, nyght and day, | 674 |
| WBT 673 And eek ther was somtyme a clerk at Rome, | 678 |
| WBT 674 A cardinal, that highte Seint Jerome, | 680 |
| WBT 675 That made a book agayn Jovinian; | 680 |
| WBT 712 That I was beten for a book, pardee! | 718 |
| WBT 713 Upon a nyght Jankyn, that was oure sire, | 718 |
| WBT 732 But `Er that thonder stynte, comth a reyn!' | 738 |
| WBT 735 Fy! Spek namoore -- it is a grisly thyng -- | 740 |
| WBT 742 Myn housbonde hadde a legende of his wyf, | 748 |
| WBT 745 Wher that hir housbonde hidde hym in a place, | 750 |
| WBT 754 She yaf hym swich a manere love-drynke | 760 |
| WBT 759 That in his gardyn growed swich a tree | 764 |
| WBT 763 `Yif me a plante of thilke blissed tree, | 768 |
| WBT 776 Be with a leon or a foul dragoun, | 782 |
| WBT 776 Be with a leon or a foul dragoun, | 782 |
| WBT 777 Than with a womman usynge for to chyde. | 782 |
| WBT 785 Is lyk a gold ryng in a sowes nose.' | 790 |
| WBT 785 Is lyk a gold ryng in a sowes nose.' | 790 |
| WBT 794 And he up stirte as dooth a wood leoun, | 800 |
| WBT 831 This is a long preamble of a tale! " | 836 |
| WBT 831 This is a long preamble of a tale! " | 836 |
| WBT 834 A frere wol entremette hym everemo. | 840 |
| WBT 835 Lo, goode men, a flye and eek a frere | 840 |
| WBT 835 Lo, goode men, a flye and eek a frere | 840 |
| WBT 842 Telle of a somonour swich a tale or two | 848 |
| WBT 842 Telle of a somonour swich a tale or two | 848 |