Really get one to be an effective proverb regarding an excellent scoundrel!
282 Thow seyst i wyves wol oure vices cover up Thou sayest we wives usually cover up the habits 283 Til we end up being fast, and you will thanne we wol hem shewe — Until i end up being safely tied (in marriage), and then we will them show — 284 Wel could possibly get that feel good proverbe from an excellent shrewe!
285 Thou seist that oxen, asses, hors, and houndes, Thou sayest you to definitely oxen, asses, horses, and you can hounds, 286 They started assayed from the varied stoundes; He or she is tried out enough times; 287 Bacyns, lavours, er that guys hem bye, Sinks, clean bowls, ahead of guys all of them get, 288 Spoones and you may stooles, and al swich housbondrye, Spoons and you can stools, and all like household items, 289 And therefore become pottes, dresses, and mignonne somalien femmes you can selection; And they are containers, clothes, and you will adornments; 290 However, men and women out of wyves maken noon assay, However, visitors regarding spouses generate no demo, 291 Til it become wedded — olde dotard shrewe! — Up to he or she is married — old doddering scoundrel! — 292 And you will thanne, seistow, we wol oure vices shewe. And then, sayest thou, we’ll reveal our very own habits.
Enjoy yourself; I won’t faith one hearsay
293 Thou seist together with that it displeseth me Thou sayest including this displeases me 294 But if that thou wolt preyse my beautee, Until thou often praise my personal beauty, 295 And you will however, thou poure alwey through to my personal face, And unless of course thou peer usually abreast of my deal with, 296 And clepe me “effectuer dame” in almost any place. And you can give me a call “precious lady” in any put. 297 And you can but thou make a great feeste to the thilke day And until thou make a banquet thereon exact same go out 298 One to I was born, to make me personally fressh and you will gay; That i was given birth to, to make myself pleased and gay; 299 And you will but thou do to my norice honour, And you can unless thou do prize to my nurse, three hundred Also to my chamberere withinne my personal bour, And my personal chambermaid in my own bedchamber, 301 And my fadres visitors and his allyes — In order to my personal father’s people and his allies — 302 Thus seistow, olde barel-ful regarding lyes! For this reason sayest thou, old barrelful out of lies!
303 Yet of oure apprentice Janekyn, Yet of your apprentice Janekin, 304 For his crispe heer, shynynge as the gold thus fyn, Because of their curly hair, radiant particularly silver thus fine, 305 And he squiereth me bothe up and doun, And since the guy familiarly attends myself everywhere, 306 But really hastow trapped an excellent fals suspecioun. Yet hast thou trapped an incorrect uncertainty. 307 We wol hym noght, thogh thou were deed tomorwe! I do not need your, in the event thou was dead tomorrow!
Among them thou have to call it quits, even with everything you can do
308 However, tel myself which: as to why hydestow, which have sorwe, However, let me know it: why hidest thou, misfortune to you personally, 309 Brand new keyes away from thy cheste awey fro myself? Brand new secrets regarding thy strongbox out-of me? 310 It is my a great given that wel while the thyn, pardee! It is my personal possessions in addition to thine, because of the Jesus! 311 Just what, wenestow make a keen ydiot away from oure dame? Just what, thought thou and make a trick of the lady of one’s household? 312 Today because of the you to definitely lord one titled try Seint Jame, Now of the you to definitely lord which is entitled Saint James, 313 Thou shalt nat bothe, thogh one to thou have been timber, Thou-shalt-not one another, though thou was in love with outrage, 314 Feel maister regarding my body system as well as my an effective; Be master from my body system and of my possessions; 315 One to oon thou shalt go without, maugree thyne yen. 316 What helpith they out-of me to enquere or spyen? Exactly what facilitate they to inquire about me personally otherwise spy? 317 We trowe thou woldest loke myself for the thy chiste! I think thou perform secure myself inside the thy strongbox! 318 Thou sholdest seye, “Wyf, go wher thee liste; Thou will be state, “Wife, go for which you delight; 319 Taak you are disport; I wol nat leve zero talys. 320 I knowe yow for a trewe wyf, dame Alys.” I’m sure your to own a genuine partner, dame Alys.” 321 We love no guy you to definitely taketh kep otherwise charge We love no man just who takes notice or concern with 322 Wher that individuals goon; i wol ben on oure high. Where we go; we will be totally free (to accomplish once we need to).