Geoffrey Chaucer の『カンタベリー物語』は，既に幾つかの用語索引がこれまでに作 成されている。J. S. P. Tatlock と A. G. Kennedy による A Concordance to the Complete
Works of Geoffrey Chaucer and to the ‘Romount of the Rose’
１）は A. W. Pollard のテキス ト The Globe Edition２）を基に作られた労作であるが，その後のテキスト編纂は時代と共 に進展し，近年最新のテキスト “The Riverside Chaucer”, based on The Works of GeoffreyChaucer edited by F. N. Robinson
３）が出版され，そしてこれに基づく用語索引が相次いで
刊行された。一つは大泉昭夫氏による A Complete Concordance to the Works of GoeffreyChaucer
４）であり，いまひとつは Larry D. Benson
による A Glossarial Concordance tothe Riverside Chaucer
５）である。しかしこれらはいずれも『カンタベリー物語』の中で東 好 男
A Concordance to The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale in The Canterbury Tales（3）
AZUMA Yoshio
平成24年 6 月26日 原稿受理 大阪産業大学 教養部
１）
A Concordance to the Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer and to ‘the Romount of the Rose’（Tatlock and Kennedy Concordance) John S. P. Tatlock and Arthur G. Kennedy, Gloucester, Mass., Peter Smith. 1963.
２）
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer,（The Globe Edition）edited by Alfred W. Pollard, H. Frank Heath, Mark H. Liddell, W. S. McCormick, Macmillan and Co., 1913（Originally issued in 1898).
３）
The Riverside Chaucer, Third Edition, based on The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer edited by F.
N. Robinson, Larry D. Benson, General Editor, Oxford University Press, 1988.
４）
A Complete Concordance to the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Edited by Akio Oizumi, Programmed by Kunihiro Miki, Olms-Weidmann, Hildesheim, Zurich, New York, 10 vols., 1991.
５）
A Glossarial Concordance to The Riverside Chaucer, Larry D. Benson, Garland Publishing,
Inc., New York & London, 2 vols., 1993.
展開する個々の「物語」を，独立させた用語索引として掲載していない。しかし，各「物 語」を独立した作品と考え，そこでの使用語彙のより詳細な言葉の環境を捉えるには，そ れぞれについての用語索引が是非とも必要となる。
『カンタベリー物語』の中で展開する個々の「物語」の中に登場する多様な語彙が，そ の前後の言語環境を通して作品の中で，どの様な語義の広がりと機能を果たしているか を探ることが先ず ‘Concordance’
作成によって可能となる。又，それぞれの‘Word List’
作成によって，如何様な語彙が作品の中で分布しているか，個々の語彙環境を総合的に鳥 瞰することが可能となる。Chaucer の『カンタベリー物語』の一部を形成するこの
“The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale ” の文学世界を文体と語彙の面において一層効率的に把
握することの助けとなるはずである。この “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale” の‘Concordance’と‘Word List’を作 成するにあたり，テキストは “The Riverside Chaucer” を使用した。又，沖田電子技研（有）
の文章解析プログラム・Micro-OCP を使用し，東個人が手で打ち込んだものと，同技研か ら出されている Electronic Text Library Line-up の中の “Chaucer, Complete Works” を使用 した。
“The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale”
の 中 に 登 場 す る 各 語 彙 に つ い て， 先 ず‘Concordance’
を 作 成 し た。 次 に ア ル フ ァ ベ ッ ト 順 に よ る‘Word List(1)(AlphabeticalOrder)’と，頻度順による ‘Word List(2)(Sorted by Frequency)’を作成し，最後に The Riverside Chaucer 版の ‘The Text of The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale’ を掲載する。
Text
作成では，その序，物語のそれぞれ第一行目を１として表記し，その右側に ‘TheRiverside Chaucer’
版による相当行を記入した。この Concordance, Word List の作成に 際しては，総て「序」と「物語」を個別に扱うことにした。今回は “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale” の用語索引 （その３）を作成した。
A Concordance to The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale in The Canterbury Tales based on The Riverside Chaucer（3）
A Concordance to The Wife of Bath’s Prologue
in The Canterbury Tales（3）
A Concordance to The Wife of Bath’s Prologue in The Canterbury Tales based on The Riverside Chaucer (3)
298 That I was born, and make me fressh and gay
305 And for he squiereth me bothe up and doun
308 But tel me this: why hydestow, with sor we
309 keyes of thy cheste awey fro me
316 What helpith it of me to enquere or spyen
317 I trowe thou woldest loke me in thy chiste 360 In feith, he shal nat kepe me but me lest 360 eith, he shal nat kepe me but me lest 403 And thus of o thyng I avaunte me 411 he had maad his raunson unto me
417 And make me a feyned appetit
419 That made me that evere I wolde hem chide
423 As helpe me verray God omnipotent
433 Com neer, my spouse, lat me ba thy cheke 463 He sholde nat han daunted me fro dr ynke 469 rist! whan that it remembreth me
471 It tikleth me aboute myn her te roote
475 Hath me biraft my beautee and my pith
505 And yet was he to me the mooste shrewe
509 nd ther withal so wel koude he me glose
511 That thogh he hadde me bete on ever y bon
514 Was of his love daungerous to me
542 Had toold to me so greet a pr yvetee
563 ol I tellen for th what happed me 568 If I were wydwe, sholde wedde me 575 m on bonde he hadde enchanted me
576 My dame taughte me that soutiltee
578 He wolde han slayn me as I lay upright
580 ut yet I hope that ye shal do me good 581 For blood bitokeneth gold, as me was taught
585 But now, sire, lat me se what I shal seyn
596 As help me God, whan that I saugh hym go
597 After the beere, me thoughte he hadde a paire
603 -tothed I was, and that bicam me weel
605 As help me God, I was a lusty oon
607 ely, as myne housbondes tolde me
611 Venus me yaf my lust, my likerousnesse
612 And Mars yaf me my sturdy hardynesse
617 That made me I koude noght withdrawe
625 took no kep, so that he liked me
629 Hath wedded me with greet solempnytee
631 That evere was me yeven therbifoore
632 But after ward repented me ful soore
634 By God, he smoot me ones on the lyst
642 And me of olde Romayn geestes teche
647 Another Romayn tolde he me by name
662 ate hym that my vices telleth me
664 This made hym with me wood al outrely
668 For which he smoot me so that I was deef
692 Who peyntede the leon, tel me who
721 Tho redde he me how Sampson loste his heres
724 Tho redde he me, if that I shal nat lyen
740 He tolde me eek for what occasioun
747 Of L yvia tolde he me, and of Lucye
757 Thanne tolde he me how oon Latumyus
763 Yif me a plante of thilke blissed tree
795 And with his fest he smoot me on the heed
800 O! hastow slayn me, false theef? I seyde
801 r my land thus hastow mordred me
805 As help me God, I shal thee nevere smyte
807 For yeve it me, and that I thee biseke
813 He yaf me al the bridel in myn hond
817 whan that I hadde geten unto me
823 God helpe me so, I was to hym as kynde
825 also trewe, and so was he to me 845 this Somonour, and I bishrewe me
meene 1
200 Ye woot wel what I meene of this, pardee
meke 1 434 Ye sholde been al pacient and meke
mekely 1
432 How mekely looketh Wilkyn, oure sheep
membres 1
116 Were membres maad of generacion
men 19
8 And alle were wor thy men in hir degree
26 Men may devyne and glosen, up and doun
34 Why sholde men thanne speke of it vileynye
66 Men may conseille a womman to been oon
129 Why sholde men elles in hir bookes sette
138 Thanne sholde men take of chastitee no cure
180 oso that nyl be war by othere men
181 By hym shul othere men corrected be
187 And teche us yonge men of youre praktike
197 The thre were goode men, and riche, and olde
218 That som men han in Essex at Dunmowe
263 Thou seyst men may nat kepe a castel wal
279 And chidyng wyves maken men to flee
287 Bacyns, lavours, er that men hem bye
323 Of alle men yblessed moot he be
326 Of alle men his wysdom is the hyeste
415 With empty hand men may none haukes lure
695 They wolde han writen of men moore wikkednesse
835 Lo, goode men, a flye and eek a frere
mencion 1
32 But of no nombre mencion made he
mente 2
20 What that he mente therby, I kan nat seyn
88 He mente as in his bed or in his couche
Mercurie 4
697 The children of Mercurie and of Venus
699 Mercurie loveth wysdam and science
703 And thus, God woot, Mercurie is desolat
705 And Venus falleth ther Mercurie is reysed
mercy 1 827 So blesse his soule for his mercy deere
meschances 1 367 Yrekened is for oon of thise meschances
meschaunce 1
407 Namely abedde hadden they meschaunce
meschief 1 248 hou seist to me it is a greet meschief
Metellius 1
460 Metellius, the foule cherl, the swyn
mette 1
577 And eek I seyde I mette of hym al nyght
mille 1
389 Whoso that first to mille comth, first gr ynt
mo 7
36 I trowe he hadde wyves mo than oon
57 And ech of hem hadde wyves mo than two 179 For I shal telle ensamples mo than ten
663 And so doo mo, God woot, of us than I
686 He knew of hem mo legendes and lyves
691 noon oother womman never the mo
773 And ther withal he knew of mo proverbes monthes 1 627 hat sholde I seye but, at the monthes ende
mooder 1
31 Sholde lete fader and mooder and take to me
Moore 7
92 Moore par fit than weddyng in freletee
374 The moore it brenneth, the moore it hath de
374 The moore it brenneth, the moore it hath desir
441 And sith a man is moore resonable
584 of this as of othere thynges moore
695 They wolde han writen of men moore wikkednesse
772 He spak moore harm than her te may bithynke
mooste 1
505 And yet was he to me the mooste shrewe
moot 3
323 Of alle men yblessed moot he be
361 Yet koude I make his berd, so moot I thee 532 than oure parisshe preest, so moot I thee moote 2
194 As evere moote I dr ynken wyn or ale
277 Moote thy welked nekke be tobroke
mooten 1
589 As wyves mooten, for it is usage
mordred 1 801 And for my land thus hastow mordred me
morne 1 848 I shal make thyn her te for to morne
mor we 2 152 de shal it have bothe eve and mor we 755 he was deed er it were by the mor we
most 1 340 And yet with sor we! thou most enforce thee
moste 6
427 That they moste yeve it up, as for the beste
440 Oon of us two moste bowen, doutelees
442 Than womman is, ye moste been suf frable
464 And after wyn on Venus moste I thynke
466 A likerous mouth moste han a likerous tayl
478 The bren, as I best kan, now moste I selle motthes 1
560 Thise wormes, ne thise motthes, ne thise mytes mous 1
246 u comest hoom as dronken as a mous mouses 1
572 I holde a mouses her te nat wor th a leek
mouth 1
466 A likerous mouth moste han a likerous tayl
muchel 3
347 I wol nat wirche as muchel as a gnat
809 And seyde, Theef, thus muchel am I wreke
811 But atte laste, with muchel care and wo
multiplye 1 28 God bad us for to wexe and multiplye
murmur 1
406 As by continueel murmur or gr ucchyng
my 86 41 woot, this noble kyng, as to my wit
85 To wedde me, if that my make dye
150 As frely as my Makere hath it sent
155 Which shal be bothe my dettour and my thral
155 shal be bothe my dettour and my thral 158 I have the power dur ynge al my lyf
167 What sholde I bye it on my flessh so deere
169 Abyde! quod she, my tale is nat bigonne
172 that I have toold thee for th my tale
190 If that I speke after my fantasye
193 , sire, now wol I telle for th my tale
203 And, by my fey, I tolde of it no stoor
214 But it were for my profit and myn ese
215 I sette hem so a-werke, by my fey 219 I governed hem so wel, after my lawe
236 Why is my neigbebores wyf so gay
239 What dostow at my neigbebores hous
294 But if that thou wolt preyse my beautee 295 And but thou poure alwey upon my face
299 And but thou do to my norice honour
300 And to my chamberere withinne my bour
300 And to my chamberere withinne my bour
301 And to my fadres folk and his allyes
310 It is my good as wel as thyn, pardee
314 Be maister of my body and of my good
314 Be maister of my body and of my good
356 I wol renne out my borel for to shewe
359 To be my warde-cors, as he kan best
383 On Janekyn, and on my nece also
397 I swoor that al my walkynge out by nyghte
410 If that I felte his arm over my syde
422 For, by my trouthe, I quitte hem word for word
424 hough I right now sholde make my testament
426 I broghte it so aboute by my wit
433 Com neer, my spouse, lat me ba thy cheke
444 Is it for ye wolde have my queynte allone
447 For if I wolde selle my bele chose
452 Now wol I speken of my four the housbonde
453 My four the housbonde was a revelour
470 Upon my yowthe, and on my jolitee
470 Upon my yowthe, and on my jolitee
473 That I have had my world as in my tyme
473 hat I have had my world as in my tyme
475 Hath me biraft my beautee and my pith
475 Hath me biraft my beautee and my pith
480 Now wol I tellen of my four the housbonde
485 Nat of my body, in no foul manere
503 Now of my fifthe housbonde wol I telle
506 That feele I on my ribbes al by rewe
510 Whan that he wolde han my bele chose
512 He koude wynne agayn my love anon
525 My fifthe housbonde God his soule bless
529 With my gossib, dwellynge in oure toun
531 She knew myn her te, and eek my privetee
533 To hire biwreyed I my conseil al
537 And to my nece, which that I loved weel
544 So often tymes I to my gossyb wente
548 That lankyn clerk, and my gossyb dame Alys
553 lusty folk. What wiste I wher my grace
555 Ther fore I made my visitaciouns
559 And wered upon my gaye scarlet gytes
561 Upon my peril, frete hem never a deel
566 This clerk and I, that of my pur veiance
576 My dame taughte me that soutiltee
579 And al my bed was ful of verray blood
583 But as I folwed ay my dames loore
586 A ha! By God, I have my tale ageyn
587 Whan that my four the housbonde was on beere
590 And with my coverchief covered my visage
590 nd with my coverchief covered my visage
611 Venus me yaf my lust, my likerousnesse
611 Venus me yaf my lust, my likerousnesse
612 And Mars yaf me my sturdy hardynesse
616 By ver tu of my constellacioun
618 My chambre of Venus from a good felawe
619 Yet have I Mar tes mark upon my face
621 For God so wys be my savacioun
633 He nolde suf fre nothyng of my list
638 And of my tonge a verray jangleresse
662 I hate hym that my vices telleth me
764 And in my gardyn planted shal it bee
792 I with my fest so took hym on the cheke
799 Til atte laste out of my swogh I breyde
801 And for my land thus hastow mordred me
828 Now wol I seye my tale, if ye wol heere
841 Now, by my feith I shal, er that I go
myght 1 78 er as God lust gyve it of his myght
myghte 5
7 If I so ofte myghte have ywedded bee
23 How manye myghte she have in mariage
198 Unnethe myghte they the statut holde
394 Whan that for syk unnethes myghte they stonde
608 I hadde the beste quoniam myghte be
myn 29 24 Yet herde I nevere tellen in myn age
30 Eek wel I woot, he seyde myn housbonde
47 Whan myn housbonde is fro the world ygon
98 Of myn estaat I nyl nat make no boost
113 I wol bistowe the flour of al myn age
149 In wyfhod I wol use myn instr ument
152 Myn housbonde shal it have bothe eve an
174 Of which I am exper t in al myn age
192 For myn entente nys but for to pleye
211 ut sith I hadde hem hoolly in myn hond 214 But it were for my profit and myn ese
471 It tikleth me aboute myn her te roote
472 Unto this day it dooth myn her te boote
507 And evere shal unto myn endyng day
531 She knew myn her te, and eek my privetee
534 For hadde myn housbonde pissed on a wal
550 Myn housbonde was at Londoun al that Le
593 To chirche was myn housbonde born a-mor we
599 That al myn her te I yaf unto his hoold
610 In feelynge, and myn her te is Marcien
613 Myn ascendent was Taur, and Mars therin
615 I folwed ay myn inclinacioun
623 But evere folwede myn appetit
636 That of the strook myn ere wax al deef
742 Myn housbonde hadde a legende of his wy
787 The wo that in myn her te was, and pyne
813 He yaf me al the bridel in myn hond
819 And that he seyde, Myn owene trewe wyf
821 eep thyn honour, and keep eek myn estaat myne 2
380 Baar I stifly myne olde housbondes on honde
607 And trewely, as myne housbondes tolde me
myracles 1
558 To pleyes of myracles, and to mariages
myrie 2 42 The firste nyght had many a myrie fit
479 But yet to be right myrie wol I fonde
myrily 1
330 How myrily that othere folkes fare
myr the 1 399 er that colour hadde I many a myr the
mysavyse 1 230 But if it be whan they hem mysavyse
myself 2
175 This is to seyn, myself have been the whippe
549 And I myself, into the feeldes wente
mytes 1 560 s, ne thise motthes, ne thise mytes
nam 1
148 I wol persevere; I nam nat precius
name 3 341 thise wordes in the Apostles name
530 God have hir soule! Hir name was Alisoun
647 Another Romayn tolde he me by name Namely 1
407 Namely abedde hadden they meschaunce
namoore 3 477 The flour is goon; ther is namoore to telle
731 He wiped his heed, namoore dorste he seyn
735 Fy! Spek namoore it is a grisly thyng
nat 38 9 But me was toold, cer teyn, nat longe agoon is 20 t that he mente therby, I kan nat seyn
46 For sothe, I wol nat kepe me chaast in al
73 Poul dorste nat comanden, atte leeste
77 But this word is nat taken of ever y wight
98 Of myn estaat I nyl nat make no boost
100 He nath nat ever y vessel al of gold
108 Bad nat ever y wight he sholde go selle
112 ynges, by youre leve, that am nat I
118 Tr usteth right wel, they were nat maad for noght 125 So that the clerkes be nat with me wrothe
128 Of engendr ure, ther we nat God displese
148 I wol persevere; I nam nat precius
154 An housbonde I wol have I wol nat lette 169 Abyde! quod she, my tale is nat bigonne
205 Me neded nat do lenger diligence
217 The bacon was nat fet for hem, I trowe
229 I sey nat this by wyves that been wyse
263 Thou seyst men may nat kepe a castel wal
313 Thou shalt nat bothe, thogh that thou were wood
319 Taak youre dispor t; I wol nat leve no talys 336 Have thou ynogh, thee thar nat pleyne thee
347 I wol nat wirche as muchel as a gnat
352 She wol nat dwelle in house half a day
360 In feith, he shal nat kepe me but me lest
372 bareyne lond, ther water may nat dwelle
421 I wolde nat spare hem at hir owene bord
425 I ne owe hem nat a word that it nys quit
463 He sholde nat han daunted me fro dr ynke
485 Nat of my body, in no foul manere
515 We wommen han, if that I shal nat lye 517 Wayte what thyng we may nat lightly have 572 I holde a mouses her te nat wor th a leek
653 Man shal nat suf fre his wyf go roule aboute
661 Ne I wolde nat of hym corrected be
678 That was abbesse nat fer fro Par ys
710 That wommen kan nat kepe hir mariage
724 o redde he me, if that I shal nat lyen nath 1
100 He nath nat ever y vessel al of gold
nathelees 1
80 But nathelees, thogh that he wroot and sayd
naught 1 582 as fals; I dremed of it right naught
Nay 1
170 Nay, thou shalt dr ynken of another tonn
nayles 1
769 And somme han dr yve nayles in hir brayn
ne 16
10 That sith that Crist ne wente nevere but onis
13 That I ne sholde wedded be but ones
132 If he ne used his sely instr ument
208 That I ne tolde no deyntee of hir love
269 Ne noon so grey goos gooth ther in the
275 Ne no man that entendeth unto hevene
345 As perles, ne with gold, ne clothes riche
345 As perles, ne with gold, ne clothes riche
346 After thy text, ne after thy r ubriche
425 I ne owe hem nat a word that it nys quit
560 Thise wormes, ne thise motthes, ne thise mytes
560 ise wormes, ne thise motthes, ne thise mytes
622 I ne loved nevere by no discrecioun
626 How poore he was, ne eek of what degree
661 Ne I wolde nat of hym corrected be
691 Ne of noon oother womman never the mo
nece 2
383 On Janekyn, and on my nece also
537 And to my nece, which that I loved weel
neded 1
205 Me neded nat do lenger diligence
nedeth 1
274 And that no wys man nedeth for to wedde
neer 2
433 Com neer, my spouse, lat me ba thy cheke
803 And neer he cam, and kneled faire adoun
neigbebores 2
236 Why is my neigbebores wyf so gay
239 What dostow at my neigbebores hous
neighebores 1
594 With neighebores, that for hym maden sor we
nekke 1
277 Moote thy welked nekke be tobroke
never 4
335 He shal have never the lasse light, pardee
561 Upon my peril, frete hem never a deel
691 Ne of noon oother womman never the mo
822 After that day we hadden never debaat
nevere 11 10 That sith that Crist ne wente nevere but onis
24 Yet herde I nevere tellen in myn age
327 That rekketh nevere who hath the world in honde
392 Of thyng of which they nevere agilte hir lyve
418 And yet in bacon hadde I nevere delit
428 Or elles hadde we nevere been in reste
504 God lete his soule nevere come in helle
570 Yet was I nevere withouten pur veiance
622 I ne loved nevere by no discrecioun
788 And whan I saugh he wolde nevere fyne
805 As help me God, I shal thee nevere smyte no 39
32 But of no nombre mencion made he
40 No man hath swich that in this world al
51 He seith that to be wedded is no synne 63 I woot as wel as ye, it is no drede
67 But conseillyng is no comandement
71 And cer tes, if ther were no seed ysowe
84 Of indulgence; so nys it no repreve
87 Al were it good no womman for to touche
98 Of myn estaat I nyl nat make no boost 123 for noon oother cause say ye no 138 sholde men take of chastitee no cure
142 I nyl envye no virginitee
168 Yet hadde I levere wedde no wyf to-yeere 186 for th youre tale, spareth for no man 203 And, by my fey, I tolde of it no stoor
208 That I ne tolde no deyntee of hir love
227 For half so boldely kan ther no man 238 I sitte at hoom; I have no thrifty clooth
255 She may no while in chastitee abyde
272 A thyng that no man wole, his thankes, helde
274 And that no wys man nedeth for to wedde
275 Ne no man that entendeth unto hevene
319 youre dispor t; I wol nat leve no talys
321 We love no man that taketh kep or charge
364 And that no wight may endure the fer the
408 Ther wolde I chide and do hem no plesaunce
409 I wolde no lenger in the bed abyde
467 In wommen vinolent is no defence
485 Nat of my body, in no foul manere
493 Ther was no wight, save God and he, that wiste
526 ich that I took for love, and no richesse
569 For cer teinly I sey for no bobance
622 I ne loved nevere by no discrecioun
625 I took no kep, so that he liked me
665 I nolde noght forbere hym in no cas
706 Ther fore no womman of no clerk is preysed
706 Ther fore no womman of no clerk is preysed
727 No thyng forgat he the care and the wo
810 Now wol I dye, I may no lenger speke
noble 2
41 God woot, this noble kyng, as to my wit
165 Ye been a noble prechour in this cas
n' of 2
571 Of mariage, n' of othere thynges eek
660 Of his proverbes n' of his olde sawe
noght 14
19 Is noght thyn housbonde, thus seyde he cer
118 t wel, they were nat maad for noght 124 The experience woot wel it is noght so
135 But I seye noght that ever y wight is holde
159 Upon his propre body, and noght he
307 I wol hym noght, thogh thou were deed tomor we
344 And noght in tressed heer and gay perree
497 Al is his tombe noght so cur yus
617 That made me I koude noght withdrawe
645 Noght but for open-heveded he hir say
659 But al for noght, I sette noght an hawe
659 But al for noght, I sette noght an hawe
665 I nolde noght forbere hym in no cas
707 erk, whan he is oold, and may noght do nolde 2
633 He nolde suf fre nothyng of my list
665 I nolde noght forbere hym in no cas
nombre 2
25 Upon this nombre dif finicioun
32 But of no nombre mencion made he
none 2
368 Been ther none othere maner resemblances
415 With empty hand men may none haukes lure nones 1 14 o, which a sharp word for the nones
noon 10
1 Experience, though noon auctoritee
22 Was noon housbonde to the Samaritan
65 that precept therof hadde he noon 74 hyng of which his maister yaf noon heeste
95 I graunte it wel; I have noon envie
123 And for noon oother cause say ye no
210 re love, ye, ther as she hath noon
269 Ne noon so grey goos gooth ther in the lak
290 But folk of wyves maken noon assay
691 Ne of noon oother womman never the mo
norice 1
299 And but thou do to my norice honour
nose 1 785 Is lyk a gold r yng in a sowes nose
not 1
191 As taketh not agrief of that I seye
nothyng 1
633 He nolde suf fre nothyng of my list
now 22
18 And that ilke man that now hath thee
131 Now wher with sholde he make his paiemen
164 Now, dame, quod he, by God and by Seint
193 Now, sire, now wol I telle for th my tal
193 Now, sire, now wol I telle for th my tale
224 Now herkneth hou I baar me proprely
312 Now by that lord that called is Seint J
424 Though I right now sholde make my testament
452 Now wol I speken of my four the housbond
478 The bren, as I best kan, now moste I selle
480 Now wol I tellen of my four the housbond
502 He is now in his grave and in his cheste
503 Now of my fifthe housbonde wol I telle
563 Now wol I tellen for th what happed me
585 But now, sire, lat me se what I shal seyn
666 Now wol I seye yow sooth, by Seint Thom
711 But now to purpos, why I tolde thee
810 Now wol I dye, I may no lenger speke
828 Now wol I seye my tale, if ye wol heere
830 Now dame, quod he, so have I joye or bl
841 Now, by my feith I shal, er that I go
844 Now elles, Frere, I bishrewe thy face
ny 1
178 Be war of it, er thou to ny approche
nycetee 1 412 nne wolde I suf fre hym do his nycetee
nygard 1
333 He is to greet a nygard that wolde werne
nyght 8
42 The firste nyght had many a myrie fit
216 That many a nyght they songen Weilawey
577 eek I seyde I mette of hym al nyght 669 He hadde a book that gladly, nyght and day
682 And ever y nyght and day was his custume
713 Upon a nyght Jankyn, that was oure sire
767 r lecchour dighte hire al the nyght 789 reden on this cursed book al nyght
nyghte 1 397 or that al my walkynge out by nyghte
nyghtyngale 1
458 And synge, ywis, as any nyghtyngale
nyl 3
98 Of myn estaat I nyl nat make no boost
142 I nyl envye no virginitee
180 Whoso that nyl be war by othere men
nys 5
82 Al nys but conseil to virginitee
84 Of indulgence; so nys it no repreve
192 For myn entente nys but for to pleye
425 ne owe hem nat a word that it nys quit
500 It nys but wast to bur ye hym preciously
O 6
365 O leeve sire shrewe, Jhesu shor te thy l
384 O Lord! The peyne I dide hem and the wo
403 And thus of o thyng I avaunte me
681 nd alle thise were bounden in o volume
762 O leeve brother, quod this Arrius
800 O! hastow slayn me, false theef? I seyd
occasioun 1
740 He tolde me eek for what occasioun
occupacioun 1
684 From oother worldly occupacioun
octogamye 1
33 Of bigamye, or of octogamye
of 152
3 To speke of wo that is in mariage
4 ynges, sith I twelve yeer was of age
11 To weddyng, in the Cane of Galilee
16 Spak in repreeve of the Samaritan
32 But of no nombre mencion made he
33 Of bigamye, or of octogamye
33 Of bigamye, or of octogamye
34 Why sholde men thanne speke of it vileynye
39 Which yifte of God hadde he for alle his wyvys
43 With ech of hem, so wel was hym on lyve
54 Of shrewed Lameth and his bigamye
57 And ech of hem hadde wyves mo than two
64 Th'apostel, whan he speketh of maydenhede
74 A thyng of which his maister yaf noon heeste
77 But this word is nat taken of ever y wight 78 But ther as God lust gyve it of his myght
84 Of indulgence; so nys it no repreve
86 Withouten excepcion of bigamye
98 Of myn estaat I nyl nat make no boost
100 He nath nat ever y vessel al of gold
101 Somme been of tree, and doon hir lord ser vyse
103 And everich hath of God a propre yifte
107 But Crist, that of per feccion is welle
113 I wol bistowe the flour of al myn age
114 In the actes and in fr uyt of mariage
116 Were membres maad of generacion
117 And of so par fit wys a wright ywroght
121 Of ur yne, and oure bothe thynges smale
128 Of engendr ure, ther we nat God displese
138 Thanne sholde men take of chastitee no cure
143 Lat hem be breed of pured whete-seed
170 Nay, thou shalt dr ynken of another tonne
173 Of tribulacion in mariage
174 Of which I am exper t in al myn age
177 Of thilke tonne that I shal abroche
178 Be war of it, er thou to ny approche
187 And teche us yonge men of youre praktike
191 As taketh not agrief of that I seye
196 As thre of hem were goode, and two were badde
200 Ye woot wel what I meene of this, pardee 203 And, by my fey, I tolde of it no stoor 208 That I ne tolde no deyntee of hir love
220 That ech of hem ful blisful was and fawe
233 And take witnesse of hir owene mayde
234 Of hir assent. But herkneth how I sayde
250 And if that she be riche, of heigh parage
280 Out of hir owene houses; a, benedicitee
284 Wel may that be a proverbe of a shrewe
290 But folk of wyves maken noon assay
302 Thus seistow, olde barel-ful of lyes
303 And yet of oure apprentice Janekyn
309 The keyes of thy cheste awey fro me
311 What, wenestow make an ydiot of oure dame
314 Be maister of my body and of my good
314 Be maister of my body and of my good
316 What helpith it of me to enquere or spyen
323 Of alle men yblessed moot he be
326 Of alle men his wysdom is the hyeste
339 That it is peril of oure chastitee
367 Yrekened is for oon of thise meschances
370 But if a sely wyf be oon of tho
392 Of thyng of which they nevere agilte hi
392 Of thyng of which they nevere agilte hir lyve
393 Of wenches wolde I beren hem on honde
396 Wende that I hadde of hym so greet chier tee
403 And thus of o thyng I avaunte me
430 Yet sholde he faille of his conclusion
436 Sith ye so preche of Jobes pacience
440 Oon of us two moste bowen, doutelees
452 Now wol I speken of my four the housbonde
455 And I was yong and ful of rager ye
459 Whan I had dronke a draughte of sweete wyn
480 Now wol I tellen of my four the housbonde
482 That he of any oother had delit
484 I made hym of the same wode a croce
485 Nat of my body, in no foul manere
498 As was the sepulcre of hym Dar yus
503 Now of my fifthe housbonde wol I telle
514 Was of his love daungerous to me
527 He som tyme was a clerk of Oxenford
553 Of lusty folk. What wiste I wher my gra
558 To pleyes of myracles, and to mariages
566 This clerk and I, that of my pur veiance
571 Of mariage, n'of othere thynges eek
577 And eek I seyde I mette of hym al nyght
579 And al my bed was ful of verray blood
582 And al was fals; I dremed of it right naught
584 As wel of this as of othere thynges moore
584 As wel of this as of othere thynges moore
591 But for that I was pur veyed of a make 595 d Jankyn, oure clerk, was oon of tho
598 Of legges and of feet so clene and fair
598 Of legges and of feet so clene and faire
604 I hadde the prente of seinte Venus seel
616 By ver tu of my constellacioun
618 My chambre of Venus from a good felawe
626 How poore he was, ne eek of what degree
633 He nolde suf fre nothyng of my list
635 For that I rente out of his book a leef
636 That of the strook myn ere wax al deef
638 And of my tonge a verray jangleresse
642 And me of olde Romayn geestes teche
644 And hire forsook for terme of al his lyf
651 That ilke proverbe of Ecclesiaste
655 oso that buyldeth his hous al of salwes
660 Of his proverbes n'of his olde sawe
661 Ne I wolde nat of hym corrected be
663 And so doo mo, God woot, of us than I
667 Why that I rente out of his book a leef
679 And eek the Parables of Salomon
685 To reden on this book of wikked wyves
686 He knew of hem mo legendes and lyves
687 Than been of goode wyves in the Bible
689 That any clerk wol speke good of wyves
690 But if it be of hooly seintes lyves
691 Ne of noon oother womman never the mo
695 They wolde han writen of men moore wikkednesse
696 Than al the mark of Adam may redresse
697 The children of Mercurie and of Venus
697 The children of Mercurie and of Venus
706 Ther fore no womman of no clerk is preysed
708 Of Venus werkes wor th his olde sho
715 Of Eva first, that for hir wikkednesse
719 Lo, heere expres of womman may ye fynde
720 That womman was the los of al mankynde
725 Of Hercules and of his Dianyre
725 Of Hercules and of his Dianyre
733 Of Phasipha, that was the queene of Cre
733 Phasipha, that was the queene of Crete
736 Of hire horrible lust and hir likyng
737 Of Clitermystra, for hire lecher ye
742 Myn housbonde hadde a legende of his wyf 743 Eriphilem, that for an ouche of gold
747 Of L yvia tolde he me, and of Lucye
747 Of L yvia tolde he me, and of Lucye
763 Yif me a plante of thilke blissed tree
765 Of latter date, of wyves hath he red
765 Of latter date, of wyves hath he red
773 And ther withal he knew of mo proverbes
783 Whan she cast of hir smok and for thermo
791 Out of his book, right as he radde, and eke
799 Til atte laste out of my swogh I breyde
814 To han the governance of hous and lond
815 And of his tonge, and of his hond also
815 And of his tonge, and of his hond also
820 Do as thee lust the terme of al thy lyf
831 This is a long preamble of a tale
837 What spekestow of preambulacioun
842 Telle of a somonour swich a tale or two
847 Of freres er I come to Sidyngborne
852 fare as folk that dronken ben of ale
855 If I have licence of this wor thy Frere
of fice 1
127 That is to seye, for of fice and for ese
ofte 3
7 If I so ofte myghte have ywedded bee
38 To be refresshed half so ofte as he 491 For, God it woot, he sat ful ofte and song
often 5
388 Or elles often tyme hadde I been spilt
539 And so I dide ful often, God it woot
540 That made his face often reed and hoot
544 So often tymes I to my gossyb wente
641 For which he often tymes wolde preche
old 1
281 What eyleth swich an old man for to chide
olde 11 197 ere goode men, and riche, and olde
235 Sire olde kaynard, is this thyn array
242 Sire olde lecchour, lat thy japes be
291 Til they be wedded olde dotard shrewe
302 Thus seistow, olde barel-ful of lyes
331 For, cer teyn, olde dotard, by youre leve
357 Sire olde fool, what helpeth thee to spyen
380 Baar I stifly myne olde housbondes on honde
642 And me of olde Romayn geestes teche
660 Of his proverbes n'of his olde sawe
708 Of Venus werkes wor th his olde sho
omnipotent 1
423 As helpe me verray God omnipotent
on 32 5 Thonked be God that is eterne on lyve 43 th ech of hem, so wel was hym on lyve
167 What sholde I bye it on my flessh so deere
226 e ye speke and bere hem wrong on honde
232 Shal beren hym on honde the cow is wood
247 And prechest on thy bench, with yvel preef
267 For as a spanyel she wol on hym lepe
297 And but thou make a feeste on thilke day 380 I stifly myne olde housbondes on honde
383 On Janekyn, and on my nece also
383 On Janekyn, and on my nece also
393 Of wenches wolde I beren hem on honde 451 Swiche manere wordes hadde we on honde
464 And after wyn on Venus moste I thynke
470 Upon my yowthe, and on my jolitee
506 That feele I on my ribbes al by rewe
511 That thogh he hadde me bete on ever y bon
520 Preesse on us faste, and thanne wol we fle
534 or hadde myn housbonde pissed on a wal
575 I bar hym on bonde he hadde enchanted me
587 that my four the housbonde was on beere
634 By God, he smoot me ones on the lyst 658 Is wor thy to been hanged on the galwes 680 Ovides Ar t, and bookes many on
685 To reden on this book of wikked wyves
714 Redde on his book, as he sat by the fire
750 L yvia hir housbonde, on an even late
760 On which he seyde how that his wyves th
789 To reden on this cursed book al nyght
792 I with my fest so took hym on the cheke 795 And with his fest he smoot me on the heed 808 And yet eftsoones I hitte hym on the cheke
ones 3 13 hat I ne sholde wedded be but ones
543 And so bifel that ones in a Lente
634 By God, he smoot me ones on the lyst
onis 1 10 hat Crist ne wente nevere but onis
oold 2 600 e was, I trowe, twenty wynter oold
707 The clerk, whan he is oold, and may noght do
oon 12 36 trowe he hadde wyves mo than oon 66 ay conseille a womman to been oon 209 omman wol bisye hire evere in oon
315 That oon thou shalt forgo, maugree thyne yen
367 Yrekened is for oon of thise meschances
370 But if a sely wyf be oon of tho
440 Oon of us two moste bowen, doutelees
573 That hath but oon hole for to ster te to
595 And Jankyn, oure clerk, was oon of tho 605 As help me God, I was a lusty oon
749 That oon for love, that oother was for hate
757 Thanne tolde he me how oon Latumyus
oother 5
123 And for noon oother cause say ye no
482 That he of any oother had delit
684 From oother worldly occupacioun
691 Ne of noon oother womman never the mo
749 That oon for love, that oother was for hate open-heveded 1
645 Noght but for open-heveded he hir say
or 30
33 Of bigamye, or of octogamye
62 Or where comanded he virginitee
88 He mente as in his bed or in his couche
194 As evere moote I dr ynken wyn or ale
206 To wynne hir love, or doon hem reverence
243 And if I have a gossib or a freend
245 If that I walke or pleye unto his hous
259 som for she kan outher synge or daunce 316 t helpith it of me to enquere or spyen 321 e love no man that taketh kep or charge 329 ynogh, what thar thee recche or care
388 Or elles often tyme hadde I been spilt
405 By sleighte, or force, or by som maner thyng
405 By sleighte, or force, or by som maner thyng 406 As by continueel murmur or gr ucchyng
428 Or elles hadde we nevere been in reste
535 Or doon a thyng that sholde han cost hi
554 Was shapen for to be, or in what place
624 Al were he shor t, or long, or blak, or whit
624 Al were he shor t, or long, or blak, or whit 624 e he shor t, or long, or blak, or whit 774 n this world ther growen gras or herbes
776 Be with a leon or a foul dragoun
786 Who wolde wene, or who wolde suppose
830 dame, quod he, so have I joye or blis
838 What! amble, or trotte, or pees, or go sit doun
838 What! amble, or trotte, or pees, or go sit doun 838 t! amble, or trotte, or pees, or go sit doun 842 le of a somonour swich a tale or two
846 But if I telle tales two or thre
oratories 1 694 As clerkes han withinne hire oratories
othere 6
180 Whoso that nyl be war by othere men
181 By hym shul othere men corrected be
330 How myrily that othere folkes fare
368 Been ther none othere maner resemblances
571 Of mariage, n' of othere thynges eek
584 As wel of this as of othere thynges moore
otheres 1
702 Ech falleth in otheres exaltacioun
ouche 1
743 Eriphilem, that for an ouche of gold
oure 25
68 He putte it in oure owene juggement
121 Of ur yne, and oure bothe thynges smale
146 Oure Lord Jhesu refresshed many a man
161 And bad oure housbondes for to love us weel
241 What rowne ye with oure mayde? Benedicite
258 Somme for oure shap, and somme for oure fairnesse
258 for oure shap, and somme for oure fairnesse
282 Thow seyst we wyves wol oure vices hide
292 And thanne, seistow, we wol oure vices shewe
303 And yet of oure apprentice Janekyn
311 at, wenestow make an ydiot of oure dame 322 r that we goon; we wol ben at oure large
339 That it is peril of oure chastitee
390 I pleyned first, so was oure werre ystynt
400 r al swich wit is yeven us in oure byr the 432 How mekely looketh Wilkyn, oure sheep
508 But in oure bed he was so fressh and gay
521 With daunger oute we al oure chaf fare 529 With my gossib, dwellynge in oure toun
532 Bet than oure parisshe preest, so moot I thee
595 And Jankyn, oure clerk, was oon of tho
713 Upon a nyght Jankyn, that was oure sire
793 That in oure fyr he fil bakward adoun
839 Thou lettest oure dispor t in this manere
850 Oure Hooste cridepees! And that anon
Out 8
280 Out of hir owene houses; a, benedicitee
356 I wol renne out my borel for to shewe
397 I swoor that al my walkynge out by nyghte
635 For that I rente out of his book a leef
646 Lookynge out at his dore upon a day
667 Why that I rente out of his book a leef
791 Out of his book, right as he radde, and
799 Til atte laste out of my swogh I breyde
oute 1
521 With daunger oute we al oure chaf fare
outher 1
259 And som for she kan outher synge or daunce
outrely 1 664 This made hym with me wood al outrely
over 2
410 If that I felte his arm over my syde
656 And priketh his blynde hors over the falwes overal 2
237 She is honoured overal ther she gooth
264 t may so longe assailled been overal Ovides 1
680 Ovides Ar t, and bookes many on
owe 1
425 I ne owe hem nat a word that it nys quit
owene 7
68 He putte it in oure owene juggement
233 And take witnesse of hir owene mayde
280 Out of hir owene houses; a, benedicitee
421 I wolde nat spare hem at hir owene bord 449 But I wol kepe it for youre owene tooth
487 That in his owene grece I made hym fr ye
819 And that he seyde, Myn owene trewe wyf
oxen 1
285 Thou seist that oxen, asses, hors, and houndes
Oxenford 1 527 He som tyme was a clerk of Oxenford
pacience 2 436 Sith ye so preche of Jobes pacience
849 For wel I woot thy pacience is gon
pacient 1
434 Ye sholde been al pacient and meke
paiement 1 131 w wher with sholde he make his paiement
paire 1 597 beere, me thoughte he hadde a paire
parables 2
369 That ye may likne youre parables to
679 And eek the Parables of Salomon
parage 1 250 f that she be riche, of heigh parage
paramour 1 454 This is to seyn, he hadde a paramour
pardee 4 200 oot wel what I meene of this, pardee 310 It is my good as wel as thyn, pardee 335 l have never the lasse light, pardee 712 That I was beten for a book, pardee
Pardoner 2
163 Up stir te the Pardoner, and that anon
185 Seyde this Pardoner, as ye bigan
par fit 3
92 Moore par fit than weddyng in freletee
117 And of so par fit wys a wright ywroght
141 Yet lyved they evere in par fit chastitee par fitly 1 111 e spak to hem that wolde lyve par fitly
parisshe 1
532 Bet than oure parisshe preest, so moot I thee
Par ys 1 678 That was abbesse nat fer fro Par ys
paye 1 153 that hym list come for th and paye his dette
pees 2 439 t it is fair to have a wyf in pees
838 What! amble, or trotte, or pees, or go sit doun per feccion 2
105 Virginitee is greet per feccion
107 But Crist, that of per feccion is welle
peril 3
89 For peril is bothe fyr and tow t'assemble
339 That it is peril of oure chastitee
561 Upon my peril, frete hem never a deel
perles 1
345 As perles, ne with gold, ne clothes riche
perree 1 344 noght in tressed heer and gay perree
persevere 1
148 I wol persevere; I nam nat precius
Peter 1
446 Peter! I shrewe yow, but ye love it wee
peyne 1
384 O Lord! The peyne I dide hem and the wo
peyntede 1
692 Who peyntede the leon, tel me who
Phasipha 1
733 Of Phasipha, that was the queene of Crete
pilgrimages 1 557 To prechyng eek, and to thise pilgrimages
Pisces 1
704 In Pisces, wher Venus is exaltat
pisse 1
729 How Xantippa caste pisse upon his heed
pissed 1
534 For hadde myn housbonde pissed on a wal
pith 1 475 h me biraft my beautee and my pith
pitously 1
202 How pitously a-nyght I made hem swynke
place 5 296 clepe me faire dame in ever y place 554 shapen for to be, or in what place 620 And also in another privee place 745 hir housbonde hidde hym in a place 843 the folk shal laughen in this place
plante 1
763 Yif me a plante of thilke blissed tree
planted 1
764 And in my gardyn planted shal it bee
plesaunce 1 408 r wolde I chide and do hem no plesaunce
plese 1 213 holde I taken keep hem for to plese
pleye 3 192 or myn entente nys but for to pleye
245 If that I walke or pleye unto his hous
551 adde the bettre leyser for to pleye pleyes 1
558 To pleyes of myracles, and to mariages
pleyne 2 336 ave thou ynogh, thee thar nat pleyne thee
387 I koude pleyne, and yit was in the gilt
pleyned 1
390 I pleyned first, so was oure werre ystynt
plyght 1 790 Al sodeynly thre leves have I plyght
poore 2 109 he hadde, and gyve it to the poore
626 How poore he was, ne eek of what degree
pope 1
420 For thogh the pope hadde seten hem biside
pottes 1
289 And so been pottes, clothes, and array
Poul 1
73 Poul dorste nat comanden, atte leeste
poure 1
295 And but thou poure alwey upon my face
povre 1
249 To wedde a povre womman, for costage
power 1
158 I have the power dur ynge al my lyf
poysoun 1
771 Somme han hem yeve poysoun in hire dr ynke
praktike 1 187 d teche us yonge men of youre praktike
pray 1
61 By expres word? I pray yow, telleth me
praye 2
184 Dame, I wolde praye yow, if youre wyl it were
189 But yet I praye to al this compaignye
preamble 1
831 This is a long preamble of a tale
preambulacioun 1
837 What spekestow of preambulacioun
precept 1
65 He seyde that precept therof hadde he noon
preche 3
436 Sith ye so preche of Jobes pacience
437 reth alwey, syn ye so wel kan preche 641 or which he often tymes wolde preche
prechest 1
247 And prechest on thy bench, with yvel preef
prechestow 1
366 Yet prechestow and seyst an hateful wyf
prechour 1
165 Ye been a noble prechour in this cas
prechyng 1
557 To prechyng eek, and to thise pilgrimages
precious 1
338 With clothyng, and with precious array
preciously 1 500 It nys but wast to bur ye hym preciously
precius 1 148 I wol persevere; I nam nat precius
preef 1 247 chest on thy bench, with yvel preef
prees 1
522 Greet prees at market maketh deere ware
Preesse 1
520 Preesse on us faste, and thanne wol we
preest 1
532 Bet than oure parisshe preest, so moot I thee preferre 1
96 Thogh maydenhede preferre bigamye
prente 1
604 I hadde the prente of seinte Venus seel
prey 1
826 I prey to God, that sit in magestee
preye 1
358 Thogh thou preye Argus with his hundred yen
preyse 1
294 But if that thou wolt preyse my beautee
preysed 1 706 fore no womman of no clerk is preysed
pride 1
252 To sof fre hire pride and hire malencolie
priketh 1
656 And priketh his blynde hors over the falwes
privee 1
620 And also in another privee place
prively 1
744 Hath prively unto the Grekes told
privetee 1 531 he knew myn her te, and eek my privetee
processiouns 1
556 To vigilies and to processiouns
profit 1
214 But it were for my profit and myn ese
propre 2 103 And everich hath of God a propre yifte
159 Upon his propre body, and noght he
proprely 1 224 Now herkneth hou I baar me proprely
proverbe 4
284 Wel may that be a proverbe of a shrewe
325 That seith this proverbe in his Almageste
328 By this proverbe thou shalt understonde
651 That ilke proverbe of Ecclesiaste
proverbes 2
660 Of his proverbes n'of his olde sawe
773 And ther withal he knew of mo proverbes
pr ys 1 523 greet cheep is holde at litel pr ys
pr yvetee 1 542 Had toold to me so greet a pr yvetee
Ptholome 1 324 The wise astrologien, Daun Ptholome
Ptholomee 1
182 The same wordes writeth Ptholomee
pured 1
143 Lat hem be breed of pured whete-seed
purgacioun 1
120 That they were maked for purgacioun
purgatorie 1 489 By God, in er the I was his purgatorie
purge 1
134 To purge ur yne, and eek for engendr ure
purpos 1
711 But now to purpos, why I tolde thee
pur veiance 2 566 This clerk and I, that of my pur veiance 570 Yet was I nevere withouten pur veiance
pur veyed 1
591 But for that I was pur veyed of a make
putte 1
68 He putte it in oure owene juggement
pye 1 456 urn and strong, and joly as a pye
pyne 2 385 l giltelees, by Goddes sweete pyne 787 wo that in myn her te was, and pyne
queene 1 733 Of Phasipha, that was the queene of Crete
queynte 3
332 Ye shul have queynte right ynogh at eve
444 Is it for ye wolde have my queynte allone
516 In this matere a queynte fantasye
quit 2 425 we hem nat a word that it nys quit
483 But he was quit, by God and by Seint Joce
quitte 1
422 For, by my trouthe, I quitte hem word for word quod 14
17 ou hast yhad fyve housbondes, quod he
164 Now, dame, quod he, by God and by Seint John
169 Abyde! quod she, my tale is nat bigonne
188 Gladly, quod she, sith it may yow like
343 e wommen shul apparaille yow, quod he
762 O leeve brother, quod this Arrius
775 Bet is, quod he, thyn habitacioun
778 Bet is, quod he, hye in the roof abyde
830 Now dame, quod he, so have I joye or blis
833 Lo, quod the Somonour, Goddes armes two
840 Ye, woltow so, sire Somonour? quod the Frere
845 Quod this Somonour, and I bishrewe me
854 Al redy, sire, quod she, right as yow lest
856 Yis, dame, quod he, tel for th, and I wol heere
quoniam 1
608 I hadde the beste quoniam myghte be
radde 1 791 Out of his book, right as he radde, and eke
rager ye 1 455 And I was yong and ful of rager ye
raunson 1
411 Til he had maad his raunson unto me
recche 1 329 ve thou ynogh, what thar thee recche or care
red 1 765 latter date, of wyves hath he red
Redde 4
714 Redde on his book, as he sat by the fir
721 Tho redde he me how Sampson loste his heres
724 Tho redde he me, if that I shal nat lyen
739 He redde it with ful good devocioun
Rede 2
183 Rede in his Almageste, and take it ther
670 For his despor t he wolde rede alway reden 2
685 To reden on this book of wikked wyves
789 To reden on this cursed book al nyght
redresse 1 696 Than al the mark of Adam may redresse
redy 1
854 Al redy, sire, quod she, right as yow lest
reed 1 540 That made his face often reed and hoot
refresshed 2
38 To be refresshed half so ofte as he
146 Oure Lord Jhesu refresshed many a man
rekketh 2
53 What rekketh me, thogh folk seye vileynye
327 That rekketh nevere who hath the world in ho
remembreth 1 469 But Lord Crist! whan that it remembreth me
renne 1
356 I wol renne out my borel for to shewe
renneth 1
76 Cacche whoso may, who renneth best lat see
rente 2
635 For that I rente out of his book a leef
667 Why that I rente out of his book a leef
repented 1
632 But after ward repented me ful soore
repreeve 1
16 Spak in repreeve of the Samaritan
repreve 1 84 Of indulgence; so nys it no repreve
resemblances 1 368 Been ther none othere maner resemblances
resemble 1 90 knowe what this ensample may resemble
resonable 1
441 And sith a man is moore resonable
reste 2 428 elles hadde we nevere been in reste 501 fare wel; God yeve his soule reste
revelour 1 453 My four the housbonde was a revelour
reverence 1 206 o wynne hir love, or doon hem reverence
rewe 1 506 at feele I on my ribbes al by rewe
reyn 1 732 that thonder stynte, comth a reyn
reysed 1 705 enus falleth ther Mercurie is reysed
ribbes 1
506 That feele I on my ribbes al by rewe
riche 4 197 The thre were goode men, and riche, and olde
250 And if that she be riche, of heigh parage
345 les, ne with gold, ne clothes riche
606 And faire, and riche, and yong, and wel bigon
richesse 2 257 seyst som folk desiren us for richesse 526 that I took for love, and no richesse
right 14
2 Were in this world, is right ynogh for me
118 Tr usteth right wel, they were nat maad for noght
160 Right thus the Apostel tolde it unto me
332 Ye shul have queynte right ynogh at eve
376 Thou seyest, right as wormes shende a tree
377 Right so a wyf destroyeth hire housbond
379 Lordynges, right thus, as ye have understonde
424 Though I right now sholde make my testament
479 But yet to be right myrie wol I fonde
582 d al was fals; I dremed of it right naught
654 Thanne wolde he seye right thus, withouten doute
791 Out of his book, right as he radde, and eke
816 made hym brenne his book anon right tho 854 Al redy, sire, quod she, right as yow lest
Romayn 2
642 And me of olde Romayn geestes teche
647 Another Romayn tolde he me by name
Rome 1 673 k ther was somtyme a clerk at Rome
roode 1
496 And lith ygrave under the roode beem
roof 1 778 Bet is, quod he, hye in the roof abyde
roote 1 471 t tikleth me aboute myn her te roote
rose 1 448 koude wake as fressh as is a rose
roule 1 653 an shal nat suf fre his wyf go roule aboute
rowne 1
241 What rowne ye with oure mayde? Benedicite
r ubriche 1 346 After thy text, ne after thy r ubriche
r yng 1
785 Is lyk a gold r yng in a sowes nose
r yot 1
700 And Venus loveth r yot and dispence
Salomon 2 35 Lo, heere the wise kyng, daun Salomon
679 And eek the Parables of Salomon
salwes 1 655 that buyldeth his hous al of salwes
Samaritan 2
16 Spak in repreeve of the Samaritan
22 Was noon housbonde to the Samaritan same 3
12 That by the same ensample taughte he me
182 The same wordes writeth Ptholomee
484 I made hym of the same wode a croce
Sampson 1
721 Tho redde he me how Sampson loste his heres
sat 3
491 For, God it woot, he sat ful ofte and song 714 Redde on his book, as he sat by the fire
730 This sely man sat stille as he were deed
saugh 3 596 As help me God, whan that I saugh hym go
788 And whan I saugh he wolde nevere fyne
797 And whan he saugh how stille that I lay
savacioun 1
621 For God so wys be my savacioun
save 1
493 Ther was no wight, save God and he, that wiste
savoure 1
171 Er that I go, shal savoure wors than ale
sawe 1 660 f his proverbes n'of his olde sawe
say 2
123 And for noon oother cause say ye no
645 t but for open-heveded he hir say sayde 2 80 lees, thogh that he wroot and sayde 234 ir assent. But herkneth how I sayde
scarlet 1
559 And wered upon my gaye scarlet gytes
science 1 699 Mercurie loveth wysdam and science
scole 1
528 And hadde left scole, and wente at hom to bord
se 3 266 eiteth ever y man that she may se
552 And for to se, and eek for to be seye
585 But now, sire, lat me se what I shal seyn see 1
76 oso may, who renneth best lat see seed 1 71 And cer tes, if ther were no seed ysowe
seel 1 604 de the prente of seinte Venus seel
seint 6
140 And many a seint, sith that the world bigan
164 dame, quod he, by God and by Seint John 312 w by that lord that called is Seint Jame 483 ut he was quit, by God and by Seint Joce 666 Now wol I seye yow sooth, by Seint Thomas
674 A cardinal, that highte Seint Jerome
seinte 1
604 I hadde the prente of seinte Venus seel
seintes 1
690 But if it be of hooly seintes lyves
seist 4
248 Thou seist to me it is a greet meschief
265 And if that she be foul, thou seist that she
285 Thou seist that oxen, asses, hors, and hound
293 Thou seist also that it displeseth me
seistow 5
251 Thanne seistow that it is a tormentrie
270 As, seistow, wol been withoute make
273 Thus seistow, lorel, whan thow goost to bedd
292 And thanne, seistow, we wol oure vices shewe
302 Thus seistow, olde barel-ful of lyes
seith 3
49 For thanne th'apostle seith that I am free
51 He seith that to be wedded is no synne
325 That seith this proverbe in his Almageste
seke 1 650 hanne wolde he upon his Bible seke
seken 1 657 And suf freth his wyf to go seken halwes
selle 4 108 nat ever y wight he sholde go selle 414 e whoso may, for al is for to selle
447 For if I wolde selle my bele chose
478 n, as I best kan, now moste I selle selven 1
812 We fille acorded by us selven two
sely 3
132 If he ne used his sely instr ument
370 But if a sely wyf be oon of tho
730 This sely man sat stille as he were deed senge 1
349 For whoso wolde senge a cattes skyn
sent 1 150 As frely as my Makere hath it sent
sentence 1
162 Al this sentence me liketh ever y deel
sepulcre 1
498 As was the sepulcre of hym Dar yus
ser vyse 1 101 en of tree, and doon hir lord ser vyse
set 1
75 The dar t is set up for virginitee
seten 1 420 For thogh the pope hadde seten hem biside
sette 4 129 holde men elles in hir bookes sette
215 I sette hem so a-werke, by my fey
659 But al for noght, I sette noght an hawe
726 That caused hym to sette hymself afyre
sey 4
126 I sey this: that they maked ben for bothe
229 I sey nat this by wyves that been wyse
450 Ye be to blame, by God! I sey yow sooth
569 For cer teinly I sey for no bobance
seyde 13 19 Is noght thyn housbonde, thus seyde he cer teyn
30 Eek wel I woot, he seyde myn housbonde
65 He seyde that precept therof hadde he noon
185 Seyde this Pardoner, as ye bigan
567 I spak to hym and seyde hym how that he
577 And eek I seyde I mette of hym al nyght
760 On which he seyde how that his wyves thre
782 He seyde, A womman cast hir shame away
800 stow slayn me, false theef? I seyde
804 And seyde, Deere suster Alisoun
809 And seyde, Theef, thus muchel am I wreke
819 And that he seyde, Myn owene trewe wyf
851 And seyde, Lat the womman telle hire tale
seyden 1
381 That thus they seyden in hir dronkenesse
seydest 2
348 Thou seydest this, that I was lyk a cat
362 Thou seydest eek that ther been thynges thre
seye 19 53 What rekketh me, thogh folk seye vileynye
59 Wher can ye seye, in any manere age
119 Glose whoso wole, and seye bothe up and doun
127 That is to seye, for of fice and for ese
135 But I seye noght that ever y wight is holde
191 s taketh not agrief of that I seye
195 I shal seye sooth; tho housbondes that I hadde
318 Thou sholdest seye, Wyf, go wher thee liste
341 And seye thise wordes in the Apostles name
355 This is to seye, if I be gay, sire shrewe
431 Thanne wolde I seye, Goode lief, task keep
481 I seye, I hadde in her te greet despit
552 for to se, and eek for to be seye
564 I seye that in the feeldes walked we
601 And I was four ty, if I shal seye sooth
627 What sholde I seye but, at the monthes ende
654 Thanne wolde he seye right thus, withouten doute
666 Now wol I seye yow sooth, by Seint Thomas
828 Now wol I seye my tale, if ye wol heere
seyest 1
376 Thou seyest, right as wormes shende a tree
seyn 5 20 at he mente therby, I kan nat seyn
175 This is to seyn, myself have been the whippe
454 This is to seyn, he hadde a paramour
585 , sire, lat me se what I shal seyn 731 d his heed, namoore dorste he seyn
seyst 8
254 Thou seyst that ever y holour wol hire have
