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 Edition
２）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 Geoffrey
Chaucer 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 Goeffrey
Chaucer
４）であり，いまひとつは Larry D. Benson による A Glossarial Concordance to
the 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（4）
AZUMA Yoshio
平成24年10月31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,
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)(Alphabetical
Order)’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 ‘The
Riverside 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４）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（4）
A Concordance to The Wife of Bath’s Prologue
in The Canterbury Tales（4）
A Concordance to The Wife of Bath’s Prologue in The Canterbury Tales
based on The Riverside Chaucer (4)
191 As taketh not agrief of that I seye 195 al seye sooth; tho housbondes that I hadde 199 In which that they were bounden unto me 208 That I ne tolde no deyntee of hir love 216 That many a nyght they songen Weilawey 218 That som men han in Essex at Dunmowe 220 That ech of hem ful blisful was and faw 225 Ye wise wyves, that kan understonde 229 I sey nat this by wyves that been wyse 231 A wys wyf, if that she kan hir good 245 If that I walke or pleye unto his hous 250 And if that she be riche, of heigh parage 251 Thanne seistow that it is a tormentrie 253 And if that she be fair, thou verray knave 254 Thou seyst that ever y holour wol hire have
256 That is assailled upon ech a syde
265 And if that she be foul, thou seist that she 265 that she be foul, thou seist that she
266 Coveiteth ever y man that she may se
268 Til that she fynde som man hire to chepe 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 278 Thow seyst that droppyng houses, and eek smoke 284 Wel may that be a proverbe of a shrewe 285 Thou seist that oxen, asses, hors, and houndes 287 Bacyns, lavours, er that men hem bye 293 Thou seist also that it displeseth me 294 But if that thou wolt preyse my beautee 298 That I was born, and make me fressh and 312 Now by that lord that called is Seint Jame 312 Now by that lord that called is Seint Jame 313 Thou shalt nat bothe, thogh that thou were wood 315 That oon thou shalt forgo, maugree thyn 321 We love no man that taketh kep or charge 322 Wher that we goon; we wol ben at oure large 325 That seith this proverbe in his Almages 327 That rekketh nevere who hath the world 330 How myrily that othere folkes fare 333 He is to greet a nygard that wolde werne 337 Thou seyst also, that if we make us gay 339 That it is peril of oure chastitee 348 Thou seydest this, that I was lyk a cat 362 Thou seydest eek that ther been thynges thre
364 And that no wight may endure the fer the
369 That ye may likne youre parables to
375 To consume ever y thyng that brent wole be 378 This knowe they that been to wyves bonde
381 That thus they seyden in hir dronkeness
382 And al was fals, but that I took witnesse
389 Whoso that first to mille comth, first gr ynt 394 Whan that for syk unnethes myghte they stond 395 Yet tikled I his her te, for that he
396 Wende that I hadde of hym so greet chier tee 397 I swoor that al my walkynge out by nyghte 398 Was for t'espye wenches that he dighte
399 Under that colour hadde I many a myr the
402 To wommen kyndely, whil that they may lyve 410 If that I felte his arm over my syde 419 That made me that evere I wolde hem chi 419 That made me that evere I wolde hem chide 425 I ne owe hem nat a word that it nys quit 427 That they moste yeve it up, as for the 439 That it is fair to have a wyf in pees 461 That with a staf birafte his wyf hir ly 469 But Lord Crist! whan that it remembreth me 473 That I have had my world as in my tyme 474 But age, allas, that al wole envenyme 482 That he of any oother had delit 487 That in his owene grece I made hym fr ye 492 Whan that his shoo ful bitterly hym wrong 493 as no wight, save God and he, that wiste 499 Which that Appelles wroghte subtilly 506 That feele I on my ribbes al by rewe 510 Whan that he wolde han my bele chose 511 That thogh he hadde me bete on ever y bo 513 I trowe I loved hym best, for that he 515 We wommen han, if that I shal nat lye 519 Forbede us thyng, and that desiren we 524 This knoweth ever y womman that is wys
526 Which that I took for love, and no richesse 535 Or doon a thyng that sholde han cost his lyf 537 And to my nece, which that I loved weel 540 That made his face often reed and hoot 543 And so bifel that ones in a Lente 548 That lankyn clerk, and my gossyb dame A
550 n housbonde was at Londoun al that Lente
564 I seye that in the feeldes walked we
566 This clerk and I, that of my pur veiance 567 spak to hym and seyde hym how that he
573 That hath but oon hole for to ster te to
574 And if that faille, thanne is al ydo
576 My dame taughte me that soutiltee
580 But yet I hope that ye shal do me good
587 Whan that my four the housbonde was on beere
591 But for that I was pur veyed of a make
592 I wepte but smal, and that I under take
594 With neighebores, that for hym maden sor we 596 As help me God, whan that I saugh hym go 599 That al myn her te I yaf unto his hoold 603 Gat-tothed I was, and that bicam me weel 614 Allas, allas! That evere love was synne 617 That made me I koude noght withdrawe 625 I took no kep, so that he liked me 628 This joly clerk, Jankyn, that was so hende 631 That evere was me yeven therbifoore 635 For that I rente out of his book a leef 636 That of the strook myn ere wax al deef 648 That, for his wyf was at a someres game 651 That ilke proverbe of Ecclesiaste 655 Whoso that buyldeth his hous al of salwes 662 I hate hym that my vices telleth me 667 Why that I rente out of his book a leef 668 For which he smoot me so that I was deef 669 He hadde a book that gladly, nyght and day 674 A cardinal, that highte Seint Jerome 675 That made a book agayn Jovinian 678 That was abbesse nat fer fro Par ys 689 That any clerk wol speke good of wyves 710 That wommen kan nat kepe hir mariage 712 That I was beten for a book, pardee 713 Upon a nyght Jankyn, that was oure sire 715 Of Eva first, that for hir wikkednesse 717 For which that Jhesu Crist hymself was slayn 718 That boghte us with his her te blood aga 720 That womman was the los of al mankynde 724 Tho redde he me, if that I shal nat lyen 726 That caused hym to sette hymself afyre 728 That Socrates hadde with his wyves two 732 But Er that thonder stynte, comth a reyn 733 Of Phasipha, that was the queene of Crete 738 That falsly made hire housbonde for to 743 Eriphilem, that for an ouche of gold 745 Wher that hir housbonde hidde hym in a place 749 That oon for love, that oother was for 749 That oon for love, that oother was for hate 751 Empoysoned hath, for that she was his fo 753 That, for he sholde alwey upon hire thy 755 That he was deed er it were by the mor w 759 That in his gardyn growed swich a tree 760 On which he seyde how that his wyves thre 766 That somme han slayn hir housbondes in 768 Whan that the corps lay in the floor upright 770 Whil that they slepte, and thus they had hem 781 They haten that hir housbondes loven ay
787 The wo that in myn her te was, and pyne
793 That in oure fyr he fil bakward adoun
796 That in the floor I lay as I were deed
797 And whan he saugh how stille that I lay
806 That I have doon, it is thyself to wyte
807 For yeve it me, and that I thee biseke
817 And whan that I hadde geten unto me 819 And that he seyde, Myn owene trewe wyf 822 After that day we hadden never debaat 826 I prey to God, that sit in magestee 841 Now, by my feith I shal, er that I go 843 That alle the folk shal laughen in this 848 That I shal make thyn her te for to morn 850 Oure Hooste cridepees! And that anon 852 Ye fare as folk that dronken ben of ale 853 , telle for th youre tale, and that is best
the 106 11 To weddyng, in the Cane of Galilee 12 That by the same ensample taughte he me 14 k, lo, which a sharp word for the nones 16 Spak in repreeve of the Samaritan 21 But that I axe, why that the fifthe man 22 Was noon housbonde to the Samaritan 35 Lo, heere the wise kyng, daun Salomon 42 The firste nyght had many a myrie fit 45 Welcome the sixte, whan that evere he shal 47 Whan myn housbonde is fro the world ygon 70 hadde he dampned weddyng with the dede 75 The dar t is set up for virginitee 109 that he hadde, and gyve it to the poore
113 I wol bistowe the flour of al myn age
114 In the actes and in fr uyt of mariage
124 The experience woot wel it is noght so
125 So that the clerkes be nat with me wrothe 140 And many a seint, sith that the world bigan
158 I have the power dur ynge al my lyf
160 Right thus the Apostel tolde it unto me 163 Up stir te the Pardoner, and that anon 175 is to seyn, myself have been the whippe
182 The same wordes writeth Ptholomee
197 The thre were goode men, and riche, and
198 Unnethe myghte they the statut holde
217 The bacon was nat fet for hem, I trowe
221 To br ynge me gaye thynges fro the fayre 232 Shal beren hym on honde the cow is wood 262 Thus goth al to the devel, by thy tale 269 on so grey goos gooth ther in the lake 309 The keyes of thy cheste awey fro me 324 The wise astrologien, Daun Ptholome 326 Of alle men his wysdom is the hyeste 327 That rekketh nevere who hath the world in honde 335 He shal have never the lasse light, pardee 341 And seye thise wordes in the Apostles name 350 Thanne wolde the cat wel dwellen in his in 351 And if the cattes skyn be slyk and gay 363 The whiche thynges troublen al this er t
364 And that no wight may endure the fer the
374 The moore it brenneth, the moore it hat 374 The moore it brenneth, the moore it hath desir 384 O Lord! The peyne I dide hem and the wo 384 ord! The peyne I dide hem and the wo 387 koude pleyne, and yit was in the gilt 404 Atte ende I hadde the bettre in ech degree 409 I wolde no lenger in the bed abyde 420 For thogh the pope hadde seten hem biside 427 they moste yeve it up, as for the beste 460 Metellius, the foule cherl, the swyn 460 Metellius, the foule cherl, the swyn
476 Lat go. Farewel! The devel go ther with
477 The flour is goon; ther is namoore to t
478 The bren, as I best kan, now moste I se
484 I made hym of the same wode a croce 496 And lith ygrave under the roode beem
498 As was the sepulcre of hym Dar yus
505 And yet was he to me the mooste shrewe 549 And I myself, into the feeldes wente 551 I hadde the bettre leyser for to pleye 564 I seye that in the feeldes walked we 597 After the beere, me thoughte he hadde a paire 604 I hadde the prente of seinte Venus seel 608 I hadde the beste quoniam myghte be 627 What sholde I seye but, at the monthes ende 630 And to hym yaf I al the lond and fee 634 By God, he smoot me ones on the lyst 636 That of the strook myn ere wax al deef 656 priketh his blynde hors over the falwes 658 Is wor thy to been hanged on the galwes
679 And eek the Parables of Salomon 687 Than been of goode wyves in the Bible 691 e of noon oother womman never the mo 692 Who peyntede the leon, tel me who 696 Than al the mark of Adam may redresse 697 The children of Mercurie and of Venus 707 The clerk, whan he is oold, and may nog 714 dde on his book, as he sat by the fire 720 That womman was the los of al mankynde 727 No thyng forgat he the care and the wo 727 thyng forgat he the care and the wo 733 Of Phasipha, that was the queene of Crete 734 or shrewednesse, hym thoughte the tale swete 744 Hath prively unto the Grekes told 755 hat he was deed er it were by the mor we 767 e hir lecchour dighte hire al the nyght 768 Whan that the corps lay in the floor upright 768 Whan that the corps lay in the floor upright 778 Bet is, quod he, hye in the roof abyde 779 han with an angr y wyf doun in the hous
787 The wo that in myn her te was, and pyne 792 I with my fest so took hym on the cheke 795 with his fest he smoot me on the heed 796 That in the floor I lay as I were deed 808 yet eftsoones I hitte hym on the cheke 813 He yaf me al the bridel in myn hond 814 To han the governance of hous and lond 818 By maistrie, al the soveraynetee 820 Do as thee lust the terme of al thy lyf 829 The Frere lough, whan he hadde herd al 832 And whan the Somonour herde the Frere gale 832 And whan the Somonour herde the Frere gale 833 Lo, quod the Somonour, Goddes armes two
840 oltow so, sire Somonour? quod the Frere 843 That alle the folk shal laughen in this place 851 And seyde, Lat the womman telle hire tale Thebes 2 741 Amphiorax at Thebes loste his lyf 746 For which he hadde at Thebes sor y grace
thee 15
18 d that ilke man that now hath thee
172 And whan that I have toold thee for th my tale 318 u sholdest seye, Wyf, go wher thee liste
329 Have thou ynogh, what thar thee recche or care 336 Have thou ynogh, thee thar nat pleyne thee 336 u ynogh, thee thar nat pleyne thee
340 with sor we! thou most enforce thee 357 Sire olde fool, what helpeth thee to spyen 361 de I make his berd, so moot I thee 532 re parisshe preest, so moot I thee 711 ut now to purpos, why I tolde thee 802 Er I be deed, yet wol I kisse thee 805 As help me God, I shal thee nevere smyte 807 For yeve it me, and that I thee biseke
820 Do as thee lust the terme of al thy lyf
theef 2
800 O! hastow slayn me, false theef ? I seyde
809 And seyde, Theef, thus muchel am I wreke
Theofraste 1
671 He cleped it Valerie and Theofraste
ther 17
71 And cer tes, if ther were no seed ysowe
78 But ther as God lust gyve it of his myght
128 Of engendr ure, ther we nat God displese 210 To gete hire love, ye, ther as she hath noon 227 For half so boldely kan ther no man 237 She is honoured overal ther she gooth 269 Ne noon so grey goos gooth ther in the lake 362 Thou seydest eek that ther been thynges thre 368 Been ther none othere maner resemblances 372 To bareyne lond, ther water may nat dwelle 408 Ther wolde I chide and do hem no plesau 477 The flour is goon; ther is namoore to telle 493 Ther was no wight, save God and he, tha 673 And eek ther was somtyme a clerk at Rome
676 In which book eek ther was Ter tulan 705 And Venus falleth ther Mercurie is reysed 774 Than in this world ther growen gras or herbes Therafter 1 518 Therafter wol we crie al day and crave therbifoore 1 631 That evere was me yeven therbifoore therby 1 20 What that he mente therby, I kan nat seyn there 1 183 in his Almageste, and take it there ther fore 3
413 And ther fore ever y man this tale I telle
555 Ther fore I made my visitaciouns 706 Ther fore no womman of no clerk is preys therinne 1 613 ascendent was Taur, and Mars therinne therof 1 65 He seyde that precept therof hadde he noon ther with 1
476 Lat go. Farewel! The devel go ther with
ther withal 2
509 And ther withal so wel koude he me glose
773 And ther withal he knew of mo proverbes
they 30
118 Tr usteth right wel, they were nat maad for noght
120 That they were maked for purgacioun
126 I sey this: that they maked ben for bothe 133 Thanne were they maad upon a creature 141 Yet lyved they evere in par fit chastitee 198 Unnethe myghte they the statut holde 199 In which that they were bounden unto me
207 They loved me so wel, by God above 212 And sith they hadde me yeven al hir lond 216 That many a nyght they songen Weilawey 222 They were ful glad whan I spak to hem f 230 But if it be whan they hem mysavyse 286 They been assayed at diverse stoundes 291 Til they be wedded olde dotard shrewe 378 This knowe they that been to wyves bonde 381 That thus they seyden in hir dronkenesse 391 They were ful glade to excuse hem blyve 392 Of thyng of which they nevere agilte hir lyve 394 that for syk unnethes myghte they stonde 402 To wommen kyndely, whil that they may lyve 407 Namely abedde hadden they meschaunce 427 That they moste yeve it up, as for the beste 562 And wostow why? For they were used weel 695 They wolde han writen of men moore wikk 748 They bothe made hir housbondes for to d 770 Whil that they slepte, and thus they had hem slay 770 il that they slepte, and thus they had hem slayn 780 They been so wikked and contrarious 781 They haten that hir housbondes loven ay thilke 3 177 Of thilke tonne that I shal abroche 297 And but thou make a feeste on thilke day 763 Yif me a plante of thilke blissed tree this 45 2 Were in this world, is right ynogh for me
25 Upon this nombre dif finicioun
40 No man hath swich that in this world alyve is
41 God woot, this noble kyng, as to my wit
77 But this word is nat taken of ever y wight
90 Ye knowe what this ensample may resemble
91 This is al and som: he heeld virginitee
104 Som this, som that, as hym liketh shifte
126 I sey this: that they maked ben for bothe
162 Al this sentence me liketh ever y deel
165 Ye been a noble prechour in this cas 175 This is to seyn, myself have been the w 185 Seyde this Pardoner, as ye bigan 189 But yet I praye to al this compaignye 200 Ye woot wel what I meene of this, pardee 229 I sey nat this by wyves that been wyse 235 Sire olde kaynard, is this thyn array 308 But tel me this: why hydestow, with sor we 325 That seith this proverbe in his Almageste 328 By this proverbe thou shalt understonde 348 Thou seydest this, that I was lyk a cat 355 This is to seye, if I be gay, sire shre
363 he whiche thynges troublen al this er the
378 This knowe they that been to wyves bond
413 And ther fore ever y man this tale I telle
454 This is to seyn, he hadde a paramour
468 This knowen lecchours by experience
472 Unto this day it dooth myn her te boote
516 In this matere a queynte fantasye 524 This knoweth ever y womman that is wys 566 This clerk and I, that of my pur veiance 584 As wel of this as of othere thynges moore 628 This joly clerk, Jankyn, that was so he 664 This made hym with me wood al outrely 685 To reden on this book of wikked wyves 730 This sely man sat stille as he were dee 762 O leeve brother, quod this Arrius 774 Than in this world ther growen gras or herbes 789 To reden on this cursed book al nyght 829 lough, whan he hadde herd al this 831 This is a long preamble of a tale
839 Thou lettest oure dispor t in this manere 843 alle the folk shal laughen in this place
845 Quod this Somonour, and I bishrewe me
855 If I have licence of this wor thy Frere thise 7 341 And seye thise wordes in the Apostles name 367 Yrekened is for oon of thise meschances 557 To prechyng eek, and to thise pilgrimages 560 Thise wormes, ne thise motthes, ne this 560 Thise wormes, ne thise motthes, ne thise mytes 560 wormes, ne thise motthes, ne thise mytes 681 And alle thise were bounden in o volume tho 6 195 I shal seye sooth; tho housbondes that I hadde 370 But if a sely wyf be oon of tho 595 ankyn, oure clerk, was oon of tho 721 Tho redde he me how Sampson loste his h 724 Tho redde he me, if that I shal nat lye
816 ym brenne his book anon right tho thogh 10 53 What rekketh me, thogh folk seye vileynye 80 But nathelees, thogh that he wroot and sayde 96 Thogh maydenhede preferre bigamye 307 I wol hym noght, thogh thou were deed tomor we 313 Thou shalt nat bothe, thogh that thou were wood 358 Thogh thou preye Argus with his hundred 420 For thogh the pope hadde seten hem biside 429 For thogh he looked as a wood leon 462 For she drank wyn, thogh I hadde been his wyf
511 That thogh he hadde me bete on ever y bon
Thomas 1 666 ol I seye yow sooth, by Seint Thomas thonder 1 732 But Er that thonder stynte, comth a reyn thonder-dynt 1
276 With wilde thonder-dynt and fir y levene
Thonked 1
5 Thonked be God that is eterne on lyve
Thou 36
17 Thou hast yhad fyve housbondes, quod he
170 Nay, thou shalt dr ynken of another tonne
176 Than maystow chese wheither thou wolt sippe 178 Be war of it, er thou to ny approche 244 Withouten gilt, thou chidest as a feend 246 Thou comest hoom as dronken as a mous 248 Thou seist to me it is a greet meschief 253 And if that she be fair, thou verray knave 254 Thou seyst that ever y holour wol hire h 257 Thou seyst som folk desiren us for rich 263 Thou seyst men may nat kepe a castel wa 265 And if that she be foul, thou seist that she 285 Thou seist that oxen, asses, hors, and 293 Thou seist also that it displeseth me 294 But if that thou wolt preyse my beautee 295 And but thou poure alwey upon my face 297 And but thou make a feeste on thilke day 299 And but thou do to my norice honour 307 I wol hym noght, thogh thou were deed tomor we 313 Thou shalt nat bothe, thogh that thou w 313 u shalt nat bothe, thogh that thou were wood 315 That oon thou shalt forgo, maugree thyne yen 317 I trowe thou woldest loke me in thy chiste 318 Thou sholdest seye, Wyf, go wher thee l 328 By this proverbe thou shalt understonde 329 Have thou ynogh, what thar thee recche or ca 336 Have thou ynogh, thee thar nat pleyne thee 337 Thou seyst also, that if we make us gay
340 And yet with sor we! thou most enforce thee
348 Thou seydest this, that I was lyk a cat 358 Thogh thou preye Argus with his hundred yen 362 Thou seydest eek that ther been thynges 371 Thou liknest eek wommenes love to helle 373 Thou liknest it also to wilde fyr 376 Thou seyest, right as wormes shende a t 839 Thou lettest oure dispor t in this maner though 2 1 Experience, though noon auctoritee 424 Though I right now sholde make my testa thoughte 2 597 After the beere, me thoughte he hadde a paire 734 For shrewednesse, hym thoughte the tale swete thow 3 273 Thus seistow, lorel, whan thow goost to bedde 278 Thow seyst that droppyng houses, and ee 282 Thow seyst we wyves wol oure vices hide thral 1 155 al be bothe my dettour and my thral thre 6 196 As thre of hem were goode, and two were ba 197 The thre were goode men, and riche, and old 362 st eek that ther been thynges thre 760 h he seyde how that his wyves thre 790 Al sodeynly thre leves have I plyght 846 But if I telle tales two or thre thrifty 1 238 I sitte at hoom; I have no thrifty clooth
Thurgh 1
723 Thurgh which treson loste he bothe his
thus 16
19 Is noght thyn housbonde, thus seyde he cer teyn
160 Right thus the Apostel tolde it unto me 226 Thus shulde ye speke and bere hem wrong 262 Thus goth al to the devel, by thy tale 273 Thus seistow, lorel, whan thow goost to 302 Thus seistow, olde barel-ful of lyes 379 Lordynges, right thus, as ye have understonde 381 That thus they seyden in hir dronkenesse 403 And thus of o thyng I avaunte me
443 What eyleth yow to gr ucche thus and grone 654 Thanne wolde he seye right thus, withouten doute 703 And thus, God woot, Mercurie is desolat 756 And thus algates housbondes han sor we 770 Whil that they slepte, and thus they had hem slayn 801 And for my land thus hastow mordred me 809 And seyde, Theef, thus muchel am I wreke thy 13 242 Sire olde lecchour, lat thy japes be 247 And prechest on thy bench, with yvel preef 262 Thus goth al to the devel, by thy tale 277 Moote thy welked nekke be tobroke 309 The keyes of thy cheste awey fro me 317 trowe thou woldest loke me in thy chiste
346 After thy text, ne after thy r ubriche
346 After thy text, ne after thy r ubriche 365 eve sire shrewe, Jhesu shor te thy lyf 433 om neer, my spouse, lat me ba thy cheke 820 as thee lust the terme of al thy lyf 844 Now elles, Frere, I bishrewe thy face 849 For wel I woot thy pacience is gon thyn 6
19 Is noght thyn housbonde, thus seyde he cer teyn 235 Sire olde kaynard, is this thyn array
310 It is my good as wel as thyn, pardee 775 Bet is, quod he, thyn habitacioun
821 Keep thyn honour, and keep eek myn estaat
848 That I shal make thyn her te for to morne thyne 1 315 oon thou shalt forgo, maugree thyne yen thyng 12 74 A thyng of which his maister yaf noon hee 271 And seyst it is an hard thyng for to welde 272 A thyng that no man wole, his thankes, he 375 To consume ever y thyng that brent wole be 392 Of thyng of which they nevere agilte hir l 403 And thus of o thyng I avaunte me 405 te, or force, or by som maner thyng 517 Wayte what thyng we may nat lightly have 519 Forbede us thyng, and that desiren we 535 Or doon a thyng that sholde han cost his lyf 727 No thyng forgat he the care and the wo 735 ! Spek namoore it is a grisly thyng thynges 6
121 Of ur yne, and oure bothe thynges smale 221 To br ynge me gaye thynges fro the fayre 362 ou seydest eek that ther been thynges thre
363 The whiche thynges troublen al this er the 571 Of mariage, n'of othere thynges eek 584 As wel of this as of othere thynges moore thynke 3 201 help me God, I laughe whan I thynke 464 nd after wyn on Venus moste I thynke 753 for he sholde alwey upon hire thynke thyself 1 806 That I have doon, it is thyself to wyte tikled 1
395 Yet tikled I his her te, for that he
tikleth 1
471 It tikleth me aboute myn her te roote
Til 6 268 Til that she fynde som man hire to chep 283 Til we be fast, and thanne we wol hem s 291 Til they be wedded olde dotard shrewe 411 Til he had maad his raunson unto me 565 Til trewely we hadde swich daliance 799 Til atte laste out of my swogh I breyde
To 124 3 To speke of wo that is in mariage 11 To weddyng, in the Cane of Galilee 22 Was noon housbonde to the Samaritan 28 God bad us for to wexe and multiplye 31 ete fader and mooder and take to me 38 To be refresshed half so ofte as he 41 God woot, this noble kyng, as to my wit 50 To wedde, a Goddes half, where it liket 51 He seith that to be wedded is no synne
52 Bet is to be wedded than to br ynne
52 Bet is to be wedded than to br ynne 66 Men may conseille a womman to been oon 82 Al nys but conseil to virginitee 83 And for to been a wyf he yaf me leve 85 To wedde me, if that my make dye 87 Al were it good no womman for to touche 97 It liketh hem to be clene, body and goost 102 God clepetb folk to hym in sondr y wyse 109 Al that he hadde, and gyve it to the poore
111 He spak to hem that wolde lyve par fitly 115 Telle me also, to what conclusion
122 Were eek to knowe a femele from a male
127 That is to seye, for of fice and for ese 130 That man shal yelde to his wyf hire dette
134 To purge ur yne, and eek for engendr ure
136 That hath swich harneys as I to yow tolde 137 To goon and usen hem in engendr ure 161 And bad oure housbondes for to love us weel 166 I was aboute to wedde a wyf; allas 175 This is to seyn, myself have been the whippe 178 Be war of it, er thou to ny approche 189 But yet I praye to al this compaignye 192 For myn entente nys but for to pleye 206 To wynne hir love, or doon hem reverenc 210 To gete hire love, ye, ther as she hath 213 t sholde I taken keep hem for to plese 221 To br ynge me gaye thynges fro the fayre 222 hey were ful glad whan I spak to hem faire 248 Thou seist to me it is a greet meschief 249 To wedde a povre womman, for costage 252 To sof fre hire pride and hire malencoli 262 Thus goth al to the devel, by thy tale 268 l that she fynde som man hire to chepe 271 seyst it is an hard thyng for to welde 273 istow, lorel, whan thow goost to bedde 274 nd that no wys man nedeth for to wedde 279 And chidyng wyves maken men to flee 281 t eyleth swich an old man for to chide 299 And but thou do to my norice honour 300 And to my chamberere withinne my bour 301 And to my fadres folk and his allyes 316 What helpith it of me to enquere or spyen 333 He is to greet a nygard that wolde werne 334 A man to lighte a candle at his lanterne 354 To shewe hir skyn and goon a-cater wawed 355 This is to seye, if I be gay, sire shrewe 356 I wol renne out my borel for to shewe 357 olde fool, what helpeth thee to spyen 359 To be my warde-cors, as he kan best 369 t ye may likne youre parables to 371 hou liknest eek wommenes love to helle 372 To bareyne lond, ther water may nat dwe 373 Thou liknest it also to wilde fyr 375 To consume ever y thyng that brent wole 378 This knowe they that been to wyves bonde
389 Whoso that first to mille comth, first gr ynt 391 They were ful glade to excuse hem blyve
402 To wommen kyndely, whil that they may l
414 ynne whoso may, for al is for to selle
439 That it is fair to have a wyf in pees 443 What eyleth yow to gr ucche thus and grone
450 Ye be to blame, by God! I sey yow sooth
454 This is to seyn, he hadde a paramour
457 How koude I daunce to an harpe smale 477 lour is goon; ther is namoore to telle
479 But yet to be right myrie wol I fonde
500 It nys but wast to bur ye hym preciously 505 And yet was he to me the mooste shrewe 514 Was of his love daungerous to me 523 And to greet cheep is holde at litel pr ys 528 left scole, and wente at hom to bord 533 To hire biwreyed I my conseil al 536 To hire, and to another wor thy wyf
536 To hire, and to another wor thy wyf
537 And to my nece, which that I loved weel
542 Had toold to me so greet a pr yvetee 544 So often tymes I to my gossyb wente 545 For evere yet I loved to be gay
547 Fro hous to hous, to heere sondr y talys 547 Fro hous to hous, to heere sondr y talys 551 I hadde the bettre leyser for to pleye 552 And for to se, and eek for to be seye 552 And for to se, and eek for to be seye 554 Was shapen for to be, or in what place 556 To vigilies and to processiouns 556 To vigilies and to processiouns 557 To prechyng eek, and to thise pilgrimag 557 To prechyng eek, and to thise pilgrimages 558 To pleyes of myracles, and to mariages 558 To pleyes of myracles, and to mariages 567 I spak to hym and seyde hym how that he
573 That hath but oon hole for to ster te to 573 th but oon hole for to ster te to
593 To chirche was myn housbonde born a-mor
630 And to hym yaf I al the lond and fee
640 From hous to hous, although he had it sworn 657 And suf freth his wyf to go seken halwes
658 Is wor thy to been hanged on the galwes
685 To reden on this book of wikked wyves 711 But now to purpos, why I tolde thee 716 Was al mankynde broght to wrecchednesse 726 That caused hym to sette hymself afyre 738 alsly made hire housbonde for to dye 748 bothe made hir housbondes for to dye 777 Than with a womman usynge for to chyde 789 To reden on this cursed book al nyght 806 at I have doon, it is thyself to wyte 814 To han the governance of hous and lond 823 God helpe me so, I was to hym as kynde 825 And also trewe, and so was he to me 826 I prey to God, that sit in magestee 847 Of freres er I come to Sidyngborne 848 at I shal make thyn her te for to morne tobroke 1 277 Moote thy welked nekke be tobroke told 1 744 Hath prively unto the Grekes told tolde 10 136 ath swich harneys as I to yow tolde 160 Right thus the Apostel tolde it unto me 203 And, by my fey, I tolde of it no stoor 208 That I ne tolde no deyntee of hir love 607 d trewely, as myne housbondes tolde me 647 Another Romayn tolde he me by name 711 But now to purpos, why I tolde thee 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
tombe 1
497 Al is his tombe noght so cur yus
tomor we 1 307 m noght, thogh thou were deed tomor we tonge 2 638 And of my tonge a verray jangleresse 815 And of his tonge, and of his hond also tonne 2
170 thou shalt dr ynken of another tonne
177 Of thilke tonne that I shal abroche took 4 382 And al was fals, but that I took witnesse 526 Which that I took for love, and no richesse 625 I took no kep, so that he liked me 792 I with my fest so took hym on the cheke toold 4
9 But me was toold, cer teyn, nat longe agoon is 172 And whan that I have toold thee for th my tale
538 I wolde han toold his conseil ever y deel
542 Had toold to me so greet a pr yvetee
tooth 2 449 I wol kepe it for youre owene tooth 602 ut yet I hadde alwey a coltes tooth tormentrie 1 251 Thanne seistow that it is a tormentrie touche 1 87 were it good no womman for to touche
toun 1 529 my gossib, dwellynge in oure toun tow 1 89 For peril is bothe fyr and tow t'assemble to-yeere 1 168 t hadde I levere wedde no wyf to-yeere tree 4
101 Somme been of tree, and doon hir lord ser vyse 376 est, right as wormes shende a tree 759 in his gardyn growed swich a tree 763 me a plante of thilke blissed tree treson 1 723 Thurgh which treson loste he bothe his yen tresoor 1 204 had me yeven hir lond and hir tresoor tressed 1 344 And noght in tressed heer and gay perree trewe 3 320 I knowe yow for a trewe wyf, dame Alys 819 And that he seyde, Myn owene trewe wyf 825 And also trewe, and so was he to me trewely 2 565 Til trewely we hadde swich daliance 607 And trewely, as myne housbondes tolde me tribulacion 2 156 And have his tribulacion withal 173 Of tribulacion in mariage trotte 1 838 What! amble, or trotte, or pees, or go sit doun Trotula 1 677 Crisippus, Trotula, and Helowys troublen 1
363 The whiche thynges troublen al this er the trouthe 1 422 For, by my trouthe, I quitte hem word for word trowe 5 36 I trowe he hadde wyves mo than oon 217 bacon was nat fet for hem, I trowe 317 I trowe thou woldest loke me in thy chist 513 I trowe I loved hym best, for that he 600 He was, I trowe, twenty wynter oold Tr usteth 2 118 Tr usteth right wel, they were nat maad 688 For tr usteth wel, it is an impossible twelve 1 4 For, lordynges, sith I twelve yeer was of age twenty 1 600 He was, I trowe, twenty wynter oold twiste 1 494 In many wise, how soore I hym twiste two 8 57 ch of hem hadde wyves mo than two 196 s thre of hem were goode, and two were badde 440 Oon of us two moste bowen, doutelees 728 Socrates hadde with his wyves two 812 We fille acorded by us selven two 833 od the Somonour, Goddes armes two 842 of a somonour swich a tale or two 846 But if I telle tales two or thre tyme 3 388 Or elles often tyme hadde I been spilt 473 I have had my world as in my tyme 527 He som tyme was a clerk of Oxenford tymes 2 544 So often tymes I to my gossyb wente 641 For which he often tymes wolde preche Under 2 399 Under that colour hadde I many a myr the
496 And lith ygrave under the roode beem understonde 4 29 That gentil text kan I wel understonde 225 Ye wise wyves, that kan understonde 328 By this proverbe thou shalt understonde 379 ynges, right thus, as ye have understonde under take 1
592 I wepte but smal, and that I under take Unnethe 1 198 Unnethe myghte they the statut holde unnethes 1 394 Whan that for syk unnethes myghte they stonde unto 13 37 As wolde God it leveful were unto me 160 ght thus the Apostel tolde it unto me 199 which that they were bounden unto me 245 If that I walke or pleye unto his hous 275 Ne no man that entendeth unto hevene 411 Til he had maad his raunson unto me 472 Unto this day it dooth myn her te boote 507 And evere shal unto myn endyng day 599 That al myn her te I yaf unto his hoold
744 Hath prively unto the Grekes told 758 Compleyned unto his felawe Arrius 817 And whan that I hadde geten unto me 824 As any wyf from Denmark unto Ynde up 7 26 Men may devyne and glosen, up and doun 75 The dar t is set up for virginitee 119 se whoso wole, and seye bothe up and doun
163 Up stir te the Pardoner, and that anon
305 And for he squiereth me bothe up and doun 427 That they moste yeve it up, as for the beste
794 And he up stir te as dooth a wood leoun
Upon 15 25 Upon this nombre dif finicioun 133 Thanne were they maad upon a creature 157 Upon his flessh, whil that I am his wyf 159 Upon his propre body, and noght he 256 That is assailled upon ech a syde 295 And but thou poure alwey upon my face 470 Upon my yowthe, and on my jolitee 559 And wered upon my gaye scarlet gytes 561 Upon my peril, frete hem never a deel
619 Yet have I Mar tes mark upon my face 646 Lookynge out at his dore upon a day 650 And thanne wolde he upon his Bible seke 713 Upon a nyght Jankyn, that was oure sire 729 How Xantippa caste pisse upon his heed 753 That, for he sholde alwey upon hire thynke upright 2 578 e wolde han slayn me as I lay upright 768 at the corps lay in the floor upright ur yne 2 121 Of ur yne, and oure bothe thynges smale
134 To purge ur yne, and eek for engendr ure us 14 28 God bad us for to wexe and multiplye 144 And lat us wyves hoten barly-breed 147 ich estaat as God hath cleped us 161 d oure housbondes for to love us weel 187 And teche us yonge men of youre praktike 257 Thou seyst som folk desiren us for richesse 337 u seyst also, that if we make us gay
400 For al swich wit is yeven us in oure byr the
440 Oon of us two moste bowen, doutelees
519 Forbede us thyng, and that desiren we
520 Preesse on us faste, and thanne wol we fle 663 And so doo mo, God woot, of us than I
718 That boghte us with his her te blood agayn 812 We fille acorded by us selven two usage 1 589 As wyves mooten, for it is usage use 1
149 In wyfhod I wol use myn instr ument
used 2
562 And wostow why? For they were used weel
usen 1
137 To goon and usen hem in engendr ure
usynge 1 777 Than with a womman usynge for to chyde vacacioun 1 683 Whan he hadde leyser and vacacioun Valerie 1 671 He cleped it Valerie and Theofraste Venerien 1
609 For cer tes, I am al Venerien Venus 9 464 And after wyn on Venus moste I thynke 604 I hadde the prente of seinte Venus seel 611 Venus me yaf my lust, my likerousnesse 618 My chambre of Venus from a good felawe 697 e children of Mercurie and of Venus
700 And Venus loveth r yot and dispence
704 In Pisces, wher Venus is exaltat
705 And Venus falleth ther Mercurie is reysed
708 Of Venus werkes wor th his olde sho
verray 6 253 And if that she be fair, thou verray knave 423 As helpe me verray God omnipotent 488 For angre, and for verray jalousye 541 For verray shame, and blamed hymself for he 579 And al my bed was ful of verray blood 638 And of my tonge a verray jangleresse ver tu 1
616 By ver tu of my constellacioun
vessel 1 100 He nath nat ever y vessel al of gold vices 3 282 Thow seyst we wyves wol oure vices hide 292 thanne, seistow, we wol oure vices shewe 662 I hate hym that my vices telleth me vigilies 1 556 To vigilies and to processiouns vileynye 2 34 sholde men thanne speke of it vileynye 53 t rekketh me, thogh folk seye vileynye vinolent 1 467 In wommen vinolent is no defence virginitee 7 62 Or where comanded he virginitee 72 Virginitee, thanne wherof sholde it gro
75 The dar t is set up for virginitee 82 Al nys but conseil to virginitee 91 This is al and som: he heeld virginitee 105 Virginitee is greet per feccion 142 I nyl envye no virginitee visage 1 590 with my coverchief covered my visage visitaciouns 1
555 Ther fore I made my visitaciouns volume 1 681 alle thise were bounden in o volume wake 1 448 I koude wake as fressh as is a rose wal 2 263 yst men may nat kepe a castel wal 534 dde myn housbonde pissed on a wal walke 3 245 If that I walke or pleye unto his hous 546 And for to walke in March, Averill, and May 639 And walke I wolde, as I had doon biforn walked 1 564 I seye that in the feeldes walked we
walkynge 1 397 I swoor that al my walkynge out by nyghte war 2 178 Be war of it, er thou to ny approche 180 Whoso that nyl be war by othere men warde-cors 1 359 To be my warde-cors, as he kan best ware 1 522 prees at market maketh deere ware was 66 4 lordynges, sith I twelve yeer was of age
9 But me was toold, cer teyn, nat longe agoon is
22 Was noon housbonde to the Samaritan 43 With ech of hem, so wel was hym on lyve 55 I woot wel Abraham was an hooly man 79 I woot wel that th'apostel was a mayde 139 Crist was a mayde and shapen as a man 166 I was aboute to wedde a wyf; allas 217 The bacon was nat fet for hem, I trowe 220 That ech of hem ful blisful was and fawe 298 That I was born, and make me fressh and gay 348 Thou seydest this, that I was lyk a cat 382 And al was fals, but that I took witnesse 387 I koude pleyne, and yit was in the gilt 390 I pleyned first, so was oure werre ystynt 398 Was for t'espye wenches that he dighte
453 My four the housbonde was a revelour
455 And I was yong and ful of rager ye
483 But he was quit, by God and by Seint Joce 489 By God, in er the I was his purgatorie
493 Ther was no wight, save God and he, that wis
498 As was the sepulcre of hym Dar yus
505 And yet was he to me the mooste shrewe 508 But in oure bed he was so fressh and gay 514 Was of his love daungerous to me 527 He som tyme was a clerk of Oxenford 530 God have hir soule! Hir name was Alisoun 550 Myn housbonde was at Londoun al that Lente 554 Was shapen for to be, or in what place
570 Yet was I nevere withouten pur veiance
579 And al my bed was ful of verray blood 581 blood bitokeneth gold, as me was taught
582 And al was fals; I dremed of it right naught 587 han that my four the housbonde was on beere
591 But for that I was pur veyed of a make
593 To chirche was myn housbonde born a-mor we 595 And Jankyn, oure clerk, was oon of tho
600 He was, I trowe, twenty wynter oold
601 And I was four ty, if I shal seye sooth 603 Gat-tothed I was, and that bicam me weel 605 As help me God, I was a lusty oon 613 Myn ascendent was Taur, and Mars therinne 614 Allas, allas! That evere love was synne 626 How poore he was, ne eek of what degree 628 This joly clerk, Jankyn, that was so hende 631 That evere was me yeven therbifoore 637 Stibourn I was as is a leonesse 648 That, for his wyf was at a someres game 668 r which he smoot me so that I was deef 673 And eek ther was somtyme a clerk at Rome 676 In which book eek ther was Ter tulan
678 That was abbesse nat fer fro Par ys
682 And ever y nyght and day was his custume
712 That I was beten for a book, pardee 713 Upon a nyght Jankyn, that was oure sire 716 Was al mankynde broght to wrecchednesse 717 hich that Jhesu Crist hymself was slayn 720 That womman was the los of al mankynde 733 Of Phasipha, that was the queene of Crete 749 hat oon for love, that oother was for hate 751 Empoysoned hath, for that she was his fo 755 That he was deed er it were by the mor we 787 The wo that in myn her te was, and pyne
798 He was agast and wolde han fled his way
823 God helpe me so, I was to hym as kynde 825 And also trewe, and so was he to me
wast 1
500 It nys but wast to bur ye hym preciously water 1 372 To bareyne lond, ther water may nat dwelle wax 1 636 That of the strook myn ere wax al deef
way 1 798 agast and wolde han fled his way Wayte 1 517 Wayte what thyng we may nat lightly hav we 22
128 Of engendr ure, ther we nat God displese
282 Thow seyst we wyves wol oure vices hide 283 Til we be fast, and thanne we wol hem shewe 283 Til we be fast, and thanne we wol hem shewe 292 And thanne, seistow, we wol oure vices shewe 321 We love no man that taketh kep or charg 322 Wher that we goon; we wol ben at oure large 322 Wher that we goon; we wol ben at oure large 337 Thou seyst also, that if we make us gay 428 Or elles hadde we nevere been in reste 438 And but ye do, cer tein we shal yow teche 451 Swiche manere wordes hadde we on honde 515 We wommen han, if that I shal nat lye 517 Wayte what thyng we may nat lightly have 518 Therafter wol we crie al day and crave 519 de us thyng, and that desiren we 520 e on us faste, and thanne wol we fle
521 With daunger oute we al oure chaf fare 564 ye that in the feeldes walked we 565 Til trewely we hadde swich daliance 812 We fille acorded by us selven two 822 After that day we hadden never debaat wedde 8 48 Som Cristen man shal wedde me anon 50 To wedde, a Goddes half, where it liketh m 85 To wedde me, if that my make dye 166 I was aboute to wedde a wyf; allas 168 Yet hadde I levere wedde no wyf to-yeere 249 To wedde a povre womman, for costage 274 that no wys man nedeth for to wedde 568 If I were wydwe, sholde wedde me wedded 6 13 That I ne sholde wedded be but ones 44 Yblessed be God that I have wedded fyve 51 He seith that to be wedded is no synne
52 Bet is to be wedded than to br ynne
291 Til they be wedded olde dotard shrewe 629 Hath wedded me with greet solempnytee weddyng 3 11 To weddyng, in the Cane of Galilee 70 Thanne hadde he dampned weddyng with the dede 92 Moore par fit than weddyng in freletee weel 5 161 ure housbondes for to love us weel 446 I shrewe yow, but ye love it weel 537 o my nece, which that I loved weel 562 ostow why? For they were used weel 603 thed I was, and that bicam me weel weep 1 588 I weep algate, and made sor y cheere Weilawey 1 216 That many a nyght they songen Weilawey wel 24 27 But wel I woot, expres, withoute lye 29 That gentil text kan I wel understonde 30 Eek wel I woot, he seyde myn housbonde 43 With ech of hem, so wel was hym on lyve 55 I woot wel Abraham was an hooly man 63 I woot as wel as ye, it is no drede 79 I woot wel that th'apostel was a mayde 95 I graunte it wel; I have noon envie 99 For wel ye knowe, a lord in his houshold 118 Tr usteth right wel, they were nat maad for noght 124 The experience woot wel it is noght so 200 Ye woot wel what I meene of this, pardee 207 They loved me so wel, by God above 219 I governed hem so wel, after my lawe 284 Wel may that be a proverbe of a shrewe 310 It is my good as wel as thyn, pardee 350 Thanne wolde the cat wel dwellen in his in 437 Suf freth alwey, syn ye so wel kan preche
501 Lat hym fare wel; God yeve his soule reste 509 And ther withal so wel koude he me glose
584 As wel of this as of othere thynges moore
606 ire, and riche, and yong, and wel bigon
849 For wel I woot thy pacience is gon Welcome 1 45 Welcome the sixte, whan that evere he s welde 1 271 st it is an hard thyng for to welde welked 1 277 Moote thy welked nekke be tobroke welle 2 15 Biside a welle, Jhesus, God and man
107 Crist, that of per feccion is welle wenches 2 393 Of wenches wolde I beren hem on honde 398 Was for t'espye wenches that he dighte Wende 1 396 Wende that I hadde of hym so greet chie wene 1 786 Who wolde wene, or who wolde suppose wenestow 1 311 What, wenestow make an ydiot of oure dame wente 4 10 That sith that Crist ne wente nevere but onis 528 And hadde left scole, and wente at hom to bord 544 So often tymes I to my gossyb wente 549 nd I myself, into the feeldes wente wepte 1 592 I wepte but smal, and that I under take wepyng 1 401 Deceite, wepyng, spynnyng God hath yive Were 28 2 Were in this world, is right ynogh for
8 And alle were wor thy men in hir degree
37 As wolde God it leveful were unto me 71 And cer tes, if ther were no seed ysowe 81 He wolde that ever y wight were swich as he
87 Al were it good no womman for to touche 116 Were membres maad of generacion 118 Tr usteth right wel, they were nat maad for noght 120 That they were maked for purgacioun 122 Were eek to knowe a femele from a male 133 Thanne were they maad upon a creature 184 de praye yow, if youre wyl it were 196 As thre of hem were goode, and two were badde 196 re of hem were goode, and two were badde 197 The thre were goode men, and riche, and olde 199 In which that they were bounden unto me 214 But it were for my profit and myn ese 222 They were ful glad whan I spak to hem faire 307 I wol hym noght, thogh thou were deed tomor we 313 lt nat bothe, thogh that thou were wood 391 They were ful glade to excuse hem blyve 562 And wostow why? For they were used weel 568 If I were wydwe, sholde wedde me
624 Al were he shor t, or long, or blak, or whi
681 And alle thise were bounden in o volume 730 his sely man sat stille as he were deed 755 That he was deed er it were by the mor we 796 That in the floor I lay as I were deed wered 1 559 And wered upon my gaye scarlet gytes werkes 1
708 Of Venus werkes wor th his olde sho
werne 1 333 to greet a nygard that wolde werne werre 1 390 I pleyned first, so was oure werre ystynt wexe 1 28 God bad us for to wexe and multiplye whan 26 45 Welcome the sixte, whan that evere he shal 47 Whan myn housbonde is fro the world ygo 64 Th'apostel, whan he speketh of maydenhede 153 Whan that hym list come for th and paye
172 And whan that I have toold thee for th my ta 201 As help me God, I laughe whan I thynke 222 They were ful glad whan I spak to hem faire 230 But if it be whan they hem mysavyse 273 Thus seistow, lorel, whan thow goost to bedde 394 Whan that for syk unnethes myghte they 459 Whan I had dronke a draughte of sweete 469 But Lord Crist! whan that it remembreth me 492 Whan that his shoo ful bitterly hym wro
495 He deyde whan I cam fro Jer usalem
510 Whan that he wolde han my bele chose 587 Whan that my four the housbonde was on b 596 As help me God, whan that I saugh hym go 683 Whan he hadde leyser and vacacioun 707 The clerk, whan he is oold, and may noght do 768 Whan that the corps lay in the floor up 783 Whan she cast of hir smok and for thermo 788 And whan I saugh he wolde nevere fyne 797 And whan he saugh how stille that I lay 817 And whan that I hadde geten unto me 829 The Frere lough, whan he hadde herd al this 832 And whan the Somonour herde the Frere gale What 25 20 What that he mente therby, I kan nat se 53 What rekketh me, thogh folk seye vileyn 90 Ye knowe what this ensample may resemble 115 Telle me also, to what conclusion 167 What sholde I bye it on my flessh so de 200 Ye woot wel what I meene of this, pardee 213 What sholde I taken keep hem for to ple 239 What dostow at my neigbebores hous 241 What rowne ye with oure mayde? Benedici 281 What eyleth swich an old man for to chi 311 What, wenestow make an ydiot of oure da 316 What helpith it of me to enquere or spy 329 Have thou ynogh, what thar thee recche or care 357 Sire olde fool, what helpeth thee to spyen 443 What eyleth yow to gr ucche thus and gro 517 Wayte what thyng we may nat lightly have 553 Of lusty folk. What wiste I wher my grace 554 Was shapen for to be, or in what place 563 Now wol I tellen for th what happed me 585 But now, sire, lat me se what I shal seyn 626 How poore he was, ne eek of what degree 627 What sholde I seye but, at the monthes 740 He tolde me eek for what occasioun 837 What spekestow of preambulacioun 838 What! amble, or trotte, or pees, or go wheither 1 176 Than maystow chese wheither thou wolt sippe Wher 6 59 Wher can ye seye, in any manere age 318 Thou sholdest seye, Wyf, go wher thee liste 322 Wher that we goon; we wol ben at oure l 553 Of lusty folk. What wiste I wher my grace 704 In Pisces, wher Venus is exaltat 745 Wher that hir housbonde hidde hym in a where 3 50 To wedde, a Goddes half, where it liketh me 62 Or where comanded he virginitee 652 Where he comandeth and forbedeth faste wherof 1 72 Virginitee, thanne wherof sholde it growe wher with 1
131 Now wher with sholde he make his paiement
whete-seed 1 143 Lat hem be breed of pured whete-seed which 19 14 Herkne eek, lo, which a sharp word for the nones 39 Which yifte of God hadde he for alle hi 74 A thyng of which his maister yaf noon heeste 155 Which shal be bothe my dettour and my t
174 Of which I am exper t in al myn age
199 In which that they were bounden unto me 392 Of thyng of which they nevere agilte hir lyve 490 For which I hope his soule be in glorie 499 Which that Appelles wroghte subtilly 526 Which that I took for love, and no rich 537 And to my nece, which that I loved weel 641 For which he often tymes wolde preche 668 For which he smoot me so that I was deef 672 At which book he lough alwey ful faste
676 In which book eek ther was Ter tulan
717 For which that Jhesu Crist hymself was slay
723 Thurgh which treson loste he bothe his yen
746 For which he hadde at Thebes sor y grace
760 On which he seyde how that his wyves thre
whiche 1
363 The whiche thynges troublen al this er the
whil 3 157 Upon his flessh, whil that I am his wyf 402 To wommen kyndely, whil that they may lyve 770 Whil that they slepte, and thus they ha while 1 255 She may no while in chastitee abyde whippe 1 175 to seyn, myself have been the whippe whit 1
624 e shor t, or long, or blak, or whit who 6 76 Cacche whoso may, who renneth best lat see 327 That rekketh nevere who hath the world in honde 692 Who peyntede the leon, tel me who 692 Who peyntede the leon, tel me who 786 Who wolde wene, or who wolde suppose 786 Who wolde wene, or who wolde suppose whoso 7 76 Cacche whoso may, who renneth best lat see 119 Glose whoso wole, and seye bothe up and doun 180 Whoso that nyl be war by othere men 349 For whoso wolde senge a cattes skyn 389 Whoso that first to mille comth, first 414 Wynne whoso may, for al is for to selle 655 Whoso that buyldeth his hous al of salw why 8 21 But that I axe, why that the fifthe man 34 Why sholde men thanne speke of it viley 129 Why sholde men elles in hir bookes sett 236 Why is my neigbebores wyf so gay 308 But tel me this: why hydestow, with sor we 562 And wostow why? For they were used weel 667 Why that I rente out of his book a leef 711 But now to purpos, why I tolde thee whyne 1 386 r as an hors I koude byte and whyne wight 6 77 is word is nat taken of ever y wight 81 He wolde that ever y wight were swich as he 108 Bad nat ever y wight he sholde go selle 135 But I seye noght that ever y wight is holde
364 And that no wight may endure the fer the 493 Ther was no wight, save God and he, that wiste wikked 2 685 To reden on this book of wikked wyves 780 They been so wikked and contrarious wikkednesse 2 695 wolde han writen of men moore wikkednesse 715 Of Eva first, that for hir wikkednesse wilde 2
276 With wilde thonder-dynt and fir y levene
373 Thou liknest it also to wilde fyr Wilkyn 1 432 How mekely looketh Wilkyn, oure sheep wiped 1 731 He wiped his heed, namoore dorste he seyn wirche 1 347 I wol nat wirche as muchel as a gnat wirkyng 1 698 Been in hir wirkyng ful contrarius wise 5 35 Lo, heere the wise kyng, daun Salomon 110 And in swich wise folwe hym and his foore 225 Ye wise wyves, that kan understonde 324 The wise astrologien, Daun Ptholome
