995 But certeinly, er he cam fully there, But certainly, before he came fully there, 996 Vanysshed was this daunce, he nyste where. What is my offense? 1060 For Goddes love, as chees a newe requeste! All is nothing but advice to (adopt) virginity. 328 By this proverbe thou shalt understonde, By this proverb thou shalt understand, 329 Have thou ynogh, what thar thee recche or care If thou have enough, why should thou take note or care 330 How myrily that othere folkes fare? 1242 I prey to God that I moote sterven wood, I pray to God that I may die insane 1243 But I to yow be also good and trewe Unless I to you be as good and true 1244 As evere was wyf, syn that the world was newe. Nor does any goose go there in the lake, no matter how drab. And by so perfectly wise a Workman wrought? For as it pleases you, is enough for me. In Pisces (the Fish), where Venus is exalted. This makes it that there are no fairies. Than a woman is, you must be able to bear suffering. ", 1098 "Amended?" When the corpse lay in the floor flat on its back. ", Heere endeth the Wyf of Bathe hir Prologe, Heere bigynneth the Tale of the Wyf of Bathe. 1077 To which thyng shortly answeren I shal: To which thing shortly I shall answer: 1078 I seye ther nas no joye ne feeste at al; I say there was no joy nor feast at all; 1079 Ther nas but hevynesse and muche sorwe. My ascendant was Taurus, and Mars was therein. 452 Now wol I speken of my fourthe housbonde. 1000 Agayn the knyght this olde wyf gan ryse, At the knight's coming this old wife did rise, 1001 And seyde, "Sire knyght, heer forth ne lith no wey. And said, "Let the woman tell her tale. Some have given them poison in their drink. `A fair woman, unless she is also chaste, Out of his book, right as he read, and also. said this knight, "Alas, nay, nay! If I were a widow, should wed me. hastow slayn me, false theef?' 26 Men may devyne and glosen, up and doun, Men may conjecture and interpret in every way, 27 But wel I woot, expres, withoute lye, But well I know, expressly, without lie, 28 God bad us for to wexe and multiplye; God commanded us to grow fruitful and multiply; 29 That gentil text kan I wel understonde. 586 A ha! 692 Who peyntede the leon, tel me who? 697 The children of Mercurie and of Venus The children of Mercury (clerks) and of Venus (lovers) 698 Been in hir wirkyng ful contrarius; Are directly contrary in their actions; 699 Mercurie loveth wysdam and science, Mercury loves wisdom and knowledge, 700 And Venus loveth ryot and dispence. The Wife of Bath was considered to be of high moral standing. To barren land, where water may not remain. 733 Of Phasipha, that was the queene of Crete, Of Phasipha, that was the queen of Crete, 734 For shrewednesse, hym thoughte the tale swete; For sheer malignancy, he thought the tale sweet; 735 Fy! ", 856 "Yis, dame," quod he, "tel forth, and I wol heere." God commanded us to grow fruitful and multiply; Should leave father and mother and take to me. But where God desires to give it by his power. Before the court then I pray thee, sir knight,". 806 That I have doon, it is thyself to wyte. Had told to me so great a secret. One of them thou must give up, despite anything you can do. 321 We love no man that taketh kep or charge We love no man who takes notice or concern about 322 Wher that we goon; we wol ben at oure large. Through which one may see his true friends. This poor man sat still as if he were dead; But `Before thunder stops, there comes a rain!'. When we are flattered and pleased. My husband shall have it both evenings and mornings. And ever shall unto my final day. Catch it whoever can, let's see who runs best. 519 Forbede us thyng, and that desiren we; Forbid us a thing, and we desire it; 520 Preesse on us faste, and thanne wol we fle. For though they give us all their heritage. Who with a staff deprived his wife of her life. Now will I tell forth what happened to me. 706 Therfore no womman of no clerk is preysed. And yet with barley-bread, Mark can tell it. Looking out at his door one day. 585 But now, sire, lat me se what I shal seyn. That women can not keep their marriage! "Gladly," she said, "since it may please you; I shall speak the truth; those husbands that I had. 320 I knowe yow for a trewe wyf, dame Alys." Tell me what you seek, by your faith! 476 Lat go. 62 Or where comanded he virginitee? The The old woman decides the knight will never love her and leaves, and the knight meets the love of his life the next day. That this knight was condemned to be dead, By course of law, and should have lost his head --, Except that the queen and other ladies as well. 231 A wys wyf, if that she kan hir good, A wise wife, if she knows what is good for her, 232 Shal beren hym on honde the cow is wood, Shall deceive him by swearing the bird is crazy, 233 And take witnesse of hir owene mayde, And prove it by taking witness of her own maid 234 Of hir assent. He would not allow me anything of my desires. Question|Asked by And that the knight should tell in open court. 1245 And but I be to-morn as fair to seene And unless I am tomorrow morning as fair to be seen 1246 As any lady, emperice, or queene, As any lady, empress, or queen, 1247 That is bitwixe the est and eke the west, That is between the east and also the west, 1248 Dooth with my lyf and deth right as yow lest. 44a [Of whiche I have pyked out the beste, [Of which I have picked out the best, 44b Bothe of here nether purs and of here cheste. A wise wife, if she knows what is good for her. Lo, have it every bit! 1014 "Thanne," quod she, "I dar me wel avante "Then," she said, "I dare me well boast 1015 Thy lyf is sauf, for I wol stonde therby; Thy life is safe, for I will stand thereby; 1016 Upon my lyf, the queene wol seye as I. That on the floor I lay as if I were dead. Without his knowledge, he forsook her also. In voluntary poverty chose to live his life. ", Do, dame, tell forth your tale, and that is best.". 525 My fifthe housbonde -- God his soule blesse! 666 Now wol I seye yow sooth, by Seint Thomas, Now will I tell you the truth, by Saint Thomas, 667 Why that I rente out of his book a leef, Why I tore a leaf out of his book, 668 For which he smoot me so that I was deef. What! 632 But afterward repented me ful soore; But afterward I repented very bitterly; 633 He nolde suffre nothyng of my list. Yet should he fail to attain his goal. Upon my life, the queen will say as I. How pitifully at night I made them work! 480 Now wol I tellen of my fourthe housbonde. Catch it whoever can, let's see who runs best. 182 The same wordes writeth Ptholomee; The same words writes Ptholomy; 183 Rede in his Almageste, and take it there." 961 She swoor him, "Nay"; for al this world to wynne, She swore him, "Nay"; for all this world to win, 962 She nolde do that vileynye or synne, She would not do that dishonor or sin, 963 To make hir housbonde han so foul a name. As he goes in his assigned district. 931 He gooth ful ny the sothe, I wol nat lye. And let her lecher copulate with her all the night. 1099 It wol nat been amended nevere mo. 276 With wilde thonder-dynt and firy levene With wild thunder-bolt and fiery lightning 277 Moote thy welked nekke be tobroke! Believed that I had of him so great affection! 701 And, for hire diverse disposicioun, And, because of their diverse dispositions, 702 Ech falleth in otheres exaltacioun. Out of their own houses; ah, bless me! Beware, and keep thy neck-bone from iron (axe)! Upon a night Jankin, that was master of our house. For he would have that which is not in his power; But he who has nothing, nor covets to have anything. My ascendant was Taurus, and Mars was therein. On Janekin, and on my niece also. Entirely guiltless (they were), by God's sweet pain! 563 Now wol I tellen forth what happed me. 423 As helpe me verray God omnipotent, As help me true God omnipotent, 424 Though I right now sholde make my testament, Though I right now should make my will, 425 I ne owe hem nat a word that it nys quit. 1146 "Heere may ye se wel how that genterye "Here may you see well that nobility 1147 Is nat annexed to possessioun, Is not joined with possession, 1148 Sith folk ne doon hir operacioun Since folk not do behave as they should 1149 Alwey, as dooth the fyr, lo, in his kynde. What speakest thou of perambulation? He is now in his grave and in his casket. 491 For, God it woot, he sat ful ofte and song, For, God knows it, he sat very often and cried out in pain, 492 Whan that his shoo ful bitterly hym wrong. More perfect than wedding in weakness. 358 Thogh thou preye Argus with his hundred yen Though thou pray Argus with his hundred eyes 359 To be my warde-cors, as he kan best, To be my bodyguard, as he best knows how, 360 In feith, he shal nat kepe me but me lest; In faith, he shall not keep me but as I please; 361 Yet koude I make his berd, so moot I thee! As thick as specks of dust in the sun-beam. A sexually active and funny working woman, That some men have in Essex at Dunmowe. This knight deliberates and painfully sighs, Choose yourself which may be most pleasure, For as it pleases you, is enough for me.". I owe them not one word that has not been avenged. Now by that lord that is called Saint James. 750 Lyvia hir housbonde, on an even late, Livia her husband, on a late evening, 751 Empoysoned hath, for that she was his fo; Has poisoned, because she was his foe; 752 Lucia, likerous, loved hire housbonde so Lucia, lecherous, loved her husband so much 753 That, for he sholde alwey upon hire thynke, That, so that he should always think upon her, 754 She yaf hym swich a manere love-drynke She gave him such a sort of love-drink 755 That he was deed er it were by the morwe; That he was dead before it was morning; 756 And thus algates housbondes han sorwe. If I pleased, before three days were past. 1057 If I seye fals, sey nay, upon thy fey!" It follows an unnamed knight from King Arthurs court who rapes a maiden, avoids legal punishment, and is ultimately rewarded with a youthful, fair, obedient, and faithful wife. The Wife of Bath is a strong woman. Some have given them poison in their drink. Before the Wife of Bath tells her tale, she offers in a long prologue a condemnation of ", But all for naught; the end is this, that he. I would not for all the metal, nor for ore. That under earth is buried or lies above, Have anything except that I were thy wife, and also thy love. 219 I governed hem so wel, after my lawe, I governed them so well, according to my law, 220 That ech of hem ful blisful was and fawe That each of them was very blissful and eager 221 To brynge me gaye thynges fro the fayre. We love no man who takes notice or concern about. Yet lived they ever in perfect chastity. 915 And at the laste he chees hym for to wende And at the last he chose to leave 916 And come agayn, right at the yeres ende, And come again, exactly at the year's end, 917 With swich answere as God wolde hym purveye; With such answer as God would provide him; 918 And taketh his leve, and wendeth forth his weye. `O! 949 But that tale is nat worth a rake-stele. 834 A frere wol entremette hym everemo. 437 Suffreth alwey, syn ye so wel kan preche; Suffer always, since you so well can preach; 438 And but ye do, certein we shal yow teche And unless you do, certainly we shall teach you 439 That it is fair to have a wyf in pees. 989 And in his wey it happed hym to ryde, And in his way he happened to ride, 990 In al this care, under a forest syde, In all this care, near a forest side, 991 Wher as he saugh upon a daunce go Where he saw upon a dance go 992 Of ladyes foure and twenty, and yet mo; Ladies four and twenty, and yet more; 993 Toward the whiche daunce he drow ful yerne, Toward the which dance he drew very eagerly, 994 In hope that som wysdom sholde he lerne. 178 Be war of it, er thou to ny approche; Beware of it, before thou too near approach; 179 For I shal telle ensamples mo than ten. 75 The dart is set up for virginitee; The prize is set up for virginity; 76 Cacche whoso may, who renneth best lat see. 534 For hadde myn housbonde pissed on a wal, For had my husband pissed on a wall, 535 Or doon a thyng that sholde han cost his lyf, Or done a thing that should have cost his life, 536 To hire, and to another worthy wyf, To her, and to another worthy wife, 537 And to my nece, which that I loved weel, And to my niece, whom I loved well, 538 I wolde han toold his conseil every deel. If he did not use his blessed instrument? Some are of wood, and do their lord service. This book is He could win back my love straightway. I would curse you, if you did not love it well; I could walk as fresh (newly clothed) as is a rose; But I will keep it for your own pleasure. And all were worthy men in their way. For it is perilous to assemble both fire and flax; Though maidenhood may have precedence over a second marriage. With such answer as God would provide him; And takes his leave, and goes forth on his way. He forgot not a bit of the care and the woe. A gluttonous mouth must have a lecherous tail. So that of the stroke my ear became all deaf. And I will tell it to you before it is night.". Save on the green he saw sitting a woman --. ", 1009 "Plight me thy trouthe heere in myn hand," quod she, "Pledge me thy word here in my hand," she said, 1010 "The nexte thyng that I requere thee, "The next thing that I require of thee, 1011 Thou shalt it do, if it lye in thy myght, Thou shalt do it, if it lies in thy power, 1012 And I wol telle it yow er it be nyght." Tell forth your tale, refrain for no man, And teach us young men of your practice.". 400 For al swich wit is yeven us in oure byrthe; For all such wit is given us in our birth; 401 Deceite, wepyng, spynnyng God hath yive Deceit, weeping, spinning God has given 402 To wommen kyndely, whil that they may lyve. Note that whatever thing we may not easily have. Thus sayest thou, scoundrel, when thou goest to bed. Always, as does the fire, lo, in its nature. I could no longer keep it, without doubt.". Now choose yourself, whichever you please. And near he came, and kneeled gently down. Come near, my spouse, let me kiss thy cheek! It is nothing but waste to bury him expensively. That, thou sayest, will be without a mate. In many a way, how painfully I tortured him. I will persevere; I am not fussy. In hope that he should learn some wisdom. 1005 "My leeve mooder," quod this knyght, "certeyn "My dear mother," said this knight, "certainly 1006 I nam but deed but if that I kan seyn I am as good as dead unless I can say 1007 What thyng it is that wommen moost desire. 1119 For thogh they yeve us al hir heritage, For though they give us all their heritage, 1120 For which we clayme to been of heigh parage, For which we claim to be of noble lineage, 1121 Yet may they nat biquethe for no thyng Yet they can not bequeath by any means 1122 To noon of us hir vertuous lyvyng, To any of us their virtuous living, 1123 That made hem gentil men ycalled be, That made them be called noble men, 1124 And bad us folwen hem in swich degree. 1163 Thanne comth oure verray gentillesse of grace; Then our true nobility comes from grace ; 1164 It was no thyng biquethe us with oure place. And therefore, sir, since I do not injure you. And some because of noble descent and flirtatious talk; Some because of their hands and their slender arms; Thus goes all to the devil, according to you. Why is my neighbor's wife so gay? Except temporal things, that may hurt and injure a man. WebThe Wife of Bath was a well travelled woman who had a past of having several different husbands. "Nay, then," she said, "I curse both of us two! 1203 Poverte a spectacle is, as thynketh me, Poverty is an eye glass, as it seems to me, 1204 Thurgh which he may his verray freendes see. [2] She swore him, "Nay"; for all this world to win. Farewell! Wilson Garcia sheds a tear Sunday in Cleveland, Texas, as he talks about his wife and son, who were shot and killed Friday. 1083 Greet was the wo the knyght hadde in his thoght, Great was the woe the knight had in his thought, 1084 Whan he was with his wyf abedde ybroght; When he was brought to bed with his wife; 1085 He walweth and he turneth to and fro. 1096 What is my gilt? 285 Thou seist that oxen, asses, hors, and houndes, Thou sayest that oxen, asses, horses, and hounds, 286 They been assayed at diverse stoundes; They are tried out a number of times; 287 Bacyns, lavours, er that men hem bye, Basins, wash bowls, before men them buy, 288 Spoones and stooles, and al swich housbondrye, Spoons and stools, and all such household items, 289 And so been pottes, clothes, and array; And so are pots, clothes, and adornments; 290 But folk of wyves maken noon assay, But folk of wives make no trial, 291 Til they be wedded -- olde dotard shrewe! As freely as my Maker has it sent. From house to house, although he had sworn the contrary; How he, Simplicius Gallus, left his wife. To be refreshed half so often as he! Providing that you might behave well towards me. And therefore this tale I tell to every man. Now is my heart all whole; now is it out. 1177 "And ther as ye of poverte me repreeve, "And whereas you reprove me for poverty, 1178 The hye God, on whom that we bileeve, The high God, on whom we believe, 1179 In wilful poverte chees to lyve his lyf. To purge urine, and also for procreation. 533 To hire biwreyed I my conseil al. What wiste I wher my grace By amorous folk. Without a poor wife's being one of them? Should ever be so foully degraded!" 59 Wher can ye seye, in any manere age, Where can you find, in any historical period, 60 That hye God defended mariage That high God forbad marriage 61 By expres word? 246 Thou comest hoom as dronken as a mous, Thou comest home as drunk as a mouse, 247 And prechest on thy bench, with yvel preef! ", "Have here my pledged word," said the knight, "I agree.". And most honor to you and me also. For which Jesus Christ himself was slain. Where he commands and strictly forbids that. And thus, God knows, Mercury is powerless. Do, dame, tell forth your tale, and that is best. "Pledge me thy word here in my hand," she said. Until at the last out of my swoon I awoke. Except temporal things, that may hurt and injure a man. He was frightened and would have fled on his way. Nor of any other woman in any way. You wise wives, that can understand. Do as you please; I am here subject to your will." The Wife of Bath is a Sir old fool, what help is it for thee to spy? 278 Thow seyst that droppyng houses, and eek smoke, Thou sayest that leaky houses, and also smoke, 279 And chidyng wyves maken men to flee And scolding wives make men to flee 280 Out of hir owene houses; a, benedicitee! Until she find some man to buy (take) her. And then, sayest thou, we will show our vices. Gentility was thought to be a quality of a person that caused him to do noble deeds, keep his promises, and generally behave virtuously. "Thou standest yet," she said, "in such condition, That of thy life yet thou hast no assurance. This is to say, myself have been the whip --, Than may thou choose whether thou will sip. 942 Assay, and he shal fynde it that so dooth; Try it, and whoever so does shall find it true; 943 For, be we never so vicious withinne, For, be we never so vicious within, 944 We wol been holden wise and clene of synne. 1020 Lat us go forth withouten lenger speche." That I reckoned little of their love! Would lead all their life in chastity. You (should) no longer reprove me for my poverty. 453 My fourthe housbonde was a revelour -- My fourth husband was a reveller -- 454 This is to seyn, he hadde a paramour -- This is to say, he had a mistress -- 455 And I was yong and ful of ragerye, And I was young and full of playfulness, 456 Stibourn and strong, and joly as a pye. That I was born, and make me happy and gay; And to my chambermaid within my bedchamber, And to my father's folk and his allies --. And too great a supply makes them of little value: My fifth husband -- God bless his soul!
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