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525 My personal fifthe housbonde — Goodness his soule blesse! — My 5th spouse — God bless his spirit! — 526 And that which i took getting like, no richesse, Who I got for love, and no riches, 527 He som tyme was a clerk off Oxenford, He had been formerly an excellent clerk out-of Oxford, 528 And hadde leftover scole, and you will wente at hom so you’re able to bord And had kept college, and you will came the home of board 529 Using my gossib, dwellynge within the oure toun; With my close friend, house in our urban area; 530 Jesus enjoys hir soule! Hir term is Alisoun. God provides their own soul! Their particular label are Alisoun. 531 She know myn herte, and you will eek my personal privetee, She know my cardio, and have now my gifts, 532 Wager than just oure parisshe preest, therefore moot I thee! 533 To engage biwreyed We my personal conseil al. To help you their I found the my gifts. 534 To possess hadde myn housbonde pissed to your good wal, For had my hubby pissed towards a wall surface, 535 Otherwise doon a thyng one to sholde han rates their lyf, Or over something that must have rates their lifetime, 536 To employ, in order to another worthy wyf, To their own, and also to an alternate worthy wife, 537 And my nece, and this that i liked weel, And my relative, just who We enjoyed better, 538 I wolde han toold their conseil all deel. I would has informed each one of their gifts. 539 So i dide ful usually, Jesus it woot, Therefore i did very often, Jesus understands it, 540 One generated their deal with often reed and you can hoot You to produced his deal with tend to reddish and you can very hot 541 For verray shame, and you can attributed hymself to have he Having real guilt, and attributed himself due to the fact he 542 Had toold if you ask me so desired an effective pryvetee.
And dressed in my personal gay scarlet robes
543 And thus bifel one to of them when you look at the a beneficial Lente — And thus it just happened that when from inside the a springtime — 544 Oftentimes tymes I to my gossyb wente, Once the frequently We visited see my friend, 545 To have evere yet I cherished to be gay, To possess I cherished become gay, 546 And so you can walke inside March, Averill, and may also, And to walk in March, April, and will, 547 Fro hous in order to hous, so you can heere sondry talys — Out-of house to house, to know certain items of gossip — 548 You to elizabeth Alys, You to elizabeth Alys, 549 And that i myself, into the feeldes wente. And i me personally, into sphere went. 550 Myn housbonde is at Londoun al one to Lente; My hubby is at London all of that Spring; 551 We hadde this new bettre leyser having so you’re able to pleye, I got Serbe femmes les plus belles femmes du monde the better possibility to amuse me, 552 As well as in order to se, and eek to own to get seye And also to come across, and also to be seen 553 Out-of lusty people. Exactly what wiste We wher my sophistication From the amorous anyone. What performed I understand on where my good fortune 554 Is actually shapen to have as, or perhaps in just what lay? Are bound to end up being, or in exactly what place? 555 Therfore We generated my personal visitaciouns And so i made my visitations 556 To vigilies and also to processiouns, To spiritual feasts also to processions, 557 So you can prechyng eek, and to thise pilgrimages, To preaching along with, and such pilgrimages, 558 So you can pleyes of myracles, also to mariages, In order to takes on on the amazing things, and to marriages, 559 And you may wered abreast of my gaye bright red gytes. 560 Thise wormes, ne thise motthes, ne thise mytes, Such viruses, neither such moths, neither this type of mites, 561 On my peril, frete hem never ever good deel; Upon my personal danger (We swear), chewed in it never sometime; 562 And wostow as to the reasons? To have these people were put weel. And know thou as to the reasons? As they have been well used.