The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

                                
                                     [6-text p 346] 
                                  
                                  I wolde nouȝt spare him at his oughne bord
                                
                                  ffor by my trouþe I quitte him word for word
                                
                                  As helpe me verrey god omnipotent
                                
                                  þough I right now schulde make my testament
                                  Line 424 
                                
                                  I ne owe him a word þat it nys quitte
                                
                                  I brought it so aboute by my witte
                                
                                  That he muste ȝiue it vp as for þe beste /
                                
                                  Or elles hadde we neuere ben in reste
                                  Line 428 
                                
                                  ffor þough he loked as a leoun
                                
                                  ȝet scholde he faile of his conclusion
                                
                                  Thenne wolde I seye now goode leef take keepe /
                                
                                  how mekely lokeþ wilkyn oure scheepe
                                  Line 432 
                                
                                  Com ner my spouse lat me ba þi cheeke
                                
                                  ȝe schulle be al pacient and meeke [folio 110a]  [for 105] 
                                
                                  And han a sweete spiced conscience /
                                
                                  Syn ȝe so preche of Iobis pacience
                                  Line 436 
                                
                                  Suffreþ alwey syn ȝe so wel can preche
                                
                                  And but ȝe do certein we schul ȝou teche
                                
                                  That it is fair to haue a wyf in pees
                                
                                  On of vs moot bowen doutelees
                                  Line 440 
                                
                                  And siþþe a man is more resonable
                                
                                  Than woman is sire ȝe moste be suffrable /
                                
                                  What eyleþ ȝou to grucche þus and grone
                                
                                  Is it for ȝe wolde haue my queynte allone
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                                  Whi tak it al / lo haue it euery del
                                
                                  Petir I schrewe ȝou but ȝe loue me wel
                                
                                  ffor If I wolde selle my bele chose
                                
                                  I couþe walke as freissche as a rose
                                  Line 448 
                                
                                  But I wil kepe it for ȝour owne toþ
                                
                                  ȝe be to blame by god I seye ȝou soþ
                                
                                  Suche maner wordes hadde we on honde
                                
                                  Now wol I speke of my ferþe housbonde /
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                                  ¶ My ferþe housbond was a reuelour
                                
                                  This is to seye he hadde a paramour
                                
                                  And I was yong and ful of Ragerie
                                
                                  Styborne and strong and ioly as a pye

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Title: The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Canvas: Page 225
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,; 1868-[1869]

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