And wyuës haue [hauen.] now comunly
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here husbondys and a ludby.
Yn euery place now mow men se [folio 20a:2]
Þe wyfe wyl gladly þe mayster be;
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And ȝyf she onys þe maystry [þe maystry onys.] wynne
Alle newë lawys she wyl bygynne;
For þan wyl she make hyt alle [þan makyþ she hyt al.] newe,
And bygynneþ to be a shrewe;
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And whan she haþ wune [wnne.] þe maystry
Oure syre ys noght but 'veyes moy sy.' [Cp. Ves me ci tot en ta bonté De faire volon|té. Roman de Dolopatos (in Roquefort).]
Þan wyl folys fonde and fare [O. gloss 'go.']
To chepë þe wyuys chaffare.
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And ȝyf þe wyfe lestene here [Harl. omits 'here.'] lore,
here wurschyp ys lost for euer more. [Harl. euery more.]
Þus wyl bygynnë wykked lyfe
To coueyte a-noþer mannys wyfe;
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For no man ful comunly
Besecheþ a wyfë of foly,
But þere þe wyfë ys aboute,
Þe godë man, for to stoute.
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Y dar no morë telle for drede
Of vnkyndë wyuys hede;
Noþeles, y haue grete skylle
To sey morë þan y wylle.
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Ȝyf þou euer, þat þou wystyst,
A-nouþer mannys wyfë kystyst,
Or ȝaue here ȝyft for þat enchesoun
Þat sum synnë myght be doun;
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Þan as yn þe, þou fallyst yn synne,
Ȝyf þou to foly wuldest here wynne.
Ȝyf þou þys foly haunte, [[6 syll.]]
Ouþer mennys wyuys for to daunte,
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yn foly wurdys, or yn foly play,
yn vntyme, be nyȝt or day,
Þat here herte to þe myght tourne,
And late of here husbunde skorne,
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For soþe þou synnest þer dedly
