To haue þy fleshly felawrede,
Line 1880
Ȝyf þou do hyt aȝens her [dedyst a-ȝen hir D.] wyl
Certeynly þou synnyst ful yl. [wylle . . . ille D.]
Ȝyf þou hyt do [do it D.] to holde þe chaste
wyþ-oute here wyl, [leue O, leve D.] þou werchyst [dost D.] waste.
For but [but ȝif D.] hyt be for grete resun,
Line 1885
Ȝyf she mysdo, þou art enchesun.
Ȝyf þou louyst [loue D.] to haue þy wyfe
Yn clennes and yn godë lyfe,
Line 1888
vpbreyde here neuer for [of D.] gelusye
Of no mannys cumpanye;
For ȝyf þou dost, þan [dost . þen O, do . þan D.] wyl she do
þyng þat she neuer þoghte to do. [þouȝt to D.]
Line 1892
Men sey, þer [seye þere O, seyn þer D.] a man ys gelous,
Þat þer [þere O, þer D (om. þat).] ys a kokewolde at [at þat D.] hous.
Many a gode man ys kokewolde; [kukkold (om. ys) D.]
Þere þe wyfe ys a shrewe, þer ys wykked [qwere þe wif is schrewe . þer is euyl D.] holde.
But where [þer D.] þe wyfe haþ gelousye
Þere beþ wrdys grete and hye; [Ielowsyȝe . . hyȝe D.]
Line 1898
here mayster shal nagher go ne sytte [hir lord schal neuere out of hir syȝt D.]
Þat she ne shal wommen on hym wytte. [but sche schal on hym women wyȝt D.]
Þan ys þere [boþe D.] chydyng and boste,
Line 1901
Þere ys nat [noght O, & þer is wantyng of D.] þe holy goste;
For no þyng Ihesu cryst more quemeþ [more i. c. quemys D.] [folio 13b]
Þan loue yn wedlak, þere men hyt ȝemyþ; [ȝemys D.]
Ne no þyng ys to man [þanne is D.] so dere
Line 1905
As [as a D.] wommanys loue yn gode manere.
26A gode womman ys mannys blys
Þere here loue ryȝt and [ryght O, þer þat hir lyþ D.] stedfast ys;26 [26_26 A gode woman ys veryly mannys blys When she louys trew and stedfaste ys (? source)]
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