Ne wax þou nout to wilde;
Ah ber þe feyre in al þyng,
& þou miht habbe blessyng,
& be meke & mylde.
"When þe coppe is follest, þenne ber hire feyrest",
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Quoþ Hendyng.
ȝef þou art an old mon,
Tac þou þe no ȝong wommon
Forte be þi spouse;
For loue þou hire ner so muche,
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Hue wol telle to þe lute ["Sie wird wenig mit dir sprechen", d. h. sie wird stets mürrisch sein. Statt des Reimes finden wir hier die blosse Assonanz.]
In þin oune house.
Monimon syngeþ
When he hom bringeþ
Is ȝonge wyf:
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Wyste whet he broȝte, [wyste ist kontrahirt aus "wyste he". — whet, ms. wet.]
Wepen he mohte
Er syþ his lyf. [Er syþ his lyf, ms. Er his lyf syþ. Da "lyf" offenbar Reimwort zu "wyf" ist, so habe ich "lyf" ans Ende gestellt. Der Sinn dieser Zeile würde sein: "euer afterwards his life", immer später sein ganzes Leben hindurch.]
Quoþ Hendyng.
þah þou muche þenche, ne spek þou nout al;
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Bynd þine tonge wiþ bonene wal;
Let hit don synke, þer hit vp swal:
þenne myht þou fynde frend oueral. [myht, ms. myþt.]
"Tonge brekeþ bon, & naþ hire selue non", [naþ, ms. nad.]
Quoþ Hendyng.
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Hit is mony gedelyng,
When me him ȝeueþ a lutel þyng,
