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The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

[6-text p 210] of sweche wemen seyth salomon / that it weere bettere to dwelle in disert; than with a wekkede woman that is ryotous / [2278] And sire by ȝoure leue that am not .I. [2279] for ȝe han ful ofte assayed myn grete sylence & myn greete pacience / & ek how wel that I can hyde & helyn thyngis that men oughtyn secrely to hidyn [2280] ¶ And sothly as to ȝoure fyfte resoun where as ȝe seyn that in wikkede con|seyl / wemen venquysse men / god wot thikke resoun stant heere in no stede / [2281] for vndyrstonde now ȝe axe conseyl to do wekkedenesse / [2282. et se tu vouloies user de mauvais conseil et de mal faire] & ȝoure wif restreynyth thilke wekkede purpos / & ouyr-comyth ȝow be resoun & be good conseyl / [2283] certys ȝoure wyf; oughte rathere been preysed / than I-blamyd / [2284] thus schul ȝe vndyr|stonde the philysophere / that seyth In wekkede conseyl women wenquysschyn here husbondys [2285] ¶ And theere as ȝe blamyn alle wemen & here resonys / I schal schewe manye ensaumplys that manye a woman hath been ful good and ȝit been / & here conseylys holsom & profitable [2286] ¶ Ek sum men han seyd that the conseylynge of women is othir to dere or to lytyl of prys [2287] but al be it so that ful manie a woman is badde & here conseyl vile / & not worth / ȝit han men foundyn ful manye a good woman / & ful descreet & wis in conseyllynge / [2288] lo Iacob by conseyl of hise moodyr Rebekka / wan the benysoun of ysaak his fadyr & the lordschepe ouyr alle hise bretheryn / [2289] Iudith by hire goode conseyl; delyuerede the cete of Bethulye in whiche sche dwellede out of the bondys of Olofernus / that hadde it be-segit & wolde it al distroye [2290] ¶ Abygail deliuerede Nabal hire husbonde [folio 331a] from Dauid the kyng þat wolde han slayn hym & a-paysed the yre of the kyng bi hire wit / & by hyre goode con|seylyng [2291] Hester by hire goode conseyl / enhaunsede gretly the peple of god in the regne / of Assuerus the kyng [2292] ¶ And the same bountee in good conseylyng of
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The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,
1868-1879.

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