282 Thow seyst we wyves wol oure habits hide Thou sayest i wives commonly cover-up our very own habits 283 Til we feel timely, and you will thanne we wol hem shewe — Up until i feel safely tied up (in marriage), therefore we usually all of them show — 284 Wel may you to definitely feel an effective proverbe out of a great shrewe!
285 Thou seist that oxen, asses, hors, and houndes, Thou sayest you to definitely oxen, asses, horses, and hounds, 286 It been assayed on diverse stoundes; He’s used plenty of moments; 287 Bacyns, lavours, emergency room one to men hem bye, Basins, clean dishes, just before guys them pick, 288 Spoones and you may stooles, and you may al swich housbondrye, Spoons and you can feces, and all of such household items, 289 Thereby come pottes, clothing, and you will number; And therefore are pots, clothing, and adornments; 290 But group out-of wyves maken noon assay, However, men and women off spouses create zero demonstration, 291 Til it getting wedded — olde dotard shrewe! — Until he or she is wedded — old doddering scoundrel! — 292 And thanne, seistow, we wol oure habits shewe. Immediately after which, sayest thou, we are going to inform you our very own vices.
Have fun; I will not trust people hearsay
293 Thou seist in addition to this displeseth myself Thou sayest and that it displeases me 294 In case that thou wolt preyse my beautee, Until thou often compliment my beauty, 295 And you may however, thou poure alwey up on my face, And you will except if thou peer constantly abreast of my face, 296 And you may clepe me “faire dame” in virtually any place. And you will call me “dear woman” in every set. 297 And you may but thou make a feeste for the thilke go out And you may unless thou generate a feast on that same time 298 You to definitely I happened to be born, and then make myself fressh and you can gay; That we came to be, and make me personally delighted and you will gay; 299 And you may but thou do to my personal norice honour, And you will unless of course thou perform prize back at my nurse, 3 hundred In order to my personal chamberere withinne my personal bour, And to my personal chambermaid within my bedchamber, 301 And also to my fadres people and his awesome allyes — Also to my personal dad’s anyone and his partners Letton mariГ©es — 302 Thus seistow, olde barel-ful of lyes! Thus sayest thou, dated barrelful out-of lies!
303 But out-of oure apprentice Janekyn, But your apprentice Janekin, 304 To own their crispe heer, shynynge since the silver therefore fyn, Because of their curly hair, shining including gold thus okay, 305 And he squiereth me bothe up and doun, And since the guy familiarly attends me personally every where, 306 Yet hastow stuck a great fals suspecioun. Yet hast thou trapped a false suspicion. 307 We wol hym noght, thogh thou was basically deed tomorwe! Really don’t require him, no matter if thou have been dead tomorrow!
Among them thou need surrender, even after everything you will perform
308 But tel myself this: as to the reasons hydestow, having sorwe, But tell me that it: as to why hidest thou, bad luck to you, 309 The newest keyes off thy cheste awey fro me? The newest important factors off thy strongbox off me personally? 310 It is my good because the wel since the thyn, pardee! It is my personal assets as well as thine, because of the God! 311 What, wenestow make a keen ydiot away from oure dame? Exactly what, thought thou and come up with a fool of your woman of your own household? 312 Today by you to lord one named was Seint Jame, Today by you to lord that is entitled Saint James, 313 Thou shalt nat bothe, thogh you to definitely thou was basically wood, Thou-shalt-not one another, even when thou were in love that have outrage, 314 Getting maister regarding my own body as well as my a; End up being grasp away from my own body and of my possessions; 315 One oon thou shalt forgo, maugree thyne yen. 316 What helpith they out-of me to enquere or spyen? Exactly what helps they to inquire of me otherwise spy? 317 We trowe thou woldest loke me within the thy chiste! I think thou carry out secure me personally inside thy strongbox! 318 Thou sholdest seye, “Wyf, go wher thee liste; Thou is state, “Wife, go in which you please; 319 Taak you are disport; We wol nat leve zero talys. 320 I knowe yow to have an effective trewe wyf, dame Alys.” I know you to possess a true partner, dame Alys.” 321 We like zero man one taketh kep otherwise charges We like zero man just who takes find or concern with 322 Wher that individuals goon; we wol ben at oure large. Where i go; we are totally free (to accomplish while we should).
