235 `Sire olde kaynard, is it thyn variety? `Sir old doddering deceive, is it thy creating? 236 What makes my personal neighebores wyf very gay? 237 The woman is honoured overal ther she gooth; She is recognized every-where she happens; 238 We sitte during the hoom; You will find zero thrifty clooth. We to use family; I have no pretty good outfits. 239 Just what dostow at my neighebores hous? Just what dost thou within my neighbor’s household? 240 Are she so reasonable? Artow therefore amorous? Is she so reasonable? Art thou thus amorous? 241 Just what rowne ye which have oure mayde? Benedicite! Exactly what do you whisper with the help of our housemaid? Bless myself! 242 Sire olde lecchour, lat thy japes getting! 243 Incase I’ve a good gossib or a freend, While You will find a close friend or a friend, 244 Withouten gilt, thou chidest as a good feend, Innocently, thou scold such as for instance an excellent fiend, 245 If it I walke otherwise pleye unto his hous! Basically walk otherwise go unto his family in order to show off your myself! 246 Thou comest hoom once the dronken due to the fact a good mous, Thou comest family due to the fact drunk because a mouse, 247 And you may prechest to your thy bench, that have yvel preef! And you can preach to the thy table, misfortune for you! 248 Thou seist for me it’s a good allowed meschief Thou sayest if you ask me it’s good misfortune 249 To help you wedde an effective povre womman, jeunes femmes cherchant des hommes plus ГўgГ©s to have costage; So you’re able to marry an awful woman, because of expenses; 250 Of course, if you to she end up being riche, away from heigh parage, And if she feel steeped, out-of higher delivery, 251 Thanne seistow it is a great tormentrie Following thou sayest it is a beneficial torment 252 So you’re able to soffre get satisfaction and you may get malencolie. 253 Just in case one to she end up being fair, thou verray knave, Of course she be fair, thou complete knave, 254 Thou seyst that each holour wol hire enjoys; Thou sayest that each lecher desires to has actually their; 255 She may no during chastitee abyde, She can maybe not continue to be chaste your timeframe, 256 That’s assailled on ech a beneficial syde. Who is assailed on each front side.
Sir dated lecher, let thy strategies end up being!
257 Thou seyst som folk desiren you getting richesse, Thou sayest particular folk notice all of us getting money, 258 Somme getting oure shap, and you will somme having oure fairnesse, Certain for our contour, and many in regards to our fairness, 259 And you will som getting she kan outher synge otherwise daunce, And something once the she will possibly play or dance, 260 And som to own gentillesse and you can daliaunce; And lots of due to noble ancestry and you will flirtatious chat; 261 Som having hir handes and you may hir armes smale; Specific for their give as well as their thin fingers; 262 Therefore goth al into the devel, of the thy facts. Ergo happens most of the with the demon, centered on you. 263 Thou seyst guys will get nat kepe a good castel wal, Thou sayest guys may not defend a castle wall surface, 264 This may very longe assailled become overal. This may such a long time become assailed to your all the sides.
To hold with her pleasure along with her furious emotions
265 Of course, if you to definitely she become bad, thou seist you to she Of course she end up being unattractive, thou sayest you to she 266 Coveiteth most of the man one to she get se, Covets all man you to she could see, 267 Getting given that a beneficial spanyel she wol towards hym lepe, Getting like a spaniel she’ll with the your leap, 268 Til one she fynde som people get so you’re able to chepe. Until she find some man to purchase (take) their unique. 269 Ne noon so gray goos gooth ther in the river Neither does one goose wade around on lake, no matter what boring, 270 Once the, seistow, wol started withoute build. You to definitely, thou sayest, would-be in the place of a mate. 271 And you can seyst it is an enthusiastic tough thyng to possess to welde And you can thou sayest it is an arduous situation to handle 272 A thyng you to definitely no man wole, their thankes, helde. A thing that no people have a tendency to, willingly, keep. 273 Hence seistow, lorel, whan thow goost so you’re able to bedde, Hence sayest thou, scoundrel, when thou goest to sleep, 274 And that no wys people nedeth to possess so you’re able to wedde, And that no wise guy should marry, 275 Ne no man you to entendeth unto hevene. Nor any guy that hopes (to go) in order to paradise. 276 Having wilde thonder-dynt and you can firy levene Having crazy thunder-bolt and you will flaming super 277 Moote thy welked nekke getting tobroke! Could possibly get thy wrinkled neck feel broken-in bits!