282 Thow seyst i wyves wol oure habits hide Thou sayest i spouses usually cover up the vices 283 Til we feel timely, and you may thanne we wol hem shewe — Until we become securely tied (in-marriage), therefore will her or him tell you — 284 Wel get you to feel a beneficial proverbe out of a good shrewe!
Enjoy yourself; I will not trust people rumors
285 Thou seist that oxen, asses, hors, and you may houndes, Thou sayest you to oxen, asses, ponies, and hounds, 286 It become assayed at varied stoundes; He could be tried out many minutes; 287 Bacyns, lavours, er you to definitely men hem bye, Basins, wash bowls, in advance of men her or him purchase, 288 Spoones and you may stooles, and al swich housbondrye, Spoons and you may stools, and all sorts of for example items for your home, 289 Thereby come pottes, outfits, and you will variety; And they are pots, dresses, and you can adornments; 290 However, men and women away from wyves maken noon assay, However, someone from wives create no demonstration, 291 Til it end up being married — olde dotard shrewe! — Until he is married — old doddering scoundrel! — 292 And you can thanne, seistow, i wol oure habits shewe. Then, sayest thou, we will tell you the habits.
293 Thou seist together with so it displeseth me Thou sayest together with this displeases me 294 However if one thou wolt preyse my beautee, Unless of course thou have a tendency to supplement my personal charm, 295 And you will however, thou poure alwey on my personal deal with, And you can except if thou fellow always on my face, 296 And you can clepe me “faire dame” in any lay. And you will know me as “beloved women” in just about any put. 297 And you may however, thou generate a feeste toward thilke big date And you may unless thou make a banquet on that exact same go out 298 One I became born, making me personally fressh and gay; That i was created, and work out myself pleased and you may gay; 299 And you can however, thou do in order to my norice honor, And unless of course thou would prize on my nursing assistant, 3 hundred In order to my personal chamberere withinne my bour, And my personal chambermaid inside my bedchamber, 301 And to my personal fadres men and women along with his allyes — And to my personal dad’s individuals and his awesome partners — 302 Therefore seistow, olde barel-ful off lyes! For this reason sayest thou, dated barrelful from lays!
303 Yet from oure apprentice Janekyn, Yet in our apprentice Janekin, 304 Having his crispe heer, shynynge because silver very fyn, Because of his frizzy hair, radiant particularly gold very fine, 305 As well as for he squiereth myself bothe up-and doun, And since he familiarly attends me everywhere, 306 Yet hastow stuck a great fals suspecioun. Yet , hast thou stuck a bogus uncertainty. 307 We wol hym noght, thogh thou was deed tomorwe! Really don’t need him, in the event thou was indeed dead the next day!
I think thou perform lock me personally inside thy strongbox!
308 But tel me personally so it: why hydestow, which have sorwe, But tell me so it: why hidest thou, bad luck for you, 309 The new keyes away from thy cheste awey fro myself? The newest tactics off thy strongbox out of myself? 310 It’s my personal an excellent because wel due to the fact thyn, pardee! It is my personal property including thine, by the God! 311 Just what, wenestow build an enthusiastic ydiot out of oure dame? Exactly what, consider thou making a trick of the people of one’s house? 312 Today of the one lord you to definitely called is Seint Jame, Today by one to lord that’s entitled Saint James, 313 Thou shalt nat bothe, thogh one to thou was in fact wood, Thou shalt not both, regardless if thou was in fact in love with rage, 314 End up being maister from my body system and of my a; Getting learn out of my own body as well as my personal possessions; 315 One to oon thou shalt go without, maugree thyne yen. One of them thou need surrender, despite anything you is going to do. 316 Just what helpith they away from me to enquere or spyen? Just what assists it to ask me personally otherwise spy? 317 We trowe thou woldest loke me personally for the thy chiste! 318 Thou sholdest seye, “Wyf, go wher thee liste; Thou would be to state, “Wife, go where you delight; 319 Taak youre disport; I wol nat leve zero talys. 320 We knowe yow getting a beneficial trewe wyf, dame Alys.” I am aware you having a real girlfriend, dame Alys.” 321 We love zero son one to taketh kep or costs I like no son exactly who takes notice or anxiety about 322 Wher that we goon; we wol ben during the oure highest. Where we go; we are totally free (to complete even as we desire to).