| | And therwith al also he coude so wel glose | |
| | That though he hadde bete me on euery boon | |
| | He coude wynne my loue ayeen anoon | |
| | I trowe I loued hym best for that he | |
| | Was of his loue so daungerous vnto me | |
| 515 | We wymmen haue yf that I shal not lye | |
| | In this mater a queynte fantesye | |
| | Wayte what thing we may not lightly haue | |
| | Ther aftir wil we crye alday and craue | |
| | Forbede vs thing and that desiren we | |
| 520 | Preese on vs and than wil we fle | |
| | With daunger vtter we al our chaffare | |
| | Greet prees at market makith dere ware | |
| | And to greet cheep is holdyn a febyl pryce | |
| | This knoweth euery woman that is wyse | |
| | M | Y fyfthe husbonde god his soule blesse | |
| | Wichiche I took for loue and no richesse | |
| | He sumtyme was a clerk of Oxenforde | |
| | And hadde left scole and went at hoom to borde | |
| | With my gossib tho duellinge in our toun | |
| 530 | God haue her soule her name was alisoun | |
| | She knew my herte and eek my pryuyte | |
| | Bettir than our parish prest so mot I the | |
| | To here bewreyed I my counsel al | |
| | For hadde myn husbond pissid ayens a wal | |
| 535 | Or do a thyng that he sholde haue lost his lyff | |
| | To her and also to another wyff | |
| 510 | When that he wolde haue my bele chose | |
| | And to my Nece whiche that I loued weel | |
