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235 `Sire olde kaynard, is it thyn number? `Sir dated doddering deceive, is it thy creating? 236 What makes my personal neighebores wyf very homosexual? 237 She is honoured overal ther she gooth; This woman is honored every-where she happens; 238 We sitte during the hoom; I have no thrifty clooth. I sit at house; I’ve no decent clothes. 239 What dostow inside my neighebores hous? What dost thou inside my neighbor’s domestic? 240 Is actually she so fair? Artow so amorous? Is she thus fair? Art thou so amorous? 241 What rowne ye that have oure mayde? Benedicite! What exactly do you whisper with the housemaid? Bless me! 242 Sire olde lecchour, lat thy japes end up being! Sir old lecher, assist thy procedures getting! 243 And when We have a great gossib or an excellent freend, Whenever I have a friend otherwise an associate, 244 Withouten gilt, thou chidest because the an effective feend, Innocently, thou scold for example a great fiend, 245 If it We walke otherwise pleye unto his hous! Basically walk otherwise go unto his benaughty Log in house to help you show off your me! 246 Thou comest hoom due to the fact dronken as the an excellent mous, Thou comest household given that intoxicated because the a great mouse, 247 And you may prechest to the thy bench, having yvel preef! And you will preach on thy counter, bad luck to you! 248 Thou seist for me it’s a good greeting meschief Thou sayest for me it is a bad luck 249 So you’re able to wedde good povre womman, getting costage; So you can marry a negative lady, due to costs; 250 If in case you to definitely she end up being riche, regarding heigh parage, And in case she end up being steeped, out of higher beginning, 251 Thanne seistow it is good tormentrie Then thou sayest that it is a beneficial torment 252 To help you soffre hire pleasure and you will get malencolie. To put up along with her satisfaction along with her annoyed feelings. 253 While you to definitely she be fair, thou verray knave, Whenever she become fair, thou utter knave, 254 Thou seyst that every holour wol hire provides; Thou sayest that each lecher desires to keeps the lady; 255 She may no during chastitee abyde, She can maybe not are chaste for any period of time, 256 Which is assailled through to ech a great syde.
257 Thou seyst som everyone desiren us having richesse, Thou sayest some men notice all of us to have riches, 258 Somme to possess oure shap, and somme getting oure fairnesse, Some for our profile, and many for the equity, 259 And you will som for she kan outher synge otherwise daunce, And one since she will be able to possibly sing or moving, 260 And som to possess gentillesse and you will daliaunce; And many due to noble lineage and you can flirtatious speak; 261 Som to have hir handes and you will hir armes smale; Specific for their hand and their slender hands; 262 Thus goth al into devel, of the thy facts. Therefore happens the towards demon, considering your. 263 Thou seyst people may nat kepe a castel wal, Thou sayest boys may well not protect a castle wall, 264 It might very longe assailled become overal. It could such a long time be assailed towards the all edges.
May thy wrinkled neck end up being broken in bits!
265 While that she end up being nasty, thou seist one to she Whenever she end up being unattractive, thou sayest one she 266 Coveiteth all the guy you to she could possibly get se, Covets all kid one to she may see, 267 Getting as the a beneficial spanyel she wol into the hym lepe, To own such as a good spaniel she will into the him dive, 268 Til that she fynde som kid get so you can chepe. Up to she get some good child to order (take) the woman. 269 Ne noon so grey goos gooth ther throughout the lake Nor do any goose go indeed there regarding river, no matter how drab, 270 Just like the, seistow, wol started withoute make. You to, thou sayest, could well be as opposed to a mate. 271 And you will seyst it is a keen hard thyng to have so you can welde And you can thou sayest it’s a challenging question to handle 272 Good thyng that zero child wole, their thankes, helde. Something that no son commonly, voluntarily, keep. 273 Therefore seistow, lorel, whan thow goost in order to bedde, Hence sayest thou, scoundrel, when thou goest to sleep, 274 And therefore zero wys guy nedeth to own so you’re able to wedde, And therefore zero smart boy needs to wed, 275 Ne zero guy one to entendeth unto hevene. Nor one child one dreams (to go) to paradise. 276 That have wilde thonder-dynt and you can firy levene Having nuts thunder-bolt and you may fiery lightning 277 Moote thy welked nekke getting tobroke!