payement Now wherwith fhuld he make his But I fay not that every wight is hold, Crift was a maide, and shapen as a man, And many a feint, fith that this world began, 5715 5720 I n'ill envie with no virginitee. Let hem with bred of pured whete be fed, 5725 And let us wives eten barly bred : And yet with barly bred, Mark tellen can, Our Lord Jefu refreshed many a man. In swiche eftat as God hath cleped us If I be dangerous God yeve me forwe, 5730 Min hufbond fhal it have both even and morwe, Whan that him lift come forth and pay his dette. 5735 An hufbond wol I have, I wol not lette, Which shal be both my dettour and my thrall, Upon his flesh, while that I am his wif. I have the power during all my lif 5749 Upon his propre body and nat he; Right thus the apostle told it unto me, Up ftert the Pardoner, and that anon; 5745 Now, Dame, quod he, by God and by Seint John Ye ben a noble prechour in this cas: I was about to wed a wif, alas! What? fhuld I bie it on my flesh fo dere? Abide, quod fhe, my Tale is not begonne; And whan that I have told thee forth my Of which I am expert in all min age, Tale 5750 5755 3760 (This is to fayn myself hath ben the whippe) V. 5764. writeth Ptholomee] In the margin of mf. C. x is the following quotation; "Qui per alios non corrigitur, ală 66 per ipfum corrigentur:" but I cannot find any fuch paffage in The Almagefte. I fufpect that The Wife of Bathes copy of Ptolemy was very different from any that I have been able to meet with. See another quotation from him, ver. 7906, Rede in his Almajeste, and take it there. Dame, I wold pray you, if your will it were, Sayde this Pardoner, as ye began 5765 Tell forth your Tale, and spareth for no man, ' If that I fpeke after my fantasie, As taketh not a greefe of that I fay, forth my Tale. 5775 Ihal fay foth, the hufbondes that I had To win hir love or don hem reverence. Volume III. B 5780 5785 ·5790 Upon his propre body and nat he; Right thus the apostle told it unto me, And bad our husbonds for to love us wel: All this fentence me liketh every del. Up ftert the Pardoner, and that anon; What? fhuld I bie it on my flesh so dere? Abide, quod fhe, my Tale is not begonne Of which I am expert in all min age, T (This is to fayn myself hath ben the whippe 66 v. 5764. writeth Ptholomee] In the margin of the following quotation; "Qui per alios non corri per ipfum corrigentur:" but I cannot find any fu in The Almagefte. I fufpect that The Wife of Bathe Ptolemy was very different from any that I have be meet with. See another quotation from him, ver. 7 |