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525 My personal fifthe housbonde — Jesus their soule blesse! — My 5th husband — God-bless their soul! — 526 And therefore which i grabbed to own love, with no richesse, Just who We grabbed having like, without riches, 527 The guy som tyme is a clerk out of Oxenford, He was earlier a great clerk out-of Oxford, 528 And hadde kept scole, and you can wente from the hom in order to bord Along with leftover college, and came the home of panel 529 Using my gossib, dwellynge into the oure toun; With my good friend, house in our area; 530 Jesus keeps hir soule! Hir label is actually Alisoun. Jesus provides their own soul! Their particular title is Alisoun. 531 She knew myn herte, and you will eek my privetee, She knew my personal center, and also my treasures, 532 Wager than just oure parisshe preest, therefore moot We thee! 533 To hire biwreyed I my conseil al. So you’re able to their unique We revealed all the my gifts. 534 To possess hadde myn housbonde pissed for the an excellent wal, To own had my husband pissed to your a wall structure, 535 Or doon an excellent thyng that sholde han cost their lyf, Or done something must have costs their lifestyle, 536 To hire, in order to another type of worthwhile wyf, So you can her, and to a different sort of worthwhile partner, 537 Also to my personal nece, hence that i loved weel, And to my personal relative, just who I appreciated really, 538 I wolde han toold their conseil all the deel. I might enjoys advised each one of his treasures. 539 So i dide ful often, God they woot, Therefore i performed that rencontrez PГ©ruvien femmes frequently, Goodness understands it, 540 That made their deal with will reed and you may hoot You to made his face commonly yellow and sizzling hot 541 To have verray shame, and you will attributed hymself having he To have correct guilt, and you can attributed themselves as the guy 542 Got toold in my experience very desired an effective pryvetee.

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543 Thereby bifel you to of those during the good Lente — And therefore it simply happened that once inside the a springtime — 544 Frequently tymes We back at my gossyb wente, Since the appear to We went along to visit my personal buddy, 545 To possess evere yet I appreciated become gay, Having I cherished as gay, 546 And for so you’re able to walke in February, Averill, and will, Also to walk in March, April, and may even, 547 Fro hous to help you hous, to help you heere sondry talys — Of house-to-house, to hear various pieces of gossip — 548 That age Alys, You to definitely age Alys, 549 And i myself, for the feeldes wente. And i also myself, to your industries ran. 550 Myn housbonde was at Londoun al that Lente; My hubby was at London all of that Springtime; 551 We hadde the latest bettre leyser to have so you’re able to pleye, I had the higher possible opportunity to put on display your me personally, 552 And so you’re able to se, and you may eek getting are seye And get a hold of, in order to get noticed 553 From lusty folk. Just what wiste We wher my elegance By the amorous visitors. Just what performed I understand about where my chance 554 Are shapen for becoming, or even in what lay? Was destined to end up being, or perhaps in exactly what lay? 555 Therfore We made my visitaciouns Therefore i made my personal visitations 556 So you’re able to vigilies and to processiouns, To spiritual feasts and also to processions, 557 So you can prechyng eek, also to thise pilgrimages, In order to preaching plus, and also to such pilgrimages, 558 So you can pleyes off myracles, and also to mariages, To help you performs on the miracles, also to marriages, 559 And wered up on my gaye scarlet gytes. 560 Thise wormes, ne thise motthes, ne thise mytes, These types of worms, neither these types of moths, nor these mites, 561 On my peril, frete hem never a great deel; Abreast of my personal peril (I swear), chewed in it never a little while; 562 And wostow as to why? For they certainly were utilized weel. And you may understand thou as to the reasons? While they was indeed well used.