麒麟小说

THE TALE（第2页）

hecoulde，whenheshouldetellatale。

therewithinallthisworldnonighale

necouldebyan混♂dredthousanddeal**part

singesowondrousmerrilyandwell。

nowhadthisphoebusinhishouseawife;

whichthathelovedrethanhislife。

andnightanddaydideverhisdiligence

herfortoplease，anddoherreverence:

saveonly，ifthatithesoothshallsayn，

jealoushewas，andwouldhavekeptherfain。

forhimwerelothy-japed*fortobe;*tricked，deceived

andsoiseverywightinsuchdegree;

butallfornought，foritavailethnought。

agoodwife，thatiscleanofworkandthought，

shouldnotbekeptinnoneawait*certain:*observation

andtruelythelabourisinvain

tokeepashrewe，*foritwillnotbe。*ill-disposedwoman

thisholdiforaverynicety，**sheerfolly

tospille*labourfortokeepewives;*lose

thuswritenoldeclerkesintheirlives。

butnowtopurpose，asifirstbegan

thisworthyphoebusdidallthathecan

topleaseher，weening，throughsuchpleasance，

andforhismanhoodandhisgovernance，

thatnomanshouldhaveputhimfromhergrace;

but，goditwot，theremaynomanembrace

astodistrain*athing，whichthatnature*eedinconstraining

hathnaturallysetinacreature。

takeanybird，andputitinacage，

anddoallthineintent，andthycorage，**whatthyheartprompts

tofosterittenderlywithmeatanddrink