Geoffrey Chaucer

And for to se, and eek for to be seye.

And for to se, and eek for to be seye.

Thus with hir fader for a certeyn space
Dwelleth this flour of wyfly pacience,
That neither by read more

Thus with hir fader for a certeyn space
Dwelleth this flour of wyfly pacience,
That neither by hir wordes ne his face
Biforn the fold, ne eek in her absence,
Ne shewed she that hir was doon offence.

The thrustelcok made eek hir lay,
The wode dove upon the spray
She sang ful loude and read more

The thrustelcok made eek hir lay,
The wode dove upon the spray
She sang ful loude and cleere.

In jalousie I rede eek thou hym bynde
And thou shalt make him couche as doeth a quaille.

In jalousie I rede eek thou hym bynde
And thou shalt make him couche as doeth a quaille.

And broughte of mighty ale a large quart.

And broughte of mighty ale a large quart.