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The Prologe of the Wyves Tale of Bathe. 1 "Experience, though noon auctoritee. "Experience, though no written authority. 2 Were in this world, is right ynogh for me. Were in this world, is good enough for me. 3 To speke of wo that is in mariage; To speak of the woe that is in marriage;
- 1.1 General Prologue
The Middle English text is from Larry D. Benson., Gen. ed.,...
- 1.1 General Prologue
Read Full Text and Annotations on The Canterbury Tales The Tale of the Wife of Bath at Owl Eyes.
I pray to God that I may sterve wood, But I to you be all so good and true, As ever was wife since the world was new; And but I be to-morrow as fair to seen, As any lady, emperess or queen,...
The Wife of Bath’s Tale from The Canterbury Tales . Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by. Nevill Coghill . The Prologue . The Pardoner started up, and thereupon “Madam,” he said, “by God and by St. John, That’s noble preaching no one could surpass! I was about to take a wife; alas! 5 Am I to buy it on my flesh so dear?
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“Madam,” he said, “by God and by St. John, That’s noble preaching no one could surpass! I was about to take a wife; alas! Am I to buy it on my flesh so dear? There’ll be no marrying for me this year!” “You wait,” she said, “my story’s not begun. You’ll taste another brew before I’ve done;
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Complete Middle English text of Chaucer's Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale, edited and glossed by Jack Lynch of Rutgers.
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"Now, Dame," quoth he, "by God and by Saint John, Ye are a noble preacher in this case. I was about to wed a wife, alas! What? should I bie* it on my flesh so dear? *suffer for . Yet had I lever* wed no wife this year." *rather "Abide,"* quoth she; "my tale is not begun *wait in patience . Nay, thou shalt drinken of another tun
