Marriage and Love Flashcards
The Merchant talking abt how great marriage can be- finally something positive
For wedlock is so esy and so clear that in this world it is a paradys
The Merchant talking abt his wife, so cruel! Like most guys in this generation…
She is a shrewe at all
The Merchant talking abt the purpose of women, a bit old fashioned!
Woman is for mannes help ywroght
It is debated whether this is from the perspective of Januarie or the Merchant, a wife must obey and do whatever the husband says
Al that hire housebonde lust, hire liketh weel; she seith nat ones ‘nay’ whan he seith ‘ye’
Merchant talking abt how love is blind, alluding to januaries obsession with fantasy and his eventual blindness
For love is blynd alday and may nay see
Description of May and Januarie as a pair- this age gap might be a bit too much
Old fish and young flessh
The Merchant talking abt Januaries infatuation with May and his lustful vision! They’re honestly all the same
Ravisshed in a traunce….ravisshed on his lady May
Well, this is the main one let’s be honest….very graphic indeed
In he throng
The first time May speaks! It’s about Damyan though…
I am a gentil womman… he is gentil squier
