Quotes Flashcards
1
Q
Merchants horrible wife
A
‘I have a wyf, the worste that may be’
2
Q
Merchant’s sadness
A
‘Wepyng and waylying’
3
Q
January standing
A
‘a worthy knight’
4
Q
January description
A
‘Oold and hoor’
5
Q
January wealth
A
‘lived in greet prosperitee’
6
Q
Januarie nature
A
‘he folwed his bodily delyt’
7
Q
Marriage is the best life
A
‘Noon oother lyf is worth a bene’
8
Q
Ease of marriage
A
‘wedlok is so esy and so clene’
9
Q
Wonder of marriage
A
‘a paradys’
10
Q
Glory of marriage
A
‘to take a wyf is a glorous thyng’
11
Q
Servant better than a wife
A
‘a servant dooth moore diligence’
12
Q
Age of May
A
‘Her fresshe beautee and hir age tendre’
13
Q
Young is better
A
‘bet than old boef is tendre veel’
14
Q
Wax similie
A
‘as men may warm wex with handes ply’
15
Q
May nature
A
‘faire fresshe May’
