Chaucer and the Miroir de MariageChicago University, 1911 - 52 pages |
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Page 34 - Thanne wolde the cat wel dwellen in his in. And if the cattes skyn be slyk and gay, She wol nat dwelle in house half a day, But forth she wole, er any day be dawed, To shewe hir skyn, and goon a caterwawed.
Page 26 - Si iracunda, si fatua, si deformis, si superba, si fetida, quodcumque vitii est, post nuptias discimus. Equus, asinus, bos, canis, et vilissima mancipia, vestes quoque et lebetes, sedile ligneum, calix, et urceolus fictilis probantur prius et sic emuntur. Sola 20 uxor non ostenditur, ne ante displiceat quam ducatur.
Page 33 - As help me god, whan that I saugh him go After the bere, me thoughte he hadde a paire Of legges and of feet so clene and faire, That al myn herte I yaf un-to his hold.
Page 37 - Son délit sanz ton corps grever, Qui adonc reposer vouldras; Mais Dieux scet que tu ne pourras Rendre le deu qu'elle demande Quant au délit. Or...
Page 14 - Et soubz la celle, c'est bien drois, Qu'ilz ne soient rouz ou cassez, Et qu'ilz ne soient mespassez; Leur tasteras parmi les jointes, Sus monteras, et donrras pointes Es costez de tes esperons...
Page 25 - Son estat, et renouveler. Et elle verra ses voisines, Ses parentes et ses cousines, Qui nouvelles robes aront; Adonc plains et plours te saudront, Et complaintes de par ta fame, Qui te dira : Par Nostre Dame , Celle est en publique honourée, Bien vestue et bien acesmée, Et entre toutes suy despite Et poure maleureuse dicte.
Page 25 - Deinde per totas noctes garrulae conquestiones. nia ornatior procedit in publicum, haec honoratur ab omnibus, ego in conventu feminarum misella despicior. Cur aspiciebas vicinam ? Quid cum ancillula loquebaris ? De foro venions quid attulisti ? Non amicum habere possumus, non sodalem.
Page 31 - S'ele est bele, tuit i aqueurent, Tuit la porsivent, tuit l'eneurent, Tuit i hurtent, tuit i travaillent, Tuit i luitent, tuit i bataillent, Tuit...
Page 5 - A worthy knight, that born was of Pavye, In which he lived in greet prosperitee ; And sixty yeer a wyflees man was he, And folwed ay his bodily delyt On wommen, ther-as was his appetyt, 1250 As doon thise foles that ben seculeer.
Page 24 - ... modified the figure of La Vielle by making her younger and more vigorous, by giving her as keen an interest in life as she had ever had, by representing her as still ready for matrimony whenever opportunity should offer. Furthermore, Chaucer transformed the somewhat morose and brokenspirited old woman, entirely out of sympathy with life, into a witty and frisky shrew — good-natured in a way, but still a shrew. Where did Chaucer pick up the hint for that? " Quite likely, concludes Professor...