¶
Here
begynneth
the
dyalogus
or
comynicacion
betwixt
Salomon
the
king
of
jherusalem
and
Marcolphus
that
right
rude
and
great
of
body
was
but
right
subtyll
&
wyse
of
wyt
/
and
full
of
vndrestandyng
.
as
thereafter
folowyng
men
shall
here
.
VPon
a
season
hertofore
asking
salomon
full
of
wisdome
and
richesse
:
sate
vpon
the
kinges
sete
or
stole
that
was
his
fadres
davyd
:
sawe
comyng
a
man
out
of
theste
that
was
named
marcolphus
.
of
vysage
greatly
myshapen
and
fowle
nevyrthelesse
he
was
right
talkatyf
elloquend
&
wyse
.
His
wif
had
he
wyth
hym
whiche
was
more
ferefull
and
rude
to
beholde
And
as
they
were
bothe
comen
before
king
Salomon
/
he
behelde
thaym
well
This
marcolꝭ
wa●
of
short
stature
and
thykke
Th●●hede
had
he
great
:
a
brode
for
hede
rede
and
full
of
wrinkelys
or
frouncys
:
his
erys
hery
and
to
the
myd
dys
of
cheky
hangyng
.
great
yes
and
rennyng
.
his
nether
lyppe
hangyng
lyke
an
horse
.
A
berde
harde
and
fowle
lyke
vnto
a
goet
.
The
handes
short
and
blockyssh
His
fyngres
great
and
thycke
Rownde
feet
.
&
the
nose
thycke
and
croked
.
a
face
lyke
an
asse
:
and
the
here
of
hys
heed
lyke
the
heer
ef
a
goet
:
his
shoes
on
his
fete
:
were
ovyrmoche
chorlysh
and
rude
:
and
his
clothys
fowle
and
dyrty
.
a
shorte
kote
to
the
buttockys
his
ha
syn
hynge
.
full
of
wrynkelys
and
alle
his
clothes
Were
of
the
moost
sowle
coloure
.
his
wyf
was
of
short
stature
and
she
was
out
of
mesure
thycke
wyth
great
brestys
:
and
the
here
of
hyr
hede
clustred
lyke
thystelys
.
She
had
longe
wyndebrowes
lyke
brostelys
of
a
swyne
.
Longe
crys
lyke
an
asse
.
Renning
eye
:
berdyd
lyke
a
goet
hyr
vysage
and
skyn
blacke
and
full
of
wrynkelys
/
and
vpon
hyr
great
brestys
she
had
of
span
brode
:
a
broche
of
leed
:
She
had
short
fyngres
.
full
of
yreuryngys
.
Se
had
right
great
nosethrylles
Hyr
leggys
short
.
and
hery
lyke
a
bere
hyr
clothes
were
rough
and
broken
/
of
suche
a
woman
or
of
an
othre
lyke
vnto
hyre
:
a
yongeman
hath
made
thies
verses
folowyng
Femina
deformis
tenebrarum
subdita
formis
Cum
turpifacie
transit
absque
die
.
Est
mala
res
multum
turpi
concedere
cultum
Sed
turpis
nimirum
turpe
ferat
vicium
That
is
to
saye
an
evyll
favouryd
and
a
fowle
blacke
wyf
behovyth
to
shewe
the
dayes
lyght
.
It
is
to
oure
yes
medycyne
to
se
that
fayre
is
and
fyne
Askyng
salomon
thies
two
persones
thus
had
seen
/
&
beholden
:
he
demaunded
of
thaym
of
whens
they
weryn
&
of
what
lynage
they
were
comyn
Marcolphus
thereo
answeryd
.
Saye
furste
to
vs
youre
kynrede
&
genleagie
&
of
youre
fadres
&
than
shall
I
shewe
&
declare
yon
of
oures
/
Salomon
.
I
am
of
the
xij
.
kyndredes
of
patryarkes
.
that
is
to
wete
that
iudas
gate
phares
.
phares
gat
esron
.
Esron
gat
aron
Aron
genderyd
aminadab
Aminadab
gat
naazon
Naazon
gat
salmon
Salmon
gat
boos
/
Boosgatobeth
Obethgat
ysay
.
ysay
gat
davyd
king
Dauid
gat
salomon
the
king
&
that
am
I.
Marcolfus
answeryd
I
am
of
the
xij
.
kindred
of
Chorlys
.
Rusticus
gat
rustam
Rusta
gat
rustum
/
Rustus
gat
rusticellū
.
Rusticellus
gat
tarcum
Tarcus
gat
tarcol
.
Tarcol
gat
pharsi
Pharsi
gat
marcuel
Marcuel
gat
marquat
/
Marquat
gat
marcolphū
&
that
is
I.
And
my
wyf
is
comen
of
the
blood
and
.xij.
kyndredes
of
vntydy
wyues
.
That
is
to
knowe
of
lupica
tha
gat
lupicana
.
Lupicanagat
ludibrac
Ludibrac
gat
bonestrung
Bonestrung
gat
boledrut
Boledrut
gat
paldrut
.
Paldrut
gat
lordan
Lordangat
curta
.
Curta
gat
Curtula
.
Curtula
gat
Curtella
.
Curtella
gat
polica
Polica
gat
polycana
.
&
thys
is
my
wyf
Polycana
.
Salomon
sayde
I
haue
herd
of
the
that
thou
kanst
right
we
le
clatre
and
speke
/
and
that
thou
art
subtyle
of
wyt-although
that
thou
be
mysshapyn
and
chorlyssh
:
Lete
vs
have
betwene
vs
altercacon
.
I
shal
make
questyons
to
the
and
thou
shalt
therto
answere
.
Marcolphus
answeryd
he
that
singyth
worste
hegynne
furste
.
Salo.
If
thou
kanst
unswere
to
alle
my
questyons
I
shall
make
the
ryche
and
be
named
above
alle
othre
withyn
my
reaume
Marcol
.
The
phisician
promysyth
the
seeke
folke
helthe
whan
he
hath
no
power
Salo.
I
haue
iuged
betwixt
two
light
women
whiche
dwellyd
in
oon
house
and
forlaye
a
chylde
.
Mar.
Were
erys
are
there
are
causes
.
where
women
be
there
are
wordys
Salo.
God
yawe
wysdam
in
my
mouth
.
for
me
lyke
is
none
in
alle
partys
of
the
worlde
Marcolfus
.
He
that
hath
evyll
neighborys
praysyth
hym self
Sal.
The
wykkydman
fleyth
.
noman
folwyng
Marcol
.
Whan
the
kydde
rennyth
:
men
may
se
his
ars
Salomon
A
good
wyf
and
a
fayre
.
is
to
hir
husbonde
a
pleasure
Mar.
A
potfull
of
mylke
muste
be
kept
wele
from
the
katte
Sal.
A
wyse
woman
byldeth
an
house
:
and
she
that
vnwyse
and
a
fool
is
:
distroyeth
with
hir
handes
that
the
fyndeth
made
Marc.
A
pot
that
is
wele
baken
may
best
endure
and
that
clene
is
browyn
that
may
they
fayre
drinken
Salomon
A
ferdefull
woman
shabbe
praysed
.
Marcolfus
A
Latte
that
hath
a
good
skyn
shal
be
flayne
Salomon
A
shamefast
wyf
and
a
fayre
is
mekyll
to
be
belovyd
Marcol
.
To
pore
men
whyte
mete
are
to
be
kept
.
Salo.
A
woman
stronge
in
doyng
good
who
shall
fynde
.
Mar.
Who
shal
fynde
a
catte
trewe
in
kepyng
mylke
Salo.
Noon
Mar.
And
a
woman
seldom
.
Salo
.
A
fayre
woman
and
an
honest
:
is
to
be
praysed
above
alle
rychesse
that
a
man
fynde
may
Marcol
.
A
fat
woman
and
a
great
is
larger
in
yevyng
than
othre
.
Salo.
A
whyt
kerchyf
becomth
wele
a
womans
hede
.
Mar.
It
standyth
wryten
:
that
the
furre
is
not
all
lyke
the
s●evys
.
and
vndre
a
whyte
cloth
often
are
hyd
mothys
Sal.
He
that
sowyth
wyckydnesse
.
shal
repe
euyll
.
Mar.
He
that
sowyth
chaf
shal
porely
mowe
.
Salo.
Out
of
the
mouth
of
a
holy
man
shal
come
good
lernyng
&
wysedom
Mar.
The
asse
behovyth
to
be
all
weye
where
he
fedyth
.
for
ther
it
growyth
:
where
he
eryth
congres
:
there
growe
xl
.
ayen
where
he
dungyth
:
there
it
fattyth
:
where
he
pyssyth
there
makyth
he
wete
and
where
he
wallowyth
there
brekyth
he
the
strawe
.
Sal.
Lete
an
othre
preyse
the
Mar.
yf
I
shulde
my self
dyspreyse
noman
shall
I
please
.
Sal.
Thou
shalt
ete
moche
ony
.
Mar.
That
beys
dryve
lykke
faste
theyre
fyngres
Sal.
In
an
evyll
wylled
herte
the
spyryt
of
wysedome
shall
not
entre
.
Mar.
As
ye
smyte
wyth
an
axe
in
an
hard
tre
beware
that
the
chippes
falle
not
in
your
eye
.
Sal
It
it
is
hard
to
spurne
avenst
the
sharp
prykyl
.
Mar:
The
ov
that
drawyth
bacwarde
shal
be
twyse
prycked
.
Sal
Fede
vp
youre
children
&
from
thayre
youthe
lerne
thaym
to
do
well
.
Mar.
He
that
fedyth
well
is
cowe
etyth
often
of
the
mylke
.
Salo.
Allmaner
kyndes
turne
ayen
to
theyre
furste
nature
:
Mar.
A
worne
tabyll
cloth
turnyth
ayen
to
his
furste
kynde
Sal
What
the
iuge
knowyth
of
right
&
trouthe
that
spekyth
he
out
.
Mar.
A
bisshop
that
spekyth
not
is
made
a
porter
of
a
yate
Salo.
Honoure
is
to
be
yeuen
to
the
maistre
and
the
rodde
to
be
feryd
Mar.
He
that
is
wonte
to
anointe
the
iuges
handes
oftyn
tymes
he
makyth
his
asse
lene
Sal.
A
yenst
a
strongr
&
myghty
man
thau
shalt
not
fyghte
ne
stryve
ayenst
the
streme
Marc.
The
vultier
takyth
the
skyn
of
stronge
fowles
&
makyth
thaym
neked
of
theyr
fethrs
/
Salo
Lete
vs
amende
vs
in
good
that
vnwythyngly
we
have
mys
done
Mar.
As
a
man
wypyth
his
ars
he
doth
nothing
ellys
Sal
Wylthonn
of
disceyue
any
man
wyth
fayre
word
.
Mar
By
wyt
he
etyth
that
gretyth
the
ether
:
Salo
wyth
brawlyng
people
holde
no
companye
Marc
/
It
is
reson
that
he
of
the
swyne
ete
that
medlyth
amonge
te
bren
/
Sal
There
be
many
that
kan
have
no
shame
/
Mar
/
They
lyve
vndre
the
men
that
are
lyke
to
howndes
.
Sal
There
are
many
that
to
theyr
good
doers
do
evyl
for
good
Marcolphus
He
that
yevyth
bred
to
an
othre
many
shownde
shall
have
no
thanke
Salomon
It
is
no
frende
that
dureyth
not
in
frendeshyp
Mar
The
dung
of
a
calf
stynkyth
not
longe
/
Sal
He
sekyth
many
occasions
that
woll
departe
from
his
maist
/
Mar
/
A
woman
that
woll
not
consente
.
seyth
thath
she
hat
a
skabbyd
arse
.
Salomon
A
kynges
worde
shulde
be
vnchaungeable
or
stedfaste
/
Marcolfus
he
is
sone
wery
that
plowyth
wyth
a
wolf
.
Salomon
The
radissh
rotys
are
good
mete
but
they
stynke
in
the
Connsell
.
Mar.
He
that
etyth
Radyssh
rotys
coughyth
above
and
vndyr
.
Sal.
It
is
lost
that
is
spokyn
a
fore
people
that
vndrestade
not
what
they
here
.
Mr.
Helesyth
his
shafte
that
shetyth
in
the
sande
:
Sal.
He
that
stoppyth
his
crys
from
the
crying
of
the
pore
people
.
oure
lord
god
shall
not
here
hym
Mar.
He
that
wepyth
afore
a
iuge
lesyth
his
terys
:
Sal.
Ryse
vp
thou
northren
wynde
and
come
forth
thou
southren
wynde
and
blowe
through
my
gardeyne
and
the
wele
smellyng
herbys
shall
growe
and
multiplie
:
Marc.
Whan̄
the
northren
wyndes
blowe
than
ben
the
high
howses
in
great
trouble
and
daunger
:
Salo.
The
deth
nor
povertye
wyll
not
be
hyd
Mar:
A
man
that
is
brostyn
and
hyde
it
they
growe
the
moee
/
Sal.
As
thou
syttyst
at
a
Richemans
table
beholde
diligently
what
comyth
afore
the
:
Mar.
Alle
metys
that
is
ordeyned
for
the
body
/
muste
through
the
bely
:
and
it
goth
in
the
stomak
:
Salo.
Whan
thou
syttyst
at
the
tabyll
beware
that
thou
taste
not
furst
:
Mar.
He
that
syttyth
in
the
hyghest
sete
/
he
holdyth
the
vppermost
place
Sal
As
the
stronge
the
weyke
wynneth
/
he
takyth
all
that
he
hath
:
Mar.
The
catte
seeth
wele
whoos
verde
she
lycke
shall
:
Salo
:
That
he
wycked
feryth
that
fallyth
hym
often
:
Mar:
He
that
doth
evyll
and
hopyth
good
is
disceyvyd
in
thaym
bothe
Sal
For
the
colde
the
slouthfull
wolde
not
go
to
plough
be
heggyd
his
brede
:
and
no
man
wolde
hym
yepe
Mar
A
nakyd
ars
no
man
kan
robbe
or
dispoyle
Salo.
Studye
makyth
a
maystre
welewylled
Mar.
Thandys
that
are
vsyd
in
the
fyre
fere
not
the
ketyll
.
Sal.
Brawlers
and
janglers
are
to
be
kaste
out
of
alle
good
companye
Mar.
An
angry
ho
wsewyf
/
the
smoke
/
the
ratte
and
a
broken
plater
/
are
often
tymes
vnprofytable
in
an
howse
Sal.
For
goddys
love
men
are
bownden
to
love
othre
/
Marc
/
If
thou
love
hym
that
lovyth
not
the
thou
lesyth
thyn
loue
Salo.
Saye
not
to
thy
frende
come
to
morowe
I
shal
yeve
the
/
that
thou
maiste
forth
wyth
yeve
hym
Mar.
He
sayth
an
othre
tyme
he
shall
doo
it
that
hath
noth
wherwyth
redy
for
to
do
it
with
alle
Sal.
He
that
is
wyne
dronken
:
holdyth
nothing
that
he
sayth
Marcolphus
An
opyn
arse
hath
no
lord
Salo
/
Many
coveyte
to
have
rychesse
that
with
povertye
are
holden
vndre
/
Mlarcol
.
Ete
that
ye
have
/
and
se
what
shall
remaigne
Salomon
There
are
many
that
susteyne
hungyr
and
yet
fede
they
theyre
wyves
Mar.
The
pore
had
ne
breed
and
yet
he
bought
an
hownde
Sal
The
fole
answeryth
aftyr
hys
folisshnes
/
for
that
/
he
shulde
not
be
knowyn
wyse
/
Mar
/
what
the
stone
heryth
/
that
shall
te
oke
answere
Sal.
wrathe
hath
no
mercy
/
&
trefore
he
that
angrely
spekyth
/
beyth
evyle
or
shrewdly
/
Mar
/
Saye
not
in
thyn
angre
to
thy
frende
no
evyl
/
lest
thou
forthynke
it
astreward
Sal.
The
mouthe
of
an
ennemye
kan
saye
no
good
.
ne
hys
lyppys
shall
sownde
no
trouthe
:
Mar.
he
that
lovyth
me
not
/
doth
not
diffame
me
/
Salo.
Slepe
as
ye
have
nede
/
Ma
/
He
that
leyth
hym
downe
to
stepe
&
kan
not
/
is
not
at
his
hertys
ease
Sal
We
haue
well
fyllyd
oure
beliys
lete
vs
thanke
god
Mar.
As
the
owsell
whystelyth
so
answeryth
the
thrusshe
the
hungery
and
the
sulle
synge
not
oon
songe
Sal.
Lete
vs
ete
and
drinke
we
shall
alle
deye
Marc.
The
hungery
dyeth
aswele
as
the
full
fedd
:
As
a
man
playeth
vpon
an
harpe
he
kan
not
wele
indicte
Mar.
So
whan
the
hownde
shytyth
he
berkyth
noth
Sal
:
The
wretchyd
wombe
is
full
go
we
now
to
bedde
.
Marcol
.
He
turnyth
and
walowyth
&
stepyth
evyl
that
hath
not
for
to
ete
.
Salo.
Dyspyse
thou
not
a
lytyll
yifte
that
is
yeven
the
of
a
trewe
frende
Mar.
That
a
Geldyd
man
hath
that
yevyth
he
to
his
neighborwes
/
Salo
/
Go
thou
not
wyth
the
cvyll
man
or
the
brawelyng
:
lest
thou
suffre
evyll
for
hym
or
peryle
Marcolphus
A
dede
bee
makyth
no
hony
/
Salo.
If
thou
make
frendeship
with
a
false
and
evylwylled
man
.
it
shall
hyndre
the
more
than
proffyte
:
Marcolphus
:
What
the
wolf
doth
/
that
pleasyth
the
wolfesse
Salomon
:
He
that
answeryth
afore
he
is
demaundyd
she
wyth
hym self
a
fole
:
Mar
Whan
a
man
tredyth
drawelto
you
youre
fete
Sal
Evry
thing
chesyth
his
lyke
:
Mar
/
Where
a
skabbyd
horse
is
/
he
sekyth
his
lyke
and
eyther
of
thaym
gnappyth
othre
Salo.
A
meycyfull
man
doth
wele
to
his
sowle
/
Mar:
He
dyspyseth
a
great
yifte
that
knowyth
not
hym self
.
Sal
He
that
skapyth
te
wolf
/
metyth
the
lyon
/
Mar
colfus
From
evyll
into
worse
/
as
the
Looke
to
a
bakere
:
Sal
Ware
that
no
man
do
the
non
evyll
/
if
he
do
/
do
it
not
ayen
Mar
/
The
stylle
standyng
watyr
/
&
the
man
that
spekyth
but
lytyll
/
beleve
thaym
not
Salo.
We
may
not
alle
be
lyke
Mar
/
It
standeth
wryten
in
a
boke
/
he
that
hath
no
horse
muste
go
onfote
.
Salo.
A
Chylde
of
an
hundred
yere
is
cursyd
Mar.
It
is
to
late
an
olde
hounde
in
a
bande
to
lede
.
Sal.
He
that
hath
shal
be
yeuen
/
&
shall
flowe
.
Mar.
Woo
to
that
man
that
hath
frendes
&
no
breed
/
Salom̄
/
whoo
to
that
man
that
hath
a
do
wble
herte
/
and
inbothe
weyes
wyll
wandre
.
Mar
He
that
/
wall
two
weyes
go
muste
eythre
his
ars
or
his
breche
tere
/
Salom̄
/
Of
habundaunce
of
t
herte
the
mouth
spekyst
/
Mar.
Out
of
a
full
wombe
th
ars
trompyth
/
Salo
/
Two
oven
in
one
pocke
draw̄
lyke
:
Mar.
Two
veynes
go
lyke
to
oon
ars
.
Sal.
A
fayre
woman
is
to
belovyd
of
hire
husbande
/
Mar
/
In
the
necke
is
she
whyte
as
a
dove
,
and
in
the
ars
blacke
and
derke
lyke
a
molle
.
Salo
:
Out
of
the
generacion
of
inda
is
my
moost
kyndrede
/
n̄
the
lord
of
my
fadre
hath
made
gouernoure
ovyr
his
people
:
Mar.
I
knowe
wele
a
tabylcloth
:
and
of
what
werke
it
is
made
.
Salomon
Nede
makyth
a
right
wyse
man
to
do
evyll
Mar.
The
wolf
that
is
takyn
and
fet
fast
/
eythre
he
byteth
or
shytyth
.
Sal.
Were
it
so
that
god
alle
the
world
vndre
my
power
had
set
/
it
shulde
suffyse
me
/
Marc.
Men
kan
not
yeve
the
katte
somoche
/
but
that
she
woll
hyr
tayle
wagge
.
Sal.
He
that
late
comyth
to
dyner
his
parte
is
leest
in
the
mete
Mar.
The
glouton
kan
not
se
or
renne
alaboute
/
Salo.
Though
it
be
so
that
thy
wif
be
sowre
fere
hir
not
.
Mr
The
shephde
that
wakyth
well
:
ther
shall
the
wolf
no
wolle
shyte
:
Sal.
It
becōth
no
foles
to
speke
or
to
brynge
forth
any
wyse
reason
.
Mar.
It
becomyth
not
a
dogge
to
bere
asadyll
/
Salo
/
whyles
the
children
are
lytyll
:
reighte
theyre
lymmes
:
&
maners
/
Marc
:
He
that
kyssyth
the
lambe
lovyth
the
shepe
?
Salo.
Alle
reyght
pathys
goon
to
wardes
don
weye
:
Marc
/
So
done
alle
the
veynes
renne
towardes
the
ars
:
Salo.
Of
a
good
man
comth
a
good
wyf
:
Marcolf
Of
a
good
mele
comyth
a
great
torde
that
men
wyth
theyre
fete
trede
So
muste
men
also
/
alle
the
bestyall
wynes
trede
vndre
fote
/
Salo
:
A
fayre
wyf
becomyth
well
by
hir
husband
/
Marc.
A
pot
full
wyth
wyne
becomth
well
by
the
thrusty
/
Salo.
wel
becomyth
a
fayre
sworde
by
mysyde
.
Mar
/
Wel
becomth
my
hegge
a
great
hepe
of
stonys
Sal.
The
gretter
that
ye
be
the
more
meke
shulde
ye
be
in
alle
thyngys
/
Mar
/
he
rydyth
well
that
ridyth
wyth
his
felawes
/
Sal
The
wyse
chylde
gladyth
the
fadyr
:
&
the
folyssh
childe
is
a
sor
we
to
the
modyr
/
Mar.
They
synge
not
al
oon
songe
the
glad
&
the
sory
:
Salo.
he
that
sowyth
wyth
skaerstye
/
repyth
skaersty
:
Mar:
The
more
it
fryseth
the
more
it
vyndeth
:
Sal.
do
alle
thynges
by
counsell
&
thou
shalt
not
astre
forthinke
it
.
Mar
/
he
is
sekeynough
that
the
sekenesse
drawyth
or
folowyth
:
Sal.
Alle
thinges
have
theyre
seasons
&
tyme
:
Mar.
Now
daye
to
morwe
daye
.
sayde
the
oxe
:
that
the
hare
chacyd
.
Sa.
I
am
wery
of
spekyug
:
lete
vs
therefore
reste
Mar:
Therfore
shall
not
y
leue
my
clapping
:
Sa:
j
may
no
more
Mar
/
yf
ye
maye
no
more
yelde
youre self
ouyr
comen
:
&
yeue
me
that
ye
have
promysed
Wyth
that
spake
to
maacolf
Hanany
as
the
sone
of
joiade
:
and
zabus
the
kinges
frende
:
and
adonias
the
sone
of
abde
whiche
hadden
the
charge
and
gouernan̄ee
ovyr
the
kyges
tribute
/
and
sayde
:
Thou
shalt
not
therefore
be
the
thyrdde
in
the
kingedome
of
oure
soueraigne
lord
Men
shall
rather
put
bothe
thyn
worst
yen
out
of
thy
moost
vyle
hede
:
for
it
becomyth
the
bettyr
to
lye
amonge
verys
:
than
to
be
exalted
to
any
dignyte
or
honour
/
Than
marcolphus
sayde
wherfor
hath
the
king
than
ꝓmysed
Than
sayde
the
kinges
vij
.
prouostes
/
that
is
to
wyte
Neuthur
Benadachar
Benesya
Bena
Benanides
Banthabar
Athurady
Bominia
/
Iosephus
Semes
and
Samer
/
Wherto
comth
this
fole
oure
soveraign
lorde
althus
to
trouble
and
mocke
Why
dryue
ye
hym
not
out
/
wyth
stavys
of
his
fyghte
Tho
sayde
salomon
/
not
so
but
yeue
hym
wele
to
ete
and
drinke
/
and
lete
hym
than
goo
in
pease
To
spak
marcolphus
goyug
his
weye
to
the
king
I
suffre
ynough
what
that
ye
haue
sayde
I
shall
alweyes
saye
There
is
no
king
were
no
lawe
is
Onys
vpon
a
tyme
the
king
rode
an
huntyng
wyth
his
hunterys
and
ho
wndes
and
fortunyd
hym
to
come
by
the
house
of
marcolf
:
And
turnyd
hym self
thid
rewardes
wyth
his
horse
and
demaunded
wyth
his
hede
inclyned
vndre
the
dorre
bowe
.
who
was
wythin̄
.
Marcolf
answeryd
to
the
king
:
wythin
is
an
hool
,
man
&
an
half
.
&
an
horse
hede
/
&
the
more
that
they
ascende
the
more
they
downe
falle
To
that
spak
salomon
what
menyst
thou
therwithall
/
Tho
answeryd
marcolphus
The
hole
man
is
my self
syttyng
wythin
/
ye
are
the
half
man
syttyng
wythoute
vpon
youre
horse
lokyng
in
wyth
youre
hede
declynedy
.
And
the
horse
hede
is
the
hede
of
youre
horse
that
ye
sytte
on
:
Than
Salomon
demauuded
of
Marcolphus
what
they
were
that
clymen
vp
and
fallyn
downe
.
Marcol
:
Answeryd
&
sayde
:
they
are
the
benys
boyllyng
in
the
pott
Salom̄
/
where
is
thy
fadyr
:
thy
modyr
/
thy
Sustyr
/
and
thy
brothyr
/
Mar
My
fadyr
is
in
the
felde
and
makyth
of
oon
harme
two
My
modyr
is
goon
and
dooth
to
hir
neighborwe
that
she
nevyr
more
shall
do
/
my
brothyr
lytting
wythoute
the
house
steyth
alle
that
he
fyndeth
My
sustyr
syttyth
in
hire
.
Chambre
&
be
wepyth
that
a
fore
tyme
she
laughyd
.
Salom̄
What
betokenth
they
Mar:
My
fadyr
is
in
the
felde
and
puttyth
or
settyth
thornys
in
a
foot
path
/
&
comyng
men
they
make
an
othre
path
therby
/
&
so
he
makyth
of
oon
harme
two
My
modyr
is
goon
and
closyth
the
yes
of
hir
neyghborwe
deying
the
whiche
she
shall
hevyr
more
do
My
brothyr
sytting
withoute
the
house
in
the
sonne
&
lo
wsyth
&
alle
that
he
fyndeth
he
sleyth
My
sustyr
/
the
laste
yere
lovyd
a
yonge
man
and
wyth
kyssyng
/
laughing
/
tastyng
:
japyng
&
playing
:
she
was
getyn
wyth
chylde
:
whereof
she
now
travayllyth
/
and
that
now
she
bewepyth
sore
:
Salomon
How
comyth
to
the
alle
this
wysdome
&
subtyltye
/
Marcolfus
In
the
tyme
of
king
dauid
youre
fadyr
there
was
a
yongeman
his
phisician
.
&
as
he
onys
had
takyn
a
vulture
for
to
occupye
in
his
me
dicins
/
and
had
takyn
therof
that
was
to
hym
expedyent
So
toke
youre
modyr
Barsebea
the
herte
&
leyde
it
vpon
a
cruste
of
breed
and
rostyd
it
vpon
the
fayre
/
and
yave
you
the
herte
to
ete
/
and
I
thanne
beyng
in
the
kechin
she
kast
at
my
hede
the
cruste
through
moysted
wyth
t
herte
of
the
vulture
:
&
that
ete
j
and
therof
I
suppose
is
comen
to
me
my
subtiltie
lyke
as
to
you
is
comen
by
etyng
of
t
herte
wysedom
.
Salomon
As
verelȳ
god
helpe
the.
jn
gabaa
good
appiercyd
to
me
&
fulfylled
me
wyth
sapience
:
Marcolphus
He
is
holdyn
wyse
that
reputyth
hym self
a
fole
:
Sa.
Haste
thou
not
herde
what
rychesse
god
hath
yevyn
me
aboven
that
wysedome
Mar.
I
have
herde
it
And
i
knowe
well
that
where
god
woll
/
there
reynyth
if
.
To
that
sayd
salomon
all
laughyngly
/
my
folkys
wayte
/
vpon
me
withoute
j
may
no
leugyr
wyth
the
talke
/
but
saye
to
thy
modyr
that
she
sende
me
of
hir
beste
cowe
a
pot
full
of
mylke
and
that
the
pot
of
the
same
cowe
be
coveryd
&
bringe
thou
it
to
me
:
Marcolphus
It
shal
be
done
.
King
salomon
wyth
his
companye
rydyng
to
wardys
ierusalem
was
honourably
receyvyd
as
a
riche
and
moost
puyssant
king
.
And
whan
floscemy
a
marcolphus
modyr
was
comyn
home
to
hir
house
/
he
dede
to
hir
the
kinges
message
Than
she
taking
a
pot
full
wyth
mylke
of
hir
cowe
/
and
coveryd
it
wyth
a
flawne
of
the
same
mylke
made
.
and
sent
it
so
forth
to
the
king
by
hir
sone
as
marcolphus
went
ovyr
the
felde
the
wethir
was
warme
of
the
sonne
sawe
lying
there
a
drye
bakyn
cowe
torde
:
&
for
haste
he
vnnethe
cowde
set
downe
the
pot
to
the
erthe
but
that
he
had
etyn
the
fsawne
/
and
toke
vp
the
cowe
torde
.
and
therwyth
covyrd
the
pot
:
And
so
covyrd
presentyd
it
before
the
king
.
and
he
askyd
why
is
the
pot
thus
covyrd
.
Marcolf
My
lord
have
not
ye
commaunded
that
the
milke
shulde
becovyrd
of
the
same
cowe
/
Salo
.
I
commaunded
not
so
to
be
done
:
Mar.
Thus
I
vndyrstode
/
Sal.
It
had
ben
bettyr
coveryd
wyth
a
fsawne
made
wyth
the
mylke
of
the
same
Lowe
.
Mar.
So
was
it
furste
done
/
but
hungyr
chamigyd
wyt
Sal
How
:
Marc.
I
wyste
wele
that
ye
had
no
nede
of
mete
/
and
I
havyng
great
hungyr
ete
the
fsawne
wyth
mylke
anyonted
and
for
that
wyth
wyt
chungyd
the
pot
I
have
thus
coveryd
wyth
a
cowe
torde
.
Sal
now
leve
me
all
this
.
and
yf
that
thou
thys
nyght
wake
not
aswele
as
I
:
thou
mayste
haue
no
truste
to
morne
of
thy
hede
.
Salomon
&
maccolph
consentyd
bothe
.
&
wythin
a
lytyll
whyle
aftyr
marcolph
began
to
rowte
/
Salo.
sayde
marcolf
thou
stepyst
:
Marcolph
answeryd
.
Lord
I
do
not
I
thinke
/
Salomon
/
what
thinkyst
thou
/
Marcolf
I
thinke
that
there
are
as
many
joyntys
in
the
tayle
of
an
hare
/
as
I
hire
chyne
:
Salomon
if
thou
ꝓve
not
that
to
morne
thou
arte
worthy
to
deye
Salomon
beyng
stylle
/
began
marcolph
to
slepe
:
ayen
and
sayde
to
hym
/
thou
slepyst
And
he
answeryd
I
do
not
/
for
I
thynke
/
Salomon
what
thynkest
thou
/
Marcolphus
/
I
thynke
that
the
pye
hath
as
many
whyte
fethrys
as
blacke
.
Salomo
But
thou
also
prove
that
trewe
thou
shalt
lefe
thyn
hede
/
As
salomon
ayen
began
to
be
stylle
Marcolph
began
ayen
terowte
and
to
blowe
And
Salomon
sayd
to
hym
thou
slepyst
/
Marcolphus
Nay
I
thinke
/
Salomon
/
What
thinkest
thou
/
Marcolph
I
thinke
that
vndre
therhe
is
no
clerer
thing
than
the
/
daye
Salom̄
Is
the
daye
clerer
than
mylke
/
Marcolph
Ie
/
Salomon
That
muste
thou
prore
.
Anone
hervpon
began
marcolphus
to
slepe
.
Salo.
Thou
slepyst
Mar
/
I
slepe
not
but
I
muse
Salomon
What
musyst
thou
.
Marcolph
I
muse
how
that
men
may
not
surely
truste
the
women
.
Salomon
And
that
of
the
shawe
provyd
Anon
aftyr
as
Salomon
was
srylle
began
marcolf
ayen
to
blowe
and
to
slepe
.
Salomo
Thou
slepyst
.
Marcolph
do
not
but
I
thinke
/
Salomon
What
thinkest
thou
Marcoph
I
thinke
howe
that
nature
goth
afore
lernyng
:
Salomon
:
If
thou
prove
not
that
trewe
thou
shalt
lese
thyn
hede
/
A
ftyr
that
the
nyght
was
ovyr
passyd
and
salomon
very
of
waking
put
hym self
to
reste
Than
marcolf
lefte
the
king
and
ran
hastely
to
hys
sustyr
Fudasa
:
and
fayned
hymself
forwefull
.
and
hevy
.
and
sayde
to
hyre
:
The
king
Salomon
is
ayenst
me
/
and
I
may
not
bere
hys
threytys
and
ininries
:
and
but
I
shall
take
this
knyf
/
&
hyde
it
secretly
vndyr
my
clothes
/
and
there
wyth
thys
daye
all
pryuely
he
not
knowyng
I
shall
smyte
hym
to
t
herte
and
sle
hym
:
now
good
dere
sustyr
I
praye
the
accuse
me
not
but
in
any
wyse
kepe
it
secrete
ne
shewe
it
not
to
myn
owne
brothyr
Bufrydo
/
Fudasa
answeryd
my
dere
and
leevest
brothyr
Marcolf
put
no
doubtes
therin
I
had
levyr
dye
and
be
brent
at
a
stake
rather
tha
I
shulde
discovre
it
or
accuse
the
/
Aftyr
that
retouruyd
marcolf
all
pryvely
towardys
the
kynges
Courte
The
sonne
rysyng
&
spredyng
hyr
beamys
ovyr
ther
the
jllnmined
&
fulfyllyd
the
kingys
palayce
:
and
salamon
rysyng
from
his
bed
wente
and
sat
in
the
trone
or
sete
of
his
palayce
Than
commaunded
he
to
bringe
to
fore
hym
an
hare
.
and
asmany
joyntes
ib
his
tayle
as
in
hys
chyne
were
fownden
by
marcolph
and
nombredys
¶
Thanne
was
there
apye
brought
before
the
king
/
and
asmany
whyte
fethrys
as
black
were
fownden
by
marcolph
And
thanne
toke
marcolph
a
great
panne
wyth
mylke
and
set
it
in
the
kinges
bed
chambre
all
pryvely
.
and
closd
to
alle
the
wyndowes
that
no
lyght
myght
in
come
Thanne
kallyd
he
the
king
into
the
chambre
/
And
as
he
come
in
he
stumblyd
at
the
panne
&
was
nygh
fallyn
therin
Tho
was
the
king
angry
and
displeasyd
/
&
sayd
thou
fowle
evyl
body
/
what
is
it
that
thou
doost
Marcolphus
answeryd
ye
ought
not
herefore
to
be
angry
.
For
haue
ye
not
sayd
that
milke
is
clerer
than
the
daye
How
is
it
that
ye
se
not
aswele
by
the
clerenesse
of
the
mylke
as
ye
do
bi
the
clerenesse
of
the
daye
juge
egaly
and
ye
shall
fynde
that
I
haue
nothyng
mysdone
vnto
you
Salomon
God
foryene
the.
my
clothys
be
all
wyth
mylke
sprongyn
And
nygh
I
had
my
necke
brokyn
and
yet
thou
haste
me
nothing
trespasyd
Marcolphus
answeryd
āothre
tyme
se
bettyr
to
fore
youlnevyrhtelesse
sytte
downe
and
do
me
justyce
vpon
a
mater
that
I
shall
shewe
afore
you
:
Whan
he
was
set
Marcolph
complayned
and
shewyd
Lord
I
have
a
sustyr
that
hath
to
name
Fudasa
and
she
hath
yeuen
hyrself
to
horedam
and
is
wyth
childe
wherwyth
she
shamyth
and
dishonesty
dalle
oure
bloode
and
lynage
:
and
yet
wolde
she
parte
wyth
me
in
my
fathres
good
and
herytage
Thanne
sayde
Salomon
Lete
hyr
come
a
fore
vs
:
And
we
shall
here
hyr
what
she
woll
saye
herto
.
As
Salomon
sawe
hyr
come
from
ferre
sayde
all
laughyngly
Thys
may
wele
be
Marcolphus
sustyr
This
fudasa
was
short
and
thyeke
and
therto
was
she
great
wyth
chylde
and
thus
was
she
thycker
than
she
was
of
lenghthe
She
had
thycke
leggys
and
short
.
and
went
on
bote
lame
/
wyth
vysage
/
yen
and
stature
lycke
to
Marcolph
.
Salomon
sayde
to
Marcolph
/
What
complaynest
or
askyst
thou
af
thy
sustyr
.
Marcolph
answeryd
My
lord
I
complayne
and
shewe
opynly
afore
you
of
my
sustyr
that
she
is
a
stronge
harlot
and
a
strumpet
and
is
wyth
chylde
.
as
ye
may
se
and
alle
oure
blood
and
kynrede
by
hyr
is
shamyd
.
that
wythstandyng
she
wolde
dele
and
parte
wyth
me
in
my
fathres
good
and
herytage
Wherefore
I
requyre
you
of
iustyce
.
and
that
ye
commaunde
hire
that
she
take
no
parte
ne
make
no
clayme
therto
.
This
heryng
Fudas●
replete
wyth
angre
and
woednesse
cryed
on
hygh
and
sayde
:
Thou
fowle
mysshapyn
harlot
wherefore
shulde
not
I
have
my
parte
in
oure
fadres
good
and
herytage
.
and
is
not
Floscemya
moder
to
vs
bote
:
Marcoph
Thou
shalt
not
have
any
dele
or
parte
therin
For
thin
offense
iugeth
the
clerely
therfro
/
Fudasa
Therfore
I
may
not
lese
myn
herytage
.
For
have
j
mysdone
I
shall
amende
it
/
but
oon
thyng
I
promyse
the
and
swere
by
god
and
all
hys
myght
.
yf
thou
wylt
not
lete
me
be
in
pease
:
and
suffre
me
to
haue
my
parthe
in
the
land
.
I
shall
shewe
suche
a
thyng
of
the.
that
the
king
or
it
be
nyght
shall
do
the
to
behangyd
:
Marcolphus
.
Thou
fowle
stynkyng
hore
.
what
kanst
thou
saye
of
me
I
haue
no
man
mysdone
/
saye
thy
worste
I
dyffye
the
/
thou
haste
moche
misdone
thou
fowle
facyd
knave
and
rybaulde
that
thou
art
.
For
thou
gladly
woldyst
sle
the
king
/
and
yf
ye
beleve
not
me
seke
vndyr
his
cote
&
ye
shall
fynde
the
knyf
Tho
was
the
knyf
sought
by
the
kinges
seruauntys
and
it
was
not
fownde-Sayde
marcolph
to
the
king
and
to
the
aboutestanders
.
And
have
I
not
sayde
trouthe
:
that
men
shulde
not
put
ovyrmoche
truste
or
confidence
in
the
women
.
wyth
that
they
alle
began
to
laughen
Tho
sayd
salomon
.
Marcolph
Thou
doost
alle
thy
thynges
by
crafte
and
subtyltye
Marcolph
answeryd
Lord
it
is
no
subtyltye
.
but
that
my
sustyr
had
promysed
me
to
have
kept
it
secrete
/
&
she
hath
falsely
discoverd
it
as
though
it
had
ben
of
a
trouthe
.
Salomon
/
wherefore
haste
thou
sayd
that
arte
or
nature
.
goth
before
lernyng
Marcolph
Take
pacyence
a
lytyll
and
afore
or
ye
go
to
bedde
I
shal
shewe
you
The
daye
passyd
ovyr
and
the
tyme
of
souper
cam
on
.
The
king
sat
to
sowper
and
othre
.
Wyth
whom
sat
marcolph
.
and
had
alle
pryvely
put
unto
hys
sleve
thre
quyk
myse
There
was
norysshyd
in
the
kinges
house
a
Catte
▪
that
every
nyght
as
the
king
sat
at
sowper
.
was
wont
to
holde
betwyxt
hyre
fore
feet
a
brennyng
kandell
vpon
the
tabyll
.
Thanne
lete
marcolphoon
of
the
myse
go
out
of
his
sleve
.
As
the
catte
that
saugh
she
wolde
have
lept
aftyr
:
but
the
king
ya
uc
hyr
a
wynke
or
countenaunce
that
she
bode
stylle
syttyng
and
removyd
not
.
and
in
lyke
wyse
dede
she
of
the
secunde
mowse
/
Thanne
lete
marcolph
the
thrydde
mowse
go
:
and
as
the
katte
sawe
he
cowde
no
lenger
abyde
.
but
kaste
the
kandell
awaye
and
lept
aftyr
the
mowse
and
toke
it
And
as
marcolph
that
sawe
:
sayde
to
the
king
Here
I
have
now
provyd
before
you
that
nature
goth
afore
lernyng
:
Tho
commaunded
Salomon
his
seruauntes
.
have
thys
man
out
of
my
syghte
:
and
if
he
come
hythre
any
more
/
set
my
howndes
vpon
hym
.
Marcolphus
:
now
for
certayne
I
knowe
and
may
saye
that
where
as
the
hede
is
seke
and
evyll
at
ease
/
there
is
no
lawe
As
marcolph
was
thns
out
dryven
:
he
seyde
to
hym self
/
neythre
so
nor
so
shall
the
wyse
Salomon
of
marcolf
be
quyte
.
on
the
next
mornyng
folowyng
as
he
was
out
of
his
couche
or
kenel
rysen
he
bethoughte
hym
in
his
mynde
how
he
myght
beste
gete
hym
ayen
into
the
kinges
courte
wythout
hurte
or
devouryng
of
the
howndes
he
went
&
bought
a
quyk
hare
&
put
it
vndre
his
clothis
&
yede
ayen
to
the
courte
And
whan
the
kinges
seruauntes
had
syghte
of
hym
they
let
vpon
hym
alle
the
howndes
&
forthwyth
he
caste
the
hare
from
hym
:
and
the
howndes
aftre
.
&
lefte
marcolph
.
and
thus
came
he
ayen
be
the
king
And
as
he
sawe
hym
he
askyd
who
had
letyn
hym
in
/
Marcolph
answeryd
wyth
great
sutyltie
am
j
in
comen
.
Sal
Beware
that
thys
daye
thou
spytte
not
but
vpon
the
bare
grownde
:
The
palayce
was
all
coveryd
wyth
tapettys
.
&
the
walles
hangyd
wyth
riche
clothys
.
Marcof
wythin
short
space
aftyr
/
wyth
his
talkyng
&
clateryng
wyth
othre
his
mouth
was
full
of
spytyll
began
to
cough
and
reche
vp
/
beholdyng
alaboute
hym
where
he
myght
best
spytte
&
cowd
fynde
no
bare
erthe
:
sawe
a
ballyd
man
stondyng
by
the
king
barehedyd
and
spatyld
evyn
vpon
his
forehede
.
The
ballyd
man
was
therwyth
ashamyd
made
clene
his
forehede
:
and
fyll
on
kneyes
before
the
kingys
fete
and
made
a
complaynt
vpon
marcolph
.
Salomon
Wherefore
haste
thou
made
fowle
the
forehede
of
this
man
.
Mar.
I
have
not
made
it
fowle
but
j
have
dungyd
it
or
made
it
fat
.
for
on
a
bareyne
grownde
.
it
behovyth
dunge
to
be
layde
.
that
the
corne
that
is
theron
so
wyn
may
the
bettyr
growe
and
multiplye
.
Saolmon
What
is
that
to
this
man
.
Mar.
My
lord
have
ye
not
forbedyn
me
that
this
daye
I
shulde
not
spytte
but
vpon
the
bare
erthe
&
I
sawe
his
forehede
all
bare
of
herys
:
and
thynkyng
it
〈◊〉
vare
erthe
.
and
therefore
I
spyttyd
vpon
it
The
king
shall
not
be
angry
for
this
thing
for
i
have
done
it
for
the
manys
proffyte
for
and
if
his
so
rehede
were
thus
vsyd
to
be
made
fat
the
herys
shulde
aven
encrease
&
multiplye
.
Salo.
God
yeue
the
shame
for
the
ballyd
men
aught
to
be
abouen
othre
men
in
honure
.
for
balyōnesse
is
no
shame
but
a
begynnyng
.
of
worship̄
.
Marcolphus
/
Balydnesse
is
a
flyes
nest
Beholde
j
not
fyre
how
the
flyes
folowe
more
hie
forehede
than
alle
the
othre
that
ben
wythin
thys
house
.
for
why
they
trowen
that
it
be
a
vessell
turnyng
full
wythsom
good
drinke
or
ellys
to
be
a
stone
anoynted
wyth
any
swete
thyng
.
and
therfore
they
haste
thaym
to
his
bare
forehede
To
this
sayd
the
ballyd
man
afore
the
king
:
Wherto
is
this
moost
vyle
rybaulde
sufferyd
in
the
kinges
presence
vs
to
rebuke
and
shame
.
lete
hym
be
kast
out
.
Marcolph
/
and
be
it
pease
in
thy
vertu
/
and
j
shal
be
stylle
.
herewythall
come
yn
two
women
bryngyng
wyth
thaym
a
lyving
chylde
/
for
the
wyche
they
afore
the
king
began
to
stryve
:
For
the
oon
sayde
it
be
longyd
to
hyre
/
but
the
oō
of
thaym
had
forlayne
hyre
chylde
slepyng
So
that
they
were
mstryre
for
the
levying
chylde
/
Salomon
sayd
to
oon
of
his
servauntis
:
take
a
sworde
&
departe
thys
chylde
in
two
pecys
:
and
yeve
eyther
of
thaym
the
oon
half
/
That
heryng
the
naturall
bodyr
of
the
lyvyng
chylde
:
sayde
to
the
king
Lord
j
beseche
you
jeve
it
to
that
woman
all
hool
lyvyng
/
for
the
his
the
verraye
modyr
therof
.
Than
sayde
Salomon
that
she
was
the
modyr
of
the
chylde
▪
and
yave
it
to
hire
/
Marcolph
demaunded
of
the
king
how
he
the
modyr
knewe
.
Salomon
By
chaungyng
of
hir
colure
and
affection
and
by
effusyon
of
tetys
/
Marcolphus
ye
myghthe
so
bedisceyved
/
for
beleue
ye
the
wepyng
of
the
women
/
and
are
so
wyse
and
knowe
the
crafte
of
thaym
no
bettyr
/
whyllys
a
woman
wepyth
she
laughyth
wyth
t
herte
/
They
kan
wepe
wyth
oon
yie
/
and
lawgh
wyth
the
othyr
.
They
make
contenance
wyth
the
vysage
that
they
thinke
not
They
speke
wyth
the
tunge
that
they
mene
not
wyth
t
herte
They
promyse
many
tymes
that
they
parforme
not-bnt
they
chaunge
theyre
contenaunces
as
theyre
myndes
renne
/
The
women
have
innumerable
craftes
/
Salomon
As
many
craftes
as
they
have
/
so
many
good
condicyons
and
propyrtyes
they
haue
/
Marcolphus
Saye
not
good
condicyons
or
propyrtyes
.
but
saye
shrewdnessys
and
decepcyons
.
Salomon
Surely
she
was
an
hore
that
bare
snche
a
sone
.
Marcolph
Wherefore
saye
ye
so
▪
Salomon
For
thou
blamyst
alle
women
/
and
they
are
honest
chaste
meke
lovyng
and
curtayse
/
Marcolf
To
that
myght
ye
adde
&
saye
that
they
are
brotyll
and
mutable
.
Salomon
If
they
be
brotyll
:
that
have
they
of
manys
condicyon
/
yf
they
be
chaunge
able
that
have
they
by
delectacioū
:
Woman
is
though
made
of
mannys
rybbe
/
and
yeven
vnto
hym
for
his
helpe
and
comfort
For
woman
is
asmoche
to
saye
as
a
weyke
erthe
or
a
weyke
thynge
/
Mar:
jn
likewyse
it
is
asmoche
to
saye
as
a
softe
erroure
/
Sal
There
lyest
thou
false
kaytyf
Thou
muste
nedys
be
cryll
and
onhappy
▪
that
sayst
so
moche
shame
and
harme
of
women
For
of
women
we
are
alle
comen
/
and
therfore
he
that
seyth
evyll
of
the
kynde
of
women
is
greatly
to
be
blamyd
for
what
is
rychesse
/
wat
is
kingdomes
/
what
is
possessions
what
is
goold
what
is
sylver
what
is
costely
clothyng
or
preciouse
stonys
▪
what
is
costely
metys
or
drinkes
.
what
is
good
companye
or
solace
what
is
myrthe
whitoute
women
.
On
trouthe
they
may
kalle
wele
the
world
deed
that
from
women
are
exiled
or
banysshed
For
women
muste
bere
the
chyldren
they
fede
&
norysshe
thaym
vp
/
and
love
thaym
well
She
desyryth
thayre
helthys
She
gouernyth
the
household
.
She
forwyth
the
helthe
of
hyr
husband
&
household
.
women
is
the
dilectacion
of
alle
thinges
:
she
is
the
swetnesse
of
youthe
She
is
the
solace
of
joye
of
age
.
She
is
gladnesse
of
childre
:
She
is
joye
of
the
daye
She
is
solace
of
the
nyght
She
is
the
gladynd
of
laboure
.
of
alle
hevynesses
.
she
is
the
forgeter
She
servyth
whithoute
grutchyng
And
she
shall
watche
my
goyng
out
and
myn
incomyng
.
Thervpon
answeryd
marcolphus
.
he
seyth
trouthe
.
that
thinkyth
wyth
his
herte
.
as
he
spekyth
wyth
his
mowth
.
ye
haue
the
women
in
great
favoure
/
&
therfore
ye
prayse
thaym
.
Rychesse
nobylnesse
/
fayrenesse
&
wysedom
be
in
you
.
and
therfore
it
behovyth
you
to
love
women
.
but
y assure
you
one
thyng
albe
it
that
ye
now
prayse
thaym
ovyr
moche
/
or
ye
slepe
ye
shal
dysprayse
thaym
as
faste
.
Salomon
Therof
thou
shalt
lye
/
for
alle
my
lyve
dayes
I
have
lovyd
women
&
shall
duryng
my
lyf
.
But
now
go
from
me
/
&
se
wele
to
.
that
before
me
thou
nevyr
speke
evyll
of
women
Than
marcolphus
goyng
out
of
the
kynges
palayce
.
kallyd
to
hym
the
woman
that
had
hir
childe
to
hyre
yeven
ayen
by
the
king
and
sayd
to
hyre
knowyst
thou
not
what
is
done
&
concluded
in
the
kingys
counsell
to
daye
.
She
answeryd
my
chylde
is
yevyn
me
ayen
alyve
/
what
ellys
there
is
done
.
that
knowe
not
I.
Tho
sayd
marcoph
the
king
hath
commaunded
&
is
vttyrly
determyned
that
to
morwe
thou
and
thy
felawe
shall
come
ayen
afore
hym
:
and
that
thou
shalt
have
the
one
half
of
thy
chylde
&
thy
felawe
the
othre
half
Than
sayde
the
woman
O
what
evyll
king
/
&
what
false
&
vntrewe
sentence
yevyth
he
.
Marcoph
sayde
yet
shall
j
shewe
the
grettyr
matiers
&
more
chargeable
&
of
grettyr
weyghte
The
king
&
his
counseyle
hath
ordeyned
that
evyr
man
shall
have
vij
.
wyves
therfor
remembre
&
thinke
what
therin
is
best
to
be
done
.
for
as
one
man
hath
vij
.
wyves
.
so
shall
ther
nevyr
.
more
be
reste
or
pease
in
thouse
se
.
one
shal
be
belovyd
an
othre
shall
displease
hym
for
hir
that
he
lovyth
shal
be
moost
wyth
hym
:
and
the
othre
nevyr
or
seldom
She
shal
be
wele
clothyd
&
the
othre
shal
be
forgetyn
:
hyr
that
he
lovyth
best
shall
haue
ryngys
jo
wellys
goold
sylvyr
furres
&
were
fylkys
She
shal
kepe
tije
keyes
of
alle
the
house
She
shal
be
honouryd
of
alle
the
servauntys
and
be
kallyd
mastres
Alle
his
goodes
shall
falle
to
hire
:
what
shall
than
saye
the
othre
vj.
And
yf
he
love
tweryne
:
what
shall
the
othre
v.
saye
&
yf
he
love
thre
what
shal
saye
the
othre
iii.
&
yf
he
love
iiij
▪
what
shall
the
othre
iij.
do
&
c̈
.
That
he
lovyth
best
he
shall
alwayes
have
by
hym
&
kysse
hire
and
halfe
hyre
The
othyr
shall
mowe
saye
that
they
are
neythre
wydowes
nor
weddyd
nor
yit
vnweddyd
.
nor
wythoute
husbande
They
shal
mowe
well
forthynke
that
they
have
theyre
mayndehede
loste
There
shall
evyr
stryff
angre
envye
and
brawelyng
reigne
&
if
there
be
not
fownde
a
remedy
herefore
many
great
inconvenyencys
shall
growe
there
of
And
by
cause
that
thou
arte
a
woman
and
well
acqueynted
wyth
the
condicyons
of
women
:
haste
the
and
shewe
thys
to
alle
the
ladyes
and
women
wythin
this
citie
and
advyse
thaym
that
they
●sente
not
to
it
in
any
wyse
.
but
wythstande
it
.
and
saye
ayenst
the
king
and
his
counseyll
.
Marcolf
retourned
and
went
ayen
to
the
courte
&
pryvely
hyd
hym
in
a
corner
And
the
woman
trowyd
his
wordys
to
be
trewe
.
ranne
through
the
citie
&
clappyd
hire
handys
to
gydre
and
cryed
wyth
opyn
mowthe
&
shewyd
all
that
she
had
herd
and
more
And
eche
neyghborwe
or
gossyp
saide
it
forth
to
an
othre
/
So
that
in
short
tyme
there
was
a
great
assemble
or
gaderyng
of
women
wel
nigh
that
alle
the
women
that
weren
wythin
the
Citie
.
and
se
gadred
went
to
the
kynges
palayse
well
by
the
nombre
of
.vj.
M●
.
women
/
and
brak
vp
dorys
and
ovyr
went
the
kyng
and
his
counsell
wyth
great
malyce
and
lowde
crying
:
The
king
as
he
this
herde
/
avyd
what
the
cause
was
of
thayre
gaderyng
.
To
that
oon
woman
that
wyser
and
more
eloquent
than
the
othre
:
sayde
vnto
the
king
.
Moost
myghty
prynce
to
whom
goold
/
sylver
▪
preciouse
stones
and
alle
rychesse
of
the
world
tho
you
are
brought
ye
do
ane
thyng
as
ye
woll
.
and
non
ayensayth
youre
pleasure
:
ye
have
a
Quene
and
many
Quenys
.
and
oryr
that
ye
have
concubynes
or
paramours
wythoute
nombre
or
as
asmany
as
you
pleasyth
for
ye
have
all
that
ye
wol
:
So
may
not
every
man
d●
Salomon
answeryd
God
hath
anoynted
and
made
me
king
in
jsrahel
may
I
not
than
do
and
accomplyssh
all
my
wylle
Do
youre
wylle
wy●●…
youre
owne
.
and
medle
not
wyth
vs
.
We
are
of
the
noble
blood
of
Abraham
and
holde
moyses
lawe
/
Wherfore
woll
ye
thane
that
chaunge
and
altre
ye
are
bownden
to
do
right
and
iustyce
.
wherefore
do
ye
vnryght
.
Tho
sayde
Salomon
wyth
great
vnpacyence
.
Thou
sham
full
wyf
what
vnright
or
wronge
do
y
She
āswryd
:
as
great
vnright
do
ye
as
kam
be
thought
or
ymagined
For
ye
haue
ordeyned
that
every
man
shall
haue
mowe
lawefully
vij
.
wynes
/
&
certaynli
that
shall
not
be
:
For
there
is
not
that
prynce
/
duke
/
or
erle
/
that
so
riche
and
puyssaunt
is
/
but
that
oō
woman
alone
shall
mow
fullfylle
.
alle
his
desyres
and
wylle
.
what
thanne
shulde
he
do
wyth
.vij.
wyves
:
it
is
aboven
any
mannys
myght
or
power
:
It
were
bettyr
ordeyned
that
oon
woman
shulde
have
vij
.
husbondes
Than
sayd
Salomon
all
laughyngly
I
had
not
trowed
that
of
men
had
ben
fewer
in
nombre
than
of
women
Tho
kryed
alle
the
women
as
mad
people
wyth
oute
any
reason
/
ye
are
anevyle
king
&
youre
sentences
ben
false
and
vnrightfull
Now
may
we
wel
here
&
se
that
it
is
trouthe
that
we
have
herd
of
you
:
and
that
ye
have
of
vs
sayde
evyll
:
and
therto
ye
skorue
&
mocke
vs
before
oure
vysages
that
we
se
it
O
lord
god
who
was
so
evyle
as
saule
that
regnyd
ouyr
vs
furste
yet
davyd
was
worse
/
and
now
this
Salomon
werst
of
alle
than
the
king
beyng
full
of
wrathe
sayde
There
is
no
hede
more
worse
than
the
serpent
/
and
there
is
no
malyce
to
the
malyce
of
a
woman
:
for
it
were
bettyr
to
dvelle
wyth
serpentys
and
lyons
/
than
wyth
a
wyckyd
woman
Alle
evyll
are
but
lytyl
tho
the
cursydnesse
:
of
a
shrewd
woman
Alle
wyckydnesse
falle
vpon
women
/
as
the
sande
fallyth
in
the
shoes
of
the
oolde
people
goyng
vp
an
hylle
So
a
talkatyf
woman
and
dishobedyent
is
a
great
confusyon
That
wyf
that
is
hlr
husbondes
maister
is
evyr
contrarye
to
hym
An
evyl
wyf
makyth
a
pacient
herte
.
and
a
sory
vysage
&
if
as
plage
of
the
deth
A
woman
was
the
begynnyng
of
synne
/
and
through
hire
we
dye
alle
The
woman
that
is
luxuriouse
may
men
knowen
in
the
vppermest
of
hire
yes
.
and
by
hir
browes
For
hire
yes
are
wythoute
revyrēce
&
ther
nede
noman
wondre
although
she
forgete
hir
husbonde
As
the
king
althus
had
sayd
.
so
spaknathan
the
prophete
and
sayde
My
lord
why
rebuke
ye
&
shame
ye
thus
alle
thies
women
of
iherusalem
.
Salomon
have
ye
not
herd
what
dishonoure
they
have
sayd
of
me
wythoute
deservyng
Na
than
answeryd
he
that
woll
wyth
hys
subgiettys
lyve
in
reste
&
pease
/
he
muste
som
tyme
be
blynde
dumme
.
&
deef
.
Salomon
.
it
is
to
be
answeryd
to
a
fole
aftyr
his
folysshnes
.
Tho
sprange
Marcolph
out
of
the
corner
that
he
sat
in
/
and
sayde
to
the
king
/
now
have
ye
spokyn
aftyr
myn
intent
.
for
ones
thys
daye
ye
praysed
women
out
of
alle
mesure
/
and
now
have
ye
dispraysed
thaym
asmoche
.
that
is
it
that
I
sought
:
alwayes
ye
make
my
saying
trewe
:
Salo.
Thou
fowle
evyle
body
/
knowyst
thou
of
this
commocion
:
Marcolph
/
nay
.
nevyr thelesse
ye
shulde
not
yeue
credence
to
alle
thing
that
ye
here
Tho
sayd
the
king
salomon
go
from
hens
out
of
my
syghte
:
&
I
charge
the
that
j
se
the
nomere
betwixt
the
yes
/
forth
with
was
marcolph
kast
out
of
the
kinges
palayse
/
Than̄
they
that
stoden
by
the
king
sayden
:
mylord
speke
to
thiefe
women
sumwhat
that
may
please
thaym
to
here
.
to
th
entent
that
they
may
departe
Than
turnyd
the
king
towardes
thaym
&
sayd
youre
goodnesse
shal
vndrestande
.
that
I
am
not
to
be
blamyd
in
that
:
that
ye
laye
to
my
charge
/
That
evyl
sayer
marcolf
/
that
ye
here
late
sawe
.
hath
out
of
hym self
alle
this
matter
surmysed
&
fayned
:
and
every
man
shall
have
hys
owne
wyf
&
hyr
wyth
faythe
&
honestie
love
and
cherysshe
That
I
have
spokyn
ayenst
the
wyves
I
haue
not
sayde
it
but
ayenst
the
froward
wyves
who
shulde
of
the
good
wyves
speke
any
evyll
For
a
good
wyf
makyth
hyr
husbande
glad
and
blythe
wyth
hyre
goodnesse
She
is
a
parte
the
lyryng
of
hyre
husbond
vpon
erthe
.
and
hyr
lernyng
advauntagyth
or
forthryth
hys
body
She
is
a
yifte
of
god
/
A
wyse
wyf
and
a
stylle
is
a
grace
abouen
graces
/
A
good
shame
fast
and
an
honeste
wyf
is
lyke
the
sonne
clymmyng
vp
to
god
.
A
wyf
of
good
condioyons
is
the
ornament
or
apparayle
of
the
house
.
She
is
a
lyght
shynyng
bryghther
/
than
the
lyght
of
cādeliys
:
She
is
lyke
the
goolden
pyller
standyng
vpon
hir
feet
and
an
ovyr
faste
fnndament
grwnded
vpon
a
sure
stone
wythonte
mutacions
and
the
commande
mantys
of
god
evyr
in
hyr
mynde
/
The
heoly
god
of
Israhel
blesse
you
and
multiplye
youre
sede
and
kyndre
bede
/
vnto
the
ende
of
the
worlde
Tho
sayde
they
alle
/
amen
:
And
toke
leve
of
the
king
and
went
theyre
weyes
:
Marcoph
beryng
in
his
mynde
of
the
vnkyndnesse
that
the
king
had
commanded
hym
that
he
shulde
no
more
so
hym
betwixt
the
yes
Thought
in
hymself
.
what
was
best
to
do
.
It
happenyd
that
the
next
nyght
folowyng
fyll
a
great
snowe
Marcolphus
toke
a
lytyll
Cyve
or
Temse
in
his
oon
hande
&
a
foot
of
a
bere
in
the
othre
hande
:
and
he
turned
hys
shoes
that
stode
forwardes
vpon
his
feet
bakward
and
vpon
the
mornyng
erly
he
began
to
go
lyke
a
beast
vpon
alle
fowre
feet
through
the
strete
.
and
whan
he
was
comen
a
lytyll
wythouthe
the
towne
:
he
fownde
an
olde
ovyn
and
crept
into
it
.
And
as
the
lyght
of
the
daye
was
on
comen
.
oon
of
the
kingys
seruauntys
founde
the
footstappys
of
marcolph
.
and
thougt
that
it
was
the
trace
or
stappys
of
&
merveylous
beste
&
in
alle
haste
went
&
shewyd
it
to
the
king
Thanne
incontynent
wyth
huntres
and
howndes
he
wente
to
hunte
and
seke
the
sayd
wondrefull
beeste
and
folowed
it
vnto
they
comen
before
the
oven
where
they
had
loste
and
fownde
no
more
of
the
steppys
.
The
king
Salomon
discended
from
hys
hors
and
began
to
loke
into
the
oven
.
Marcolpus
laye
all
crokyd
hys
vysage
from
hym
wardes
.
had
put
downe
hys
breche
into
hys
hammes
that
be
myght
se
hys
ars
hole
and
alle
hys
othre
fowle
gere
.
As
the
kyng
Salomon
that
seyng
demawnded
what
laye
there
.
Mar.
answeryd
j
am
here
:
Sal
wherefore
lyest
thou
thus
/
Marcolf
.
for
ye
haue
commannded
me
that
ye
shulde
nomore
se
me
betwyxt
mynyes
Now
and
ye
woll
not
se
me
betwyxt
mynyes
:
ye
may
se
me
betwene
my
buttockys
in
the
myddes
of
myn
arsehole
:
Than
was
the
king
sore
meovyd
commaunded
his
seruauntys
to
take
hym
&
hange
hym
vpona
tre
/
Mar.
So
takyn
.
sayde
to
the
kyng
:
Mylord
well
it
please
you
to
yeve
me
leue
to
chose
the
tre
whervpon
that
j
shall
hange
Salsayde
be
it
as
thou
haste
desyred
/
for
it
forcyth
not
on
what
tre
that
thou
be
hangyd
/
Than
the
kinges
seruauntes
token
&
leddyn
marcolph
wythoute
the
citie
/
&
through
the
vale
of
iosaphath
&
ovyr
the
hyghte
of
the
hylle
of
olyuete
from
theus
to
ierirho
.
&
cowde
fynde
no
tre
that
marcolf
wolde
chese
to
be
hanged
on
From
thens
went
they
ovyr
the
flome
iordane
and
alle
arabye
through
And
so
forth
all
the
great
wyldernesse
vnto
the
rede
see
:
And
nevyrmore
cowde
marcolph
fynde
a
tre
that
he
wolde
chese
to
hange
on
And
thus
he
askapyd
out
of
the
dawnger
&
handes
of
king
salomon
/
and
turnyd
ayen
vnto
hys
howse
/
and
levyd
in
pease
&
ioye
And
so
mote
we
alle
do
aboven
wyth
the
fadre
of
heven
Amen