And you will dressed in my gay vivid red robes
525 My personal fifthe housbonde — Jesus his soule blesse! — My personal 5th partner — God-bless their spirit! — 526 And that that we took for love, with no richesse, Exactly who I got having love, no wide range, 527 The guy som tyme try a good clerk out-of Oxenford, He had been previously good clerk off Oxford, 528 And hadde remaining scole, and you will wente during the hom to help you bord Together with remaining college or university, and you will emerged the home of panel 529 Using my gossib, dwellynge from inside the oure toun; With my buddy, house in our urban area; 530 Goodness has hir soule! Hir term is actually Alisoun. God provides this lady soul! This lady label is Alisoun. 531 She knew myn herte, and you will eek my personal privetee, She knew my center, while having my personal gifts, 532 Bet than just oure parisshe preest, so moot I thee! 533 To engage biwreyed I my personal conseil al. 534 To have hadde myn housbonde pissed on an excellent wal, To have got my hubby pissed to your a wall, 535 Otherwise doon a thyng you to definitely sholde han costs his lyf, Otherwise done something have to have costs their existence, 536 To engage, also to various other deserving wyf, To their, also to several other worthy girlfriend, 537 And to my nece, and therefore which i cherished weel, And also to my niece, whom We loved better, 538 We wolde han toold their conseil all the deel. I would enjoys advised each of his gifts. 539 And so i dide ful often, Jesus it woot, And so i did very often, Jesus knows it, 540 One to made their face will reed and you may hoot You to made their deal with have a tendency to red and hot 541 To possess verray shame, and you can charged hymself for the guy To possess true shame, and you can attributed himself once the he 542 Got toold to me thus desired a beneficial pryvetee. Got advised in my experience great a secret.
So you can the woman I found all the my personal secrets
543 And so bifel you to definitely ones for the an effective Lente — And thus it simply happened that when in a springtime — 544 So frequently tymes I to my gossyb wente, Once the frequently We went to see my personal buddy, 545 To have evere but really I cherished to be gay, Getting I liked getting homosexual, 546 And for so you can walke in March, Averill, and can even, And also to walk-in February, April, and may, 547 Fro hous so you can hous, so you can heere sondry talys — Away from house to house, to listen to some pieces of hearsay — 548 You to definitely age Alys, You to definitely elizabeth Alys, 549 And that i myself, to your feeldes wente. And that i me, towards the sphere went. 550 Myn housbonde was at Londoun al you to Lente; My better half was at London area all of that Spring; 551 I hadde the brand new bettre leyser to have to pleye, I experienced the better possibility to show off your myself, 552 And also for so you can se, and you can eek getting to-be seye Also to come across, in order to get noticed 553 Out of lusty someone. What wiste I wher my sophistication Because of the amorous people. Exactly what performed I know from the where my good fortune 554 Was shapen to have as, or in exactly what set? Try bound to be, or perhaps in just what set? 555 Therfore We produced my personal visitaciouns And so i produced my visitations 556 So you can vigilies in order to processiouns, In order to spiritual feasts and processions, 557 So you’re able to prechyng eek, and also to thise pilgrimages, So you’re able to preaching together with, also to these types of pilgrimages, 558 In order to pleyes off myracles, and mariages, So you’re able to plays on the marvels, and also to marriage ceremonies, 559 And you will wered abreast of my personal gaye vivid red gytes. 560 Thise wormes, ne thise motthes, ne thise mytes, Such viruses, nor this type of moths, neither these types of mites, 561 Upon my peril, frete hem never a beneficial deel; Abreast of my peril (I swear), chewed on them never ever some time; 562 And wostow as to why? To possess they certainly were put weel. And learn thou why? While they was well-used.
