And zif the womman dye before the husbonde, men brennen him with hire, zif that he wole; and zif he wil not, no man constreynethe him thereto; but he may wedde another tyme with outen blame and repreef.
And therfore may no man in that contree seyn, this is my wyf: ne no womman may seye, this is myn husbonde.
Ector,' quod they, 'what goost may yow enspyre, This womman thus to shilde and doon us lese Daun Antenor?
How ofte tyme hath it y-knowen be, The treson, that to womman hath be do?
Thus seyde I never er now to womman born; 155 For god myn herte as wisly glade so, I lovede never womman here-biforn As paramours ne never shal no mo.
But trewely, the story telleth us, Ther made never womman more wo Than she, whan that she falsed Troilus.
And that doth me to han so gret a wonder, That ye wol scornen any womman so.
Artow in Troye, and hast non hardiment To take a womman which that loveth thee, And wolde hir-selven been of thyn assent?
For love of god, take every womman hede To werken thus, if it comth to the nede.
Ne me ne list this selywomman chyde Ferther than the story wol devyse.
Thy martirdom ne may I nat foryete; Thou, constant womman in thy passioun, Overcoom the feendes temptacioun; 425 And many a wight converted thy doctryne Unto the feith of god, holy virgyne!
Every man woot, that wit hath resonable, That of a womman he descended is: Than is it shame, of her to speke amis.
Womman forsook him noght; for al the feyth Of holy chirche in womman lefte only.
In any boke also wher can ye fynde, 435 That of the werkes or the dethe or lyf Of Jesu speketh, or maketh any mynde, That womman him forsook, for wo or stryf?
And therfore it may preved be therby, That in womman regneth stable constaunce And in men is the chaunge and variaunce!
Sothly, the comaundour of that was he, 495 That fro the tempest ay this womman kepte As wel whan [that] she wook as whan she slepte.
That other manere is, whan a man or womman preyen for folk to avauncen hem, only for wikked fleshly affeccioun that they have un-to the persone; and that is foul Symonye.
Now how that a womman sholde be subget to hir housbonde, that telleth seint Peter.
Lo, here expres of womman may ye finde, That womman was the los of al mankinde.
For ther-as the womman hath the maistrie, she maketh to muche desray; ther neden none ensamples of this.
And the same bountee in good conseilling of many a good womman may men telle.
Homicyde is eek if a man approcheth to a womman by desir of lecherye, thurgh which the child is perissed, or elles smyteth a womman witingly, thurgh which she leseth hir child.
For, sith a womman was so pacient Un-to a mortal man, wel more us oghte 1150 Receyven al in gree that god us sent; For greet skile is, he preve that he wroghte.
I wol no womman thritty yeer of age, It is but bene-straw and greet forage.
The fifthe signe is, that a man or a wommanbe obeisant to receyven the penaunce that him is enioyned for hise sinnes; for certes Iesu Crist, for the giltes of a man, was obedient to the deeth.
Of Lecherie, as I seyde, sourden diverse speces; as fornicacioun, that is bitwixe man andwomman that been nat maried; and this is deedly sinne and agayns nature.
Ne a fouler thral may no man ne womman maken of his body, than for to yeven his body to sinne.
I have pite to seen the sorwe, That waketh bothe eve and morwe, To innocents doth such grevaunce; I pray god yeve him evel chaunce, That he ever so bisy is 4275 Of anywomman to seyn amis!
He mighte not his tunge withstonde Worse to reporte than he fonde, He was so ful of cursed rage; It sat him wel of his linage, 3810 For him an Irish womman bar.
Thus seyde I never er now to womman born; 155 For god myn herte as wisly glade so, I lovede never womman here-biforn As paramours, ne never shal no mo.
Ector,' quod they, `what goost may yow enspyre This womman thus to shilde and doon us lese Daun Antenor?
And trewely, as men in bokes rede, Men wiste never womman han the care, 20 Ne was so looth out of a toun to fare.
For of a thousand men, saith Solomon, I find oon good man; but certes of alle wommen good womman find I never noon.
And though that Solomon say he fond never good womman, it folwith nought therfore that alle wommen ben wicked; for though that he fonde noone goode wommen, certes many another man hath founden many a womman ful goode and trewe.
Here may ye se that, if that a womman were not good, and hir counseil good and profytable, oure Lord God of heven would neither have wrought hem, ne called hem help of man, but rather confusion of man.
Of Sorcerie he couthe ynowh, 940 That whanne he wolde himself transforme, Fulofte time he tok the forme Of womman and his oghne lefte; So dede he wel the more thefte.
Mi fader, as of this matiere I wole you tellen redely What I have do; bot trewely I mai excuse min entente, That nevere I yit to cherche wente 7100 In such manere as ye me schryve, For no womman that is on lyve.
Hir Sadel ek was wonder badde, 1350 In which the wofull womman sat, And natheles ther was with that A riche bridel for the nones Of gold and preciouse Stones.
He axeth hem what child that were; And thei him seiden, that naghere, In al the world thogh men it soghte, Was nevere womman that forth broghte A fairer child than it was on.
Thanne hadde I wonder in my wit What womman it weere, That swiche wise wordes Of holy writ shewed; And asked hire on the heighe name, Er she thennes yede, What she were witterly That wissed me so faire.
For ye lyve in no love, Ne no lawe holde; Manye of yow ne wedde noght The wommanthat ye with deele, But as wilde bestes with 'wehee!
Jhesu Crist on a Jewes doghter lighte, Gentil womman though she were, Was a pure povere maide, And to a povere man y-wedded.
So Adam thoughtenne, whann, ynn Paradyse, All Heavenn and Erthe dyd hommage to hys mynde; Ynn Womman alleyne mannes pleasaunce lyes; As Instrumentes of joie were made the kynde.
Go, do the weaklie womman inn mann's geare, And scond your mansion if grymm war come there.
And in the end for very pity he tries to excuse her: "Ne me ne list this sely womman chyde Ferther than the story wol devyse, Hir name, allas!
Mercurie is desolat In Pisces, wher Venus is exaltat; And Venus falleth ther Mercurie is reysed; Therefore no wommanof no clerk is preysed.
There ys no solas under hevene Of alle that a man may nevene That shulde a man so moche glew As a gode womman that loveth true.
A gode womman is mannys blys, There her love right and stedfast ys.
Ne derer is none in Goddis hurde Than a chaste womman with lovely worde.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "womman" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
