To thee ther mai nothing ben hid, Thou wost hou it is me betid: I wolde I hadde noght be bore, For thanne I hadde noght forlore Mi speche and mi virginite.
Ha, thou mi wofull ladi diere, Which duellest with thi fader hiere 3570 And slepest in thi bedd at ese, Thou wost nothing of my desese.
And for this cause I thenke suie The forme bothe and the matiere, As now suiende thou schalt hiere Which vice stant next after this: And whan thou wost how that it is, As thou schalt hiere me devise, Thow miht thiself the betre avise.
Nou, Sone, of that I seide above Thou wost what Usure is of love: Tell me forthi what so thou wilt, If thou therof hast eny gilt.
Pardee, hit oghte thee to lyke; 860 For hard langage and hard matere Is encombrous for to here At ones; wost thou not wel this?
For of Alceste shulde thy wryting be, Sin that thou wost that kalender is she (B.
Lo, to the House of Fame yonder 1070 Thou wost how cometh every speche, Hit nedeth noght thee eft to teche.
I told hym I wost wele he sett never ther upon be no tytyl of rytz that he hadde to the maner of Gressam, but only be the informacion of a fals schrew.
I rehersyd no name, but me thowt be hem that thei wost ho I ment.
And al so soone as that he was agoon, That oon of hem spak thus unto that other: Thou wost wel that thou art my sworne brother, Thy profyt wol I telle the anoon.
Now, quoth the first, thou wost wel we ben twaye, knowest And two of us schal strenger be than oon.
Thou wost wel that our felaw is agoon, knowest And her is gold, and that ful gret plente, plenty That schal departed be among us thre.
Wost thou not wel, I fayled never wight, but he me refused and wolde negligently go with unkyndenesse?
But thou, maker of light (in winking of thyn eye the sonne is queynt), wost right wel that I in trewe name was never thus herberowed.
And wost thou nat wel, as I said, that deth maketh ende of al fortune?
What 140 wost thou how soone he wol turne of the garment of care, and clothe thee in blisse?
For thou wostwel 50 (quod she) he is nought mighty that wolde don that he may not don ne perfourme.
Wost thou not wel that I am LOVE, that first thee brought to thy service?
Wost thou nat wel, that al vertue of lyvelich werkinge, by goddes purveyaunce, is underput to resonable creature in erthe?
Than,' quod she, 'thou wost wel these thinges ben sothe?
And over this thou wostwel (quod she) that fyr in every place heteth where it be, and water maketh wete.
Wost nat wel thy-selfe, that thou in fourme of making +passest nat Adam that eet 55 of the apple?
Now (quod she) first thou wost wel, thou lostest nothing that ever mightest thou 65 chalenge for thyn owne.
It is wonder that thou wexest not rede, Sith that thou wost ful lyte who shal behold Thy rude langage, ful boistously unfold.
Thou wost ful litel what thou menest; I have lost more than thou wenest.
Wost thou nought where Youthe abit, That men so preisen in her wit?
First, sin thou wost this toun hath al this werre For ravisshing of wommen so by might, It sholde not be suffred me to erre, As it stant now, ne doon so gret unright.
Thou wost eek what thy lady graunted thee, And day is set, the chartres up to make.
And sith thou wost I do it for no wyle, And sith I am he that thou tristest most, 720 Tel me sumwhat, sin al my wo thou wost.
Now mercy, lord, thouwost wel I desire Thy grace most, of alle lustes leve.
And for thou ne wost what is the ende of thinges, for-thy demestow that felonous and wikked men ben mighty and weleful.
Another necessitee is conditionel, as thus: yif thou wostthat a man walketh, it bihoveth by necessitee that he walke.
Thou wostwel that I seye sooth, ne I ne avauntede me never in preysinge of my-self.
Certes,' quod she, 'thou wost wel whennes that alle thinges ben comen and procedeth?
And he seid he wost well ye were not infeffid in his lond, and if ye toke upon yow to make any trobill in his lond ye shall repente it.
Bernners mevyd me ons, and seyd that ye must nedys do sum wate for my Lord and hys, and I seyd I wost well that ye wold do for hym that laye in yowre powar.
Item, the last tyme that I spake with hyr she mad suche a petows mone and seyd that she wost ner howe to do for mony, and so I lent vjs.
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