Peter Alphonse

“ The sapient man forsoth heryng this yave hym counsail that he shuld make an house with high wallis of stone and put his wif withyn and yeve hir mete inowgh to ete and no superfluite of clothyng; so that in that house be but oo dore and oo wyndowe bi whiche she may see, and of suche height and of suche composicioun and makyng bi whiche noman may entre ne go out. ”

“ Cuius rei mulier inscia. ↑ Lat. (I, 19, l. 13) stetitque ibi donee in camisia sua mulierem suam nudam revertentem vidit. ↑ Lat. suum suis parentibus. ↑ The last sentence of the tale in the Latin was omitted by the English translator (I, 20, l. 10) , Wherefore at the compulsion of most good people, deprived of his dignities, lowered in esteem on account of slander from his wife, he had to suffer the penalty of incest. ↑ Lat. (I, 20, l. 14) est magna dehortatio. ”