Peter Alphonse

“ The wif forsoth lived chastly and in al thynges prudently doyng remayned. So it fil that of necessite compulsed out of hir owne house [she] went out to hir neyghburgh in felawship. That neede and busynes don [she] went hir hom to hir owne house. That suche a yong man bihielde and with brennyng love bigan to love hir and many messangiers (f. 124) sent vnto hir coveityng of hir whom he so brennyngly loved; Eft [2] to whom with contemptis [she] hym vttirly dispised. The yongman whan he felt hymsilf so dispised, was made so moche sorowyng and over moche kynde of sikenes hevied and greved. ”

“ XIII in the original, I, 17, l. 3. ↑ The Ms. reading appears to be 'Of or 'Ef to:' the Lat. (I, 17, l. 10) has this simple sentence: Quibus contemptis eum penitus sprevit. ↑ Lat. sinapi i. e. 'mustard'. ↑ Lat. ut eum omnino sperneret et eius amorem respueret. ”