Wife of Bath quotes Marriage/sex

worthy womman... Housbandes at chirche dore she hadde fyve
1. worhty woman... husbands at church door she had five
As wolde God it leveful were unto me/To be refresshed half so ofte has he! (Solomon)
1. As would God it were lawful unto me/To be refreshed half so often as he!
"I have pyked out the beste/Bothe of here nether purs and of here cheste
1. I have picked out the best/Both of their lower purse (scrotum) and of their strongbox
For certeyn, olde dotard, by youre leve/Ye shul have queynte right ynogh at eve
1. For, certainly, old dotard, by your leave/You shall have pudendum right enough at eve
Myn housebonde shall have it bothe eve and morwe
1. My husband shall have it bot evenings and mornings
Whan myn housbonde is fro the world ygon/Som Christen man shal wedde me anon
1. When my husband is gone from the world/Some Christian man shall wed me straightaway
Welcome the sixte, whan that evere he shal
1. welcome the sixth, whenever he shall appear
I seye, I hadde in herte greet despit/That he (4th husband) of any oother had delit
1. I say, I had in heart great anger/That he (4th husband) had delight in any other
Gap-toothed... spores sharpe... gaye scarlet gytes
1. Gap-toothed... physiognomy
Genitals: for purgation/Of uryne... to knowe a femele from a male

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