The Multitext Edition > Oxford, Corpus Christi College MS. 198
The Monk's Prologue
Folio 234v
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Whan ended was þe tale of Mellibe
And of Prudence and hire benignite
Oure hoost sayde as I am feyþful man
And By þe precious corpus Madryan
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I hadde leuer þan a barel ale
That goode leef my wyf had herd þis tale
For sche nys no þing of such pacience
As was þis Mellibeus wyf Prudence