Chaucerian and Other Pieces / Being a Supplement to the Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer - Unknown

Voyd of al rest, without alegëment;

Wyves be maistres, this is hir jugëment;

Yet suffre hem spekë—and trust right wel this,

A wikked tonge wol alway deme amis.

And if it so be that, of parfitnesse,

Thou hast avowed to live in chastitee,

Thán wol folk of thy persone expresse

Say thou art impotent t'engendre in thy degree;