ROBERT MANNYNG OF BRUNNE
Reading edition
1260-1340
8.
Praise of Women
NO thyng ys to man so dere As wommanys love in gode manere. A gode womman is mannys blys, There her love right and stedfast ys. There ys no solas under hevene Of alle that a man may nevene That shulde a man so moche glew As a gode womman that loveth true. Ne derer is none in Goddis hurde Than a chaste womman with lovely worde.
8. nevene] name. glew] gladden. hurde] flock.