#  Glosses for quiz #3 of the Man of Law's Tale and Epilogue (Lines II.876-1190) 

 



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**Compare your translations with the glossed text:**

884 Up peyne of deeth, so have I doon, certein."  
 **Up peyne of**: on the penalty of  
  
886 Moste biknowe and tellen, plat and pleyn,  
 **biknowe**: reveal **plat**: bluntly  
  
909 That fallen is in hethen hand eft soone,  
 **eft soone**: again   
  
912 To gauren on this ship and on Custance.  
 **gauren** on: stare at  
  
924 And thus hath Crist unwemmed kept Custance.  
 **unwemmed**: undefiled  
  
927 But verraily thou wolt his body shende.  
 **shende**: destroy  
  
929 Is compleynyng. Hou many oon may men fynde  
 **compleynyng**: lamentation  
  
932 How may this wayke womman han this strengthe  
 **may**: can **wayke**; weak  
  
935 Hou myghte David make thee so maat,  
 **myghte**: could   
  
 **maat**: defeated 953 Now lat us stynte of Custance but a throwe,  
 **throwe**: short while  
  
959 That at the feeste leet sleen bothe moore and lesse.  
 **leet sleen**   
  
993 In heigh and logh, and Jhesu Crist bisoghte  
 **In heigh and logh**: in all things  
  
1012 Be as be may, ther was he at the leeste.  
 **Be as be may**: whatever may be  
  
1014 Biforn Alla, durynge the metes space,  
 **metes space**: dinner time  
  
1028 Thurghout hir brest, than ben a womman wikke;  
 **wikke**: evil  
  
1035 That is his wyf, and pryvely he sighte,  
 **sighte**: sighed  
  
1036 And spedde hym fro the table that he myghte.  
 **that he myghte**: as soon as he could  
  
1050 Unnethe upon hir feet she myghte stonde.  
 **Unnethe**: hardly  
  
1060 "Now God," quod he, "and his halwes brighte  
 **halwes**: saints  
  
1074 I trowe an hundred tymes been they kist,  
 **been they kist**: they kissed each other  
  
1117 The day goth faste, I wol no lenger lette.  
 **lette**: delay  
  
1136 That hym ne moeved outher conscience,  
 **moeved**: moeved **outher**: either  
  
1155 She heryeth God an hundred thousand sithe.  
 **heryeth**: praises **sithe**: times  
  
1165 This was a thrifty tale for the nones!  
 **thrifty**: worthwhile  
  
1180 He schal no gospel glosen here ne teche.  
 **glosen**: interpret  
  
1183 Or springen cokkel in our clene corn.  
 **springen**: sprinkle **cokkel**: corn cockle (a weed)

Score 4 points for each correct answer; if you made an 80 or more, congratulations! If you scored 76 or less, go back and again read carefully through this part (II.876-1190) of The Man of Law's Tale and Epilogue, paying close attention to meaning and availing yourself of the page glosses, the explanatory notes, and the glossary.