#  Test your reading of the Wife of Bath's Prologue (Lines 1-856) 

 



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**Translate each of the bold-faced words in the following lines into clear modern English (it is best to write out your translation):**

516 In this matere a **queynte fantasye**:

522 Greet **prees** at market maketh **deere** ware,  
  
533 To hire **biwreyed** I my conseil al.  
  
554 Was **shapen** for to be, or in what place?  
  
566 This clerk and I, that of my **purveiance**  
  
582 And al was fals; I dremed of it **right naught**,  
  
592 I wepte but **smal**, and that I **undertake**.  
  
622 I ne loved nevere by no **discrecioun**,  
  
633 He nolde suffre nothyng of my **list**.  
  
638 And of my tonge a verray **jangleresse**,  
  
649 Withouten his **wityng**, he forsook hire eke.  
  
664 This made hym with me wood **al outrely**;  
  
691 Ne of noon oother womman **never the mo**.  
  
699 Mercurie loveth wysdam and **science**,  
  
719 Lo, heere **expres** of womman may ye fynde  
  
767 And lete hir lecchour **dighte** hire al the nyght,  
  
788 And whan I saugh he wolde nevere **fyne**  
  
799 Til atte laste out of my **swogh** I **breyde**.  
  
806 That I have doon, it is thyself **to wyte**.  
  
809 And seyde, `Theef, thus muchel am I **wreke**;  
  
818 By maistrie, al the **soveraynetee**,  
  
832 And whan the Somonour herde the Frere **gale**,  
  
844 "Now elles, Frere, I **bishrewe** thy face,"  
  
848 That I shal make thyn herte for to **morne**,  
  
852 Ye **fare** as folk that dronken ben of ale.

**Compare your translation with the page** [**glosses**](/glosses-quiz-wife-baths-prologue-lines-iii1-856) **for these lines.**