"But al be that I kan nat telle aright The murthe of mariage, but I kan telle the wo."

"For in his male he hadde a pilwe-beer, / Which that he seyde was Oure Lady veyl."

"Therfore, for to speke of the horrible sweryng of the Sowdan, and of the horrible cursedness of his lyf, I holde it nat pertinent to my tale."

"She koude muchel of wandrynge by the weye. / Gat-tothed was she, soothly for to seye."

"For if a man be trewe in his entent, He may nat faille of his felicitee."