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Medieval manuscript illumination: Woman beating or threatening man with club. The Smithfield Decretals, British Library Royal MS 10 E IV f. 148r.

Care, Away!

[Bodleian MS. Eng. poet. e. 1. ff. 23r-23v.]

XV cent

      Care away, away, away,
      Care away for evermore.

All that I may swynk or swet
My wyfe it wyll both drynk & ete
An I say ought she wyl me bete:—
Carfull ys my harte therefor!
      Care away, away, away,
      Care away for evermore.

If I say ought of hyr but good,
She loke on me as she war wod
& wyll me clout about the hod:—
Carfull ys my harte therefor!
      Care away, away, away,
      Care away for evermore.

If she wyll to the gud ale ryd,
Me must trot all be her syd
& whan she drynk I must abyd:—
Carfull ys my harte therefor!
      Care away, away, away,
      Care away for evermore.

If I say, 'It shal be thus,'
She says, 'Thu lyyst, charll, I wous;
Wenest thu to overcome me thus?'
Carfull ys my harte therefor!
      Care away, away, away,
      Care away for evermore.

Yf any man have such a wyfe to lede,
He shal know how judicare came in the cred.
Of hys penans god do hym mede:—
Carfull ys my harte therefor!
      Care away, away, away,
      Care away for evermore.

 


toil or sweat
eat
if... beat
carefull




mad
head




good... ride
side
abide (wait patiently)





liest, churl, iwys (certainly)
Think'st




live with
judgment... creed
god grant him reward










Transcription from the manuscript, glosses, and layout by Anniina Jokinen.
Manuscript photographs ©2012 by Daniel Wakelin at Flickr.



Jokinen, Anniina, ed. "Middle English Lyrics: Care, Away."
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