The Clerk's Tale
"But now of women wolde I asked fain
If thise assayes mighte nat suffice?
What koude a sturdy housbond moore devise
To preve hir wifhod and hir stedfastnesse,
And he continuinge evere in sturdinesse?"
(Lines 696-700)
If thise assayes mighte nat suffice?
What koude a sturdy housbond moore devise
To preve hir wifhod and hir stedfastnesse,
And he continuinge evere in sturdinesse?"
(Lines 696-700)
"Patientia (Patience)"
Peter Brugel the Elder
1556-1557
From a series "The Seven Virtues"
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