The Wright's Chaste Wife

«Almyghty god, maker of all_e_, My sovereigns, Saue you my sou_er_eyns in towre & hall_e_, And send you good grace! If ye wyl a stounde blynne, I will tell you a story I wyl begynne»
«The wright sees his Lord in the pit, To see hys lord in þat place, He þought yt was a strange cas, And seyd, "so god hym spede, What do ye here, my lord and knyght?"»

开篇立"我欲讲一则故事" + 中段立"木匠妻拒领主之贞+机智双轴" — 求婚→圈套→圈套反噬→妻子计退四拍分明, plot 给 88。

«The wyfe seyd "so mutt I haue hele, And yf þi worke be wrought wele Thou schalt haue to dyne." Mete and drynke sche hym bare, Wyth a thrafe of flex mare Of ful long boundyn lyne.»
«"Syr," sche seyd, "workemen thre Be come to helpe you and me, Ther-of we haue gret nede;" Fayne would I wete what they were." Butt when he sawe hys lord there, Hys hert bygan to drede»

木匠妻以"用麻线酒食伺候"立机巧;以木匠见领主在陷阱中"心惧"立反应; 领主+管家+木匠三型撑场面, cast 给 80。

«Vp the sterys sche hym leyde Tyl he saw the wryghtes bedde: He went and stumblyd att a stone; In to the seller̛ he fylle sone, Downe to the bare flore. "What the devyll art þou?"»

短行对句 ("Vp the sterys sche hym leyde / Tyl he saw the wryghtes bedde") + sidenote 提示 + 领主/管家双跌入陷阱形成节奏爆裂, pace 给 85。

«Almyghty god, maker of all_e_, My sovereigns, Saue you my sou_er_eyns in towre & hall_e_, And send you good grace!»
«Ih_es_u graunt hem, for her reward, As trew louers to be As was the wryght vn-to hys wyfe And sche to hym duryng her lyfe. Amen, for charyte.»

全名上帝为引 + 头韵 maker / saue / souereyns + 短行回环 + 拉丁祷语 ih_es_u (Jesus) + 末段 Amen 收尾, 口语化歌谣式开场, prose 给 88。

«The handwriting of the MS. must be of a date soon after 1460, and this agrees well with the allusion to Edward the Fourth's accession, and the triumph of the White Rose o'er the Red alluded to in the last lines of the poem. The Garlond, It was made ... Of flourys most of honoure, Of roses whyte þat wyll nott fade»
«which was made, it was made Of roses whyte þat wyll nott fade, Whych floure all ynglond doth glade, Wyth trewloues medelyd in syght; Vn-to the whych floure I-wys The loue of god and of the comenys Subdued bene of ryght.»

末段"白玫瑰永不合红玫瑰(约克家)" + "白玫瑰开满英格兰"立 1460 Yorkist 王朝革命 + 庄园-工匠-领主三方社会, world 给 86。

«Almyghty god, maker of all_e_, My sovereigns, Saue you my sou_er_eyns in towre & hall_e_, And send you good grace!»

首段不写情节,以全名上帝 + 朝向/听众诉求"在塔楼殿堂救主"开篇拉听众; 中古英语歌谣体常见此格, 钩力稳, hook 给 84。

«Sche toke the stocke in her honde, And in to the pytt sche yt sclang With a grete hete; Sche brought the lyne and hempe on her backe, "Syr lord," sche seyd, "haue þou þat, And lerne for to swete."»

木匠妻用麻绳 + 麻布捆在陷阱里 + "学着流汗吧"的反讽 — 反骑士文学, 反英雄机智+反领主阶级, 中世纪市井智慧, innov 给 87。

«And al tho that doo her husbondys ryght, Pray we to Ih_es_u full of myght, That feyre mott hem byfalle, And that they may come to heuen blys, For thy dere moderys loue ther-of nott to mys, All good wyues all. Ih_es_u graunt hem, for her reward, As trew louers to be As was the wryght vn-to hys wyfe And sche to hym duryng her lyfe. Amen, for charyte.»

拉丁祈祷 ih_es_u (Jesus) + 古英语 feyre mott hem byfalle + Amen 收尾 — 贞妻原型以中世纪祷语封圣, ending 给 86。