"The smalest worm that crepeth by the weye, Is in his kynde as parfit as the grete."

"For if a man be ryche, he hath no drede, To have a wyf that is bothe fair and yong."

"His curly hair looked as if they were pressed in a machine and his clothes were embellished with red and white, as if it were a meadow full of fresh flowers."

"A wife destroys her husband and contrives, As husbands know, the ruin of their lives."

"For though a wydwe hadde noght a sho, / So plesaunt was his 'In principio' / Yet wolde he have a ferthyng, er he wente."