For I wol speke / or ellis go my wey ¶ Oure hoost answerde / tel on a deuelewey From Nl Thy bad tale tell on on devilwey Thow art a fool / thy wit is ouercome ¶ Now herkneth quod the Millere / alle and some But first I make a protestacioun That I am dronke / I knowe it by my sown And therfore / if that I mysspeke / or seye Wite it / the ale of Southwerk I preye For I wol telle / a legende and a lyf Bothe of a carpenter / and of his wyf How that a clerk hath set the wrightes cappe From Dl How that a clerk hath made hym cokewold ¶ The Reue answerde / and seyde stynt thy clappe From Ad2Thow is euyr as dronken as a tappe From Dl ¶ The spake the Reve that heyghte oswold Lat be / thy lewed dronken harlotrye It is a synne / and eek a greet folye To apeyren any man / or hym diffame From Dl To klepen any man that fowle name And eek to bryngen wyues / in swich fame From Ra1 For sone may a woman haue a euel name . Thow mayst ynow / of othere thynges seyn ¶ This dronken Miller / spak ful soone ageyn And seyde / leue brother Osewold Who hath no wyf / he is no cokewold But I seye nat therfore / that thow art oon