"Heigh God departed whan the world bigan The wit of womman fro the wit of man. This wyf is of a bristelich Sowe yborë; Hire houshold gere hit rouleth on the florë; In dritte hit lith withouten pegge or shelvë; Ydight in wede unwasshen as hirëselvë She wexeth fat yset upon the mixenë. [...]"
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Into Middle English, "Semonides of Amorgos AP. Stob. Flor. 73. 61", The Classical Review, vol. 50, no. 6 (December 1936), pp. 210–11
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