None in this world, that trotteth whole in all, 2823 No man, nor beast, such as men can devise, 2824 But nathehess it ought enough suffice With any wife, if so were that she had More goodë thewës 2825 than her vices bad: And all this asketh leisure to inquére. For, God it wot, I have wept many a tear Full privily, since I have had a wife. Praise whoso will a wedded mannë’s life, Certes, I find in it but cost and care, And observánces of all blisses bare. And yet, God wot, my neighëbours about, And namëly 2826 of women many a rout, 2827 Say that I have the mostë steadfast wife, And eke the meekest one, that beareth life. But I know best where wringeth 2828