"Sum-tyme sche herd wyth hir bodily erys sweche sowndys & melodies that sche myth not wel heryn what a man seyd to hir in that tyme less he spoke the lowder."
(Sometimes she heard with her bodily ears such sounds and melodies that she might not hear effectively what a man said to her at that time unless he spoke louder)
#attention as #commodity in the Book of #MargeryKempe #medieval
