God commanded us to grow fruitful and multiply; 29 That gentil text kan I wel understonde. That gentle text I can well understand. 30 Eek wel I ...

The Wife of Bath's Tale from The Canterbury Tales ... 170 Some words of wisdom ere he should return; ... “My lady and my love, my dearest wife,. I leave ...

The Wife of Bath's Prologue ... As perles, ne with gold, ne clothes riche." After thy text, ne after thy rubriche ... Heere endeth the Wyf of Bathe hir Prologe.

This is an early form of our idea of the woman's right to choose, in both sex and marriage. While the Wife is remembered for her liberated relationship with men ...

The Wife of Bath is an unusual female character for the medieval period in which Chaucer was writing. She ironically claims to be "respectable" all her life ...

I never should have married more than once. Lo and behold! What sharp words, for the nonce,. 15, Beside a well Lord Jesus, God and man,.

30 авг. 2012 г. · "Experience, though noon auctoritee. Were in this world, were right ynogh to me. To speke of wo that is in mariage;.

The Wife of Bath (1380). This is the original text as written by Chaucer in Middle English. You may wish to recite this or alternatively to recite the modern ...

The Wife of Bath is unique in this context: as a childless widow, she has inherited her husbands' wealth (as property was passed down to sons even if their ...

“Experience, though it would be no authority in this world, would be quite sufficient for me, to speak of the woe that is in marriage; for, gentle people, ...