1. Wife Of Bath
In the first three lines he says: "Experience, though no authority, Were in this world, were good enough for me, To speak of woe that is in all marriage." ... A perfect example of the fear and respect the town has for her is on lines 459-463 in the General Prologue: "In all the parish not a dame dared stir, Towards the altar steps in front of her, And if indeed they did, so wrath was she as to be quite put out of charity." Her extravagance and boldness are exhibited in numerous cases, including lines 457-458: "In making cloth she showed so great a bent she bettered those of Ypres and of Ghent...
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