A knowing wife, if she is worth her salt,
Can always prove her husband is at fault.
So sayeth our `professional` wife!
Well, with her first husband by the
tender age of twelve and yet four
more to follow, marriage was surely
her chosen career, was it not?
But this was no ordinary fish-wife
from the market, she simply had a way
(and it was always her way) with the
men upon whom she conferred her marital charm.
And she charmed everyone else, including Chaucer
and our fine host, by using her tale and wily ways
(plus a helping hand from some lusty knight)
to prove her theory that what women most desire
is not wealth or position, but dominance over their men! |
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