The Belles of Canterbury - A Chaucer Tale Out of School by Anna Bird Stewart
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WIFE. (_to_ EMILY) Look at her smile upon that silly miss! Look, Emilye, did we come here for this? As to her singing, well, I have heard worse! I fear her verses will make her perverse. PRIORESS. (_to_ HIPPOLYTA) To punish her would make my conscience prick. GRISELDA. O Madame, be not flattered, think of _stick_. PRIORESS. Alas 'tis true! EMILY. Fire up your dying wrath. WIFE. (_to_ JUNIOR) What can you say about the Wife of Bath? JUNIOR. I don't know. I can't remember anything. WIFE. (_severely_) Did you not say my hosen were of red? |
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