WoB Love Quotes

Question 1

When did the wife stop working for her husbands love?

Answer 1

They had me yeven hir lond and hir tresoor;
Me neded nat do lenger diligence
To winne hir love, or doon hem reverence. (…)
Why sholde I taken keep hem for to plese,
But it were for my profit and myn ese?

Question 2

Which husband did she love best?

Answer 2

I trowe I loved him best, for that he
Was of his love daungerous to me
We wommen han, if that I shal nat lie,
In this manere a queynte fantasie

Question 3

Tale: what does the knight believe the woman will be to him?

Answer 3

‘My love?’ Quod he, ‘nay, my dampnacioun!
Allas, that any of my nacioun
Sholde evere so foule disparaged be!’ (His family will be shamed)