WIFE OF BATH

by denis bonetti

1. Her loves

1.1. 5 husbands "at the church door"

1.2. other company in youth

2. Her religious sentiments

2.1. "not a dame dared stir steps in front of her" (no one dared to stay before her in the church)

2.1.1. "quite put out of charity" (she became furious)

3. Her physical description

3.1. large hips

3.2. her face

3.2.1. bold

3.2.2. awesome

3.2.3. red in hue

3.3. gap-teeth

4. Her clothes

4.1. Red scarlet hose

4.2. Hat as broad as

4.2.1. buckler

4.2.2. shield

4.3. flowing mantle

4.4. kerchiefs

4.4.1. heavy (ten pounds)

4.4.2. finely woven

4.5. shoes

4.5.1. soft

4.5.2. new

5. Her travels ("skilled in wandering")

5.1. Jerusalem (3 times)

5.2. Bolougne

5.3. Rome

5.4. Cologne

6. Her job

6.1. "In making cloth..." (merchant, middle-class woman)