I was aboute to wedde a wyf; allas, What shold I bye it on my flesh so deere? Yet hadde I leverewedde no wyf to-yeere!

 Context: These lines are taken from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

Explanation: In the days of King Arthur, the Wife of Bath begins, the isle of Britain was full of fairies and elves. Now, those creatures are gone because their spots have been taken by the friars and other mendicants that seem to fill every nook and cranny of the isle. And though the friars rape women, just as the incubi did in the days of the fairies, the friars only cause women dishonour-the incubi always got them pregnant. In Arthur’s court, however, a young, lusty knight comes across a beautiful young maiden one day. Overcome by lust and his sense of his own power, he rapes her. The court is scandalized by the crime and decrees that the knight should be put to death by decapitation. In these lines writer wants to convey that “Oh my God,” interrupted the Pardoner just then. “By God and Saint John, you sure do have a lot to say about marriage and sex! I thought about getting married soon, but I’m not so sure I want my wife to have control over my life and my body like that. Maybe I shouldn’t get married at all!”

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