A good Wife was there of besidë Bath , But she was somedeal deaf, and that was scath. 155 Of cloth-making she haddë such an haunt, 156 She passed them of Ypres, and of Gaunt. In all the parish wifë was there none, That to the off’ring 157 before her should gon, And if there did, certain so wroth was she, That she was out of allë charity. Her coverchiefs 158 werë full fine of ground; I durstë swear, they weighedë ten pound That on the Sunday were upon her head. Her hosen weren of fine scarlet red,