But – Lord Crist! – whan that it remembreth me
Upon my yowthe, and on my jolitee,
It tikleth me aboute myn herte roote.
Unto this day it dooth myn herte boote
That I have had my world as in my tyme.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Wife of Bath’s Prologue. The Wife of Bath has certainly spent her life like a spendthrift. A defender of life’s pleasures and living life to the fullest, Alison says that she enjoyed good times in her youth and does not regret anything.