And whan the knyght saugh verraily al this, That she so fair was, and so yong therto, For joye he hente hire in his armes two. His herte bathed in a bath of blisse. A thousand tyme a-rewe he gan hire kisse, And she obeyed hym in every thyng That myghte doon hym plesance or likyng.

And whan the knyght saugh verraily al this,
That she so fair was, and so yong therto,
For joye he hente hire in his armes two.
His herte bathed in a bath of blisse.
A thousand tyme a-rewe he gan hire kisse,
And she obeyed hym in every thyng
That myghte doon hym plesance or likyng.

– Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales, The Wife of Bath’s Tale. The Knight is delighted when his old hag of a wife is transformed into someone young and beautiful. His heart filled with bliss, he clasps her in his two arms and kisses her a thousand times in a row. And she obeyed him in everything that might give him pleasure or enjoyment.

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