And whan this Walter saugh hire pacience,
Hir glade chiere, and no malice at al,
And he so ofte had doon to hire offence,
And she ay sad and constant as a wal,
Continuynge evere hire innocence overal,
This sturdy markys gan his herte dresse
To rewen upon hire wyfly stedfastnesse.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Clerk’s Tale. Job was only a novice in the patience department, compared to Griselda. When Walter sees her patience, steadfastness, innocence and lack of malice, in the face of all the offence he had done to her, the stern Marquis’s heart feels pity towards her.