This is thy doghter, which thou hast supposed
To be my wyf; that oother feithfully
Shal be myn heir, as I have ay disposed;
Thou bare hym in thy body trewely.
At Boloigne have I kept hem prively;
Taak hem agayn, for now maystow nat seye
That thou hast lorn noon of thy children tweye.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Clerk’s Tale. Walter comes completely clean to Griselda. The devious game-player reveals that the woman he supposedly is marrying is their daughter and his heir and their two children are alive and well and were secretly being cared for in Bologna. All part of Walter’s test of Griselda! This tale reads like a modern-day TV reality show.