O noble wyves, ful of heigh prudence,
Lat noon humylitee youre tonge naille.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Clerk’s Tale. The Narrator Chaucer’s Envoy advises wives not to be completely submissive like Griselda in the Clerk’s Tale. Let no humility nail down your tongue, he urges, in other words, speak up for yourselves ladies!