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1、TheWifeofBath'sTaleGeoffreyChaucerThePrologueoftheWifeofBath'sTale"Experience,thoughitwouldbenoauthorityinthisworld,wouldbequitesufficientforme,tospeakofthewoethatisinmarriage;for,gentlepeople,sinceIwastwelveyearsold--thankGod,Wholivesforever--Ihavehadfiv
2、ehusbandsatthechurch-door(forIhavebeenweddedsooften);andallwereworthymenintheirranks.ButintruthIwastoldnotlongagothatsinceChristwentonlyoncetoawedding,inCanaofGalilee,bythatsameexamplehetaughtmethatIshouldbeweddedonlyonce.Lo!HearwhatasharpwordJesus,manand
3、God,spokeonacertainoccasionbesideawell,inreproofoftheSamaritanwoman.Hesaid,'Youhavehadfivehusbands;andthatmanwhohasyounowisnotyourhusband.'Thushesaid,certainly.WhathemeantbyitIcannotsay;butIask,whythefifthmanwasnohusbandtotheSamaritanwoman.22"Howmanycould
4、shehaveinmarriage?AtthispointIhaveneverinmylifeheardadesignationofthenumber.Menmaydivineandinterpretupanddown,butwellIknow,surely,Godexpresslyinstructedustoincreaseandmultiply.Icanwellunderstandthatnobletext.Likewise,Iknowwellhesaidalsothatmyhusbandshould
5、leavefatherandmotherandtakeme.Buthedidnotmentionanynumber,notbigamyorofoctogamy.Whyshouldmenspeakvillainouslyofthem?34"Lo,SirSolomonthewiseking!Ibelievehehadmorethanonewife,andIwishtoGoditwerelawfulformetoberefreshedhalfsooften!WhatagiftofGodhehadinallhis
6、wives!Nomanwholivesinthisworldnowhassomany.Godknowsthisnobleking,tomythinking,hadamerrylifewitheachofthem,sojoyouswashislot!BlessedbeGodthatIweddedfive!AndtheywerethebestthatIcouldpickout,bothintheirbodiesandoftheircoffers.Avarietyofschoolsmakeperfectscho
7、lars,andmuchpracticeinavarietyofemploymentstrulymakestheperfectworkman.Ihavetheschoolingoffivehusbands.Iwouldwelcomethesixth,wheneverheshallcome!Intruth,Iwillnotkeepmyselfwhollychaste;whenmyhusbandhasdepartedfromtheworld,thensomeotherChristianmanshallwedm
8、e.Forthen,theapostlesays,Iamfree,inGod'sname,towedwhereIwish.50"Hesaysthatitisnosintobewedded;itisbettertobeweddedthantoburn.WhatdoIcareifpeoplespeakbadlyofcursedLamechandhisbigamy?WellIknowAbrahamwasaholyman,andJac
