Wife of Bath

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Across
  1. 4. How the knight and his wife end up by the end of the tale.
  2. 5. A man with a lusty liver, commits a terrible crime.
  3. 7. From mythology, the king with the magic touch that turned everything gold.
  4. 9. The Greek source writer for the story about the king from mythology whose touch turned everything gold.
  5. 11. Another word for "year"
  6. 12. The knight's third complaint about his wife
  7. 13. This refers to being born with a high status, as part of the nobility (2 words).
  8. 14. Pampered
  9. 15. The knight's fourth complaint about his wife (2 words).
  10. 19. Scornful
  11. 20. "To be oft ______ and remarried."
  12. 25. To hand down as an inheritance
  13. 27. The number of dancing women who vanished when the knight approached them (2 words).
  14. 29. Morning prayers
  15. 31. "______ clothes"
  16. 33. What will happened to the knight if he can't answer the question.
  17. 35. The central question, "What do women most ____?"
Down
  1. 1. What the old woman wanted in return for helping the knight.
  2. 2. The original punishment for the knight, set by the king (3 words).
  3. 3. highly respected
  4. 5. The king that every Briton loves to praise
  5. 6. "But truly poor are they who whine and fret / and _____ what they cannot hope to get."
  6. 8. Fool
  7. 10. "A woman wants the self-same ______ over her husband as over her lover."
  8. 14. A man whose wife cheats on him
  9. 16. "_____ often, when the heart is lowly, / Brings one to God and teaches what is holy."
  10. 17. The animal ears that the king from mythology had.
  11. 18. The knight's second complaint about his wife (2 words)
  12. 21. Begged earnestly
  13. 22. The knight must _____ whether his wife will be old, ugly, and loyal, or young, pretty, and unfaithful.
  14. 23. Another name for virginity
  15. 24. This is who the old woman thinks people should learn gentleness from, rather than their ancestors
  16. 26. What the wife wins when the knight tells her the choice is her's.
  17. 28. Criticize strongly
  18. 30. "_______ must come from God alone."
  19. 32. The knight's first complaint about his wife
  20. 34. "_______ to do exactly as we please."