In al the parisshe wif ne was ther noon / That to the offrynge bifore hire sholde goon.
Canterbury Tales
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, describing the Wife of Bath's pride and possessiveness. Her insistence on being first to offer at church is a 'weird' display of social dominance.
c. 1387-1400
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