CHAUCER
So ’tis called;
But poets, lady, name it—eglantine.
PRIORESS
M’sieur!
CHAUCER
May I remain and call it so?
PRIORESS
M’sieur—this is Jacquette, my little hound.
[Chaucer takes the pup; they retire farther into the arbour, as the Wife of Bath enters from the inn. She is accompanied by the Friar, Miller, Cook, Summoner, Pardoner, Manciple, and Shipman, who enter singing. They lift her upon the table, and form a circle round her.]