No,
I am a sergeant-of-the-law.—“Proscribed”
Is to say, dame, “inhibited,” “forbidden.”
ALISOUN
How! you forbid me to take Geoffrey here
For my sixth husband?
CHAUCER
Nay, the law forbids it.
ALISOUN
Pish! What’s the fine?
No,
I am a sergeant-of-the-law.—“Proscribed”
Is to say, dame, “inhibited,” “forbidden.”
ALISOUN
How! you forbid me to take Geoffrey here
For my sixth husband?
CHAUCER
Nay, the law forbids it.
ALISOUN
Pish! What’s the fine?