[Aside.]

What? What’s that?

[Aloud.]

But only one. My law is sacred.—Woman,

I grant to thee the right to wed once more

On one condition. Mark it; thy sixth husband

Must be a miller.—Herald, sound the verdict.

[As the herald blares his trumpet, Alisoun shakes her fist at Chaucer, who eyes her slily; then both burst into laughter.]

HERALD

If any miller here desire this woman,