The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Prologue Lines 385-400 Summary

(The Wife's imaginary rant at her husband ends here.)
Lords, this is how I got the upper hand in my relationship with my husbands, telling them that they said all these things when they were drunk.
It was all a lie, but I swore on my servant and my niece it was true.
I caused them much pain, though they were innocent!
Like a horse, I bit and whined.
I knew how to complain, though I was the guilty party. Had I not, I would have been in big trouble.
Whoever comes first to the mill is the first to have their meal ground; therefore, I made sure to complain first.
My husbands were glad just to excuse themselves of things they were not guilty of.
I would accuse them of having mistresses when they were so sick they could barely stand.