- Everyone is commanded to be silent, and the knight is asked to tell the audience what it is that women love best.
- The knight immediately answers that women desire to have sovereignty over their husband or lover, to be in mastery above him.
- The knight says that he believes this is women's greatest desire, though they may kill him for it. He announces his submission to the queen's will.
- No wife, maiden, or widow disagrees with the knight's answer.
- Everyone says that the knight ought to keep his life.