Wife of Bath Tale

The lines state ,"In parfit joye. And Jesu Crist us sende/Housbondes meke,yonge,and fresshe abedde,/And grace t'overbyde hem that we wedde./And eek I preye Jesu shorte hir lyves/That noght wol be governed by hir wives;And olde and angey nigardes of dispence,/God sende hem some verray pestilence"(1258-1264). I believe in these last lines the Wife of Bath calls to Jesus and asks him to help all woman live longer than their husbands?

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