My favorite literary work of all time...

What thyng is it that wommen moost desiren?

Somme seyde wommen loven best richesse,
Somme seyde honour, somme seyde jolynesse,
Somme riche array, somme seyden lust abedde,
And oftetyme to be wydwe and wedde.
Somme seyde that oure hertes been moost esed
Whan that we been yflatered and yplesed.


Wommen desiren to have sovereynetee.
As wel over his housbond as hir love,
And for to been in maistrie hym above.
This is youre mooste desir.