From the Harvard Chaucer pages, http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/teachslf/gp-par.htm :

This is the Wife of Bath's description in the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

445         A good WIF was ther OF biside BATHE,
                 There was a good WIFE OF beside BATH,
446         But she was somdel deef, and that was scathe.
                 But she was somewhat deaf, and that was a pity.
447         Of clooth-makyng she hadde swich an haunt
                 She had such a skill in cloth-making
448         She passed hem of Ypres and of Gaunt.
                 She surpassed them of Ypres and of Ghent.
449         In al the parisshe wif ne was ther noon
                 In all the parish there was no wife
450         That to the offrynge bifore hire sholde goon;
                 Who should go to the Offering before her;
451         And if ther dide, certeyn so wrooth was she
                 And if there did, certainly she was so angry
452         That she was out of alle charitee.
                 That she was out of all charity (love for her neighbor).
453         Hir coverchiefs ful fyne weren of ground;
                 Her kerchiefs were very fine in texture;
454         I dorste swere they weyeden ten pound
                 I dare swear they weighed ten pound
455         That on a Sonday weren upon hir heed.
                 That on a Sunday were upon her head.
456         Hir hosen weren of fyn scarlet reed,
                 Her stockings were of fine scarlet red,
457         Ful streite yteyd, and shoes ful moyste and newe.
                 Very closely laced, and shoes very supple and new.
458         Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe.
                 Bold was her face, and fair, and red of hue.
459         She was a worthy womman al hir lyve:
                 She was a worthy woman all her life:
460         Housbondes at chirche dore she hadde fyve,
                 She had (married) five husbands at the church door,
461         Withouten oother compaignye in youthe --
                 Not counting other company in youth --
462         But thereof nedeth nat to speke as nowthe.
                 But there is no need to speak of that right now.
463         And thries hadde she been at Jerusalem;
                 And she had been three times at Jerusalem;
464         She hadde passed many a straunge strem;
                 She had passed many a foreign sea;
465         At Rome she hadde been, and at Boloigne,
                 She had been at Rome, and at Boulogne,
466         In Galice at Seint-Jame, and at Coloigne.
                 In Galicia at Saint-James (of Compostella), and at Cologne.
467         She koude muchel of wandrynge by the weye.
                 She knew much about wandering by the way.
468         Gat-tothed was she, soothly for to seye.
                 She had teeth widely set apart, truly to say.
469         Upon an amblere esily she sat,
                 She sat easily upon a pacing horse,
470         Ywympled wel, and on hir heed an hat
                 Wearing a large wimple, and on her head a hat
471         As brood as is a bokeler or a targe;
                 As broad as a buckler or a shield;
472         A foot-mantel aboute hir hipes large,
                 An overskirt about her large hips,
473         And on hir feet a paire of spores sharpe.
                 And on her feet a pair of sharp spurs.
474         In felaweshipe wel koude she laughe and carpe.
                 In fellowship she well knew how to laugh and chatter.
475         Of remedies of love she knew per chaunce,
                 She knew, as it happened, about remedies for love
476         For she koude of that art the olde daunce.
                 For she knew the old dance (tricks of the trade) of that art.