"The Arc of his Artificial Day" from dawn to sunset as opposed to the "natural day of twenty-four hours."
Phebus (Phoebus) Phoebus Apollo, the Greek god of light or sun.
Malkynes Maydenhede (Molly's Maidenhead) a reference to Molly in The Reeve's Tale who lost her virginity that night.
Ceix. . .halcyon their story is found in Chaucer's first long original poem, The Book of the Dutchess, 1369.
The Legend Of Cupid's Saints (Steintes Legende Of Cupide) Better known under the title Legend of Good Women. Each episode shows how women have been abused by men and have suffered throughout the ages, therefore preparing us for abuse that Constance must endure.
Metamorphoses the central work by the Roman poet Ovid.
Koran/Mahomet Mahomet wrote the Koran, which is the book or bible of the Islamic religion.
Queen Semiramis (Semyrame) Assyrian queen, founder of Babylon, noted for her beauty and strength, and the epitome of licentiousness and decadent behavior. The Man of Law compares the Sultan's mother to her.
"Serpent Masked In Femininity" (Serpant Under Femynynytee) Satan, often depicted as a serpent with a woman's face in medieval literature and art.
Saint Mary, the Egyptian A woman who converted to Christianity and fled to the desert, where she lived for forty-seven years without any visible means of food or sustenance. Her situation is compared to Constance's predicament of being three years on a ship without food or sustenance.
