How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
But, after having secretly guarded her father for some time, she became frightened that in the end he could be discovered by some jealous subject and so took him out at night and safely sent him off by sea with a great deal of wealth. (2.9.1)
Some daughters are so loyal that they're willing their fortune (and even their lives) to take care of the people closest to them. In this story, a girl helps sneak her father out of a city because she knows that there's a plot to kill him. She knows she'd be brutally tortured if she ever got caught. But hey—that's loyalty.
Quote #5
[And] then they saw that the unhappy daughter, who had recently had a child, would give her teat to her mother until the mother had taken all the milk from her breasts. (2.11.1)
This story tells us about a young woman who kept her mother from dying in prison by breastfeeding her. Yeah, it's pretty strange. But what else can you do when you've got guards patting you down for food each time you go into the jail?
Quote #6
But let me hasten to assure you that not all marriages are conducted with such spite, for there are those who live together in great peacefulness, love, and loyalty, because the partners are virtuous, considerate, and reasonable. (2.13.1)
Christine de Pizan doesn't want people to despair over the things that men have said against marriage and women's loyalty. As she's quick to show us, there are many examples we can find of marriages where men and women are totally devoted to one another.