How does the wife of Bath define a "good" husband?

I think that the best way to answer this is to say that
the Wife of Bath seems to want the following things in a
husband:

• First, she wants a husband who is
  obedient to her, or at least one that she can dominate.  That is the whole point of her
  story -- that women want to rule over their men.


• Second,
  she wants a husband who is young and "fresh in bed."  In other words, she feels taht
  sexual relations are an important part of marriage and she wants someone who will be
  interested in that.


• Finally, I think you can say she
  wants a husband who will die relatively young.  That way she can inherit their money
  when they die.

Here is a quote that embodies
these ideas.  It's from the very end of the tale.

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and Jesus to us send
Meek husbands, and
young ones, fresh in bed,
And good luck to outlive them that we
wed.