Chaucer’s The Legend of Good Women ends with the legend of Hypermnestra, which breaks off unfinished.…

After the Prologue, the complete legends are those of (1) Cleopatra, (2) Thisbe, (3) Dido, (4) Hypsipyle and Medea (two women in a single legend), (5) Lucrece, (6) Ariadne, (7) Philomela and (8) Phyllis. The ninth legend, that of Hypermnestra, breaks off unfinished. So eight complete legends come before it. Nine is the total number of legends counting the unfinished Hypermnestra. It is also the number of women before her, because Hypsipyle and Medea share one legend. Six and Seven are too few.