[malakhi]

That's why the present tense of "I know not a man" is important.

I agree.

[SoothingDave]

That's why the present tense of "I know not a man" is important.

I agree. We must understand the language to be conveying something more than the present state of affairs. It is, at least meant to mean that she has not known a man up to that point in time.

The present tense is, like Bill Clinton, only that she is not currently, at that moment, knowing a man.

SD