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7.4 The Tale of Melibee. Short Summary: Melibeus' enemies break into his house, beat his wife Prudence and wound his daughter Sophie with five mortal wounds. He is enraged. His wife counsels him to be patient in suffering. She advises him to call his council.
" The Tale of Melibee " (also called " The Tale of Melibeus ") is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. [1] This is the second tale in the collection told by Chaucer himself. After being interrupted by the host Harry Bailly, Chaucer launches into one of the longest and some would say most boring of all the tales.
When Melibee and his wife are away, three burglars break into their home and grievously injure their daughter, Sophia. Melibee decides to avenge himself, but his wife, Dame Prudence, talks him into getting advice and then convinces him that, of all the advice he has gotten, her own advice is the best. The three burglars are found and brought ...
Heere bigynneth Chaucers Tale of Melibee. 967 A yong man called Melibeus, myghty and riche, bigat upon his wyf, that called was Prudence, A young man called Melibeus, mighty and rich, begot upon his wife, who was called Prudence, 967A a doghter which that called was Sophie. a daughter who was called Sophie.
The Tale of Melibeus, one of the 24 stories in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Reproved by the host of the inn for his tedious narrative of “The Tale of Sir Thopas,” Chaucer in his own persona offers this prose allegory, a close translation of a French adaptation of a 13th-century Italian
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Tale of Melibee. A Modern English Translation. This is the translation without the original printed in the interlinear translations. To consult the original, see the interlinear translation Or consult the text directly in The Riverside Chaucer or The Canterbury Tales Complete.
the chaucer review, vol. 48, no. 3, 2014. Copyright © 2014 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Abstract: The character Prudence in Chaucer’s Tale of Melibeeprudently explains to her husband Melibee that he ought to be merciful, interpreting the text’s events for him as they unfold.
