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2901 Upon my body, and wolde han had me deed. Upon my body, and would have had me dead. 2902 His colour was bitwixe yelow and reed, His color was between yellow and red, 2903 And tipped was his tayl and bothe his eeris. And tipped was his tail and both his ears. 2904 With blak, unlyk the remenant of his heeris;
The Tale of Melibee (You can also view a Modern English translation) The Monk's Tale. The Tale of the Nun's Priest. The Second Nun's Tale. The Tale of the Canon's Yeoman. The Manciple's Tale. The Parson's Tale. Chaucer's Retraction. The General Prologue The Knight's Tale The Miller's Tale The Reeve's Tale.
- Summary: Prologue to The Nun’S Priest’S Tale
- Summary: The Nun’S Priest’S Tale
- Summary: Epilogue to The Nun’S Priest’S Tale
After the Monk has told his tale, the Knight pleads that no more tragedies be told. He asks that someone tell a tale that is the opposite of tragedy, one that narrates the extreme good fortune of someone previously brought low. The Host picks the Nun’s Priest, the priest traveling with the Prioress and her nun, and demands that he tell a tale that ...
A poor, elderly widow lives a simple life in a cottage with her two daughters. Her few possessions include three sows, three cows, a sheep, and some chickens. One chicken, her rooster, is named Chanticleer, which in French means “sings clearly.” True to his name, Chanticleer’s “cock-a-doodle-doo” makes him the master of all roosters. He crows the h...
The Hosttells the Nun’s Priest that he would have been an excellent rooster—for if he has as much courage as he has strength, he would need hens. The Host points out the Nun’s Priest’s strong muscles, his great neck, and his large breast, and compares him to a sparrow-hawk. He merrily wishes the Nun’s Priest good luck. Read the No Fear Translation ...
The Canterbury Tales Full Book Summary. Previous Next. General Prologue. At the Tabard Inn, a tavern in Southwark, near London, the narrator joins a company of twenty-nine pilgrims. The pilgrims, like the narrator, are traveling to the shrine of the martyr Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury.
7.3 The Prioress' Prologue and Tale. The Prologue of The Prioress's Tale. The prologe of the Prioresses Tale. Domine dominus noster. Oh lord, our lord. 453 O Lord, oure Lord, thy name how merveillous. Oh Lord, our Lord, how marvelous thy name. 454 Is in this large world ysprad -- quod she --. Is spread in this large world -- said she --.
"The Nun's Priest's Tale" (Middle English: The Nonnes Preestes Tale of the Cok and Hen, Chauntecleer and Pertelote) is one of The Canterbury Tales by the Middle English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Composed in the 1390s, it is a beast fable and mock epic based on an incident in the Reynard cycle .
The Nun’s Priest’s Tale is a beast fable. The most direct source text of the Tale is a fable by Marie de France. Although it appears to be a simple animal fable with a moral, the Tale ends up being much more complicated, with lots of allusions and plot twists. Active Themes.
