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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.
Plot. The story concerns Melibee who is away one day when three enemies break into his house, beat his wife Dame Prudence, and attack his daughter, leaving her for dead. The tale then proceeds as a long debate mainly between Melibee and his wife on what actions to take and how to seek redress from his enemies.
The Tale of Melibee Because the lineation of the editions (which follow the manuscript in the division into lines), the interlinear translation is at times quite awkward and for some readers perhaps even distracting.
Summary. 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.
There was once a young man named Melibee, mighty and rich, who had with his wife Prudence, a daughter called Sophie. One day he took a walk into the fields, leaving his wife and daughter inside his house, with the doors shut fast. Three of his old enemies saw it, and, setting ladders to the wall of his house, entered, beating his wife, and ...
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 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.
