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- 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 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 .
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, d., Barbara Cooney
- 1958
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The Shipman's Tale. Part I, lines 1-157. Heere bigynneth the Shipmannes Tale. 1 A marchant whilom dwelled at Seint-Denys, A merchant once dwelled at Seint-Denis, 2 That riche was, for which men helde hym wys. Who was rich, for which men considered him wise. 3 A wyf he hadde of excellent beautee; He had a wife of excellent beauty;
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 --.
Time passes, and one day a fox enters the farmyard and hides in the cabbage patch. Chauntecleer soon encounters the fox, and his dream comes true, in spite of Pertelote’s scoffing. The fox ...
