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Title: Chaucer for Children A Golden Key

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KEY TO THE COVER.

The 1 Ach conain a glime of Palamon and Acie fighing deeael,

e onded oene and halie b Loe ao han b each deadl

oke. The hle bo alo hoe gail on hem hi oioned ha.


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The 2nd conain Aeli and Doigenha loing ife le on Beon

hoe, ho a o neal cagh in he a he e fo heelf. Aeli

offe he hi hea aflame. I i e hi aide i hmble, b he i el in

hi oehe canno ge aa hil he i kneeling on he de.

The 3d eeen he Smmone led aa, b hi ime neihe o ofi no

o leae, b hi honed comanion. The icked ii hold he ein of

boh hoe in hi hand, and he Smmone alead ake in aniciaion of

ha i in oe fo him.

The 4h conain he hee ioe. The emblem of ha Deah he ogh o

anonl hang oe hei head; he ead of in i no fa off.

The 5h Ach i oo mch concealed b he lock o do moe han gge one

of Gielda babe.

The KEY, fom hich he book ake i name, e ma nlock he oo

lile knon eae of he fi of Englih oe. The D, mbol fo all

ime boh of Chace and of childen, and h ciol fied o be he

connecing link beeen hem, ma oin he a o leon faie han

floe in oie a imle a daiie.

CHACE F CHIDE

Dem 8o, cloh lim, 2.6.

.

B MRS. HAWEIS, Aho of CHAUCER FOR


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CHILDREN.

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We hail ih leae he aeaance of M. HaeiChace fo School. He accon of Chace he

Taleelle i ceainl he leaane, chaie, and a

he ame ime one of he onde deciion of he old

mae, hi life and ok and geneal onding, ha

hae ee been ien. The chae canno be oo highl

aied.ACADEMY.

The ahoe i in ch felicio hamon ih he ak,

ha he ong den, ho in hi a fi make

acainance ih Chace, ma ell hogh life eeae aociae M. Haei ih he ae odcion of

he fahe of Englih oe.SCHOOLBOARD

CHRONICLE.

Unmiakabl een he be mean e oided of

inodcing ong il o he d of o fi gea

oe.SCOTSMAN.

In he Chace fo School M. Haei ha eaed

a gea aiance fo bo and gil ho hae o make he

acainance of he oe. Een gon eole, ho like

hei eading made ea fo hem, ill find he book a

leaan comanion.GUARDIAN.

The bjec ha been deal ih in ch a fll and

comehenie a, ha he book m be commended

o eeone hoe d of eal Englih oe ha been

negleced.DAILYCHRONICLE.

We ene o hink ha hi ha idea ill aac o


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he d of Chace no a fe childen of a lage

goh, ho hae fond Chace o be e had

eading, een ih he hel of a gloa and coio

noe. M. Haei book dila hogho mo

ecellen and aien okmanhi, and i canno fail o

indce man o make hemele moe fll acained

ih he iing of he fahe of Englih lieae.

ECHO.

The book i a mine of oeic bea and mo cholal

elanaion, hich deee a lace on he hele of

ee chool liba.SCHOOLNEWSPAPER.

Fo hoe ho hae e o make he acainance of he

ee and ain inge, hee cold no ell be a bee

book han hi. M. Haei i, of coe, an enhia,

and he enhiam i conagio. He olme ogh o

be inclded in all li of chool booka lea, in choolhee bo and gil ae oed o be laing he

fondaion of a libeal edcaion.LITERARYWORLD.

M. Haei ha, b he Chace fo School,

endeed inalable aiance o hoe ho ae anio

o omoe he d of Englih lieae in o highe

and middlegade chool.... Alhogh hi ediion of

Chace ha been eel eaed fo chool e, i

ill be of gea eice o man adl eade.SCHOOL

GUARDIAN.

CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY, W.


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KNIGHT. SQUIRE. BOY. WIFE OF BATH. PRIORESS. CHAUCER (A CLERK). FRIAR.

MINE HOST.

MONK. SUMMONER. PARDONER. SECOND NUN. FRANKLIN.

MINE HOST ASSEMBLING THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS.

CHAUCER FOR CHILDREN

A Golden Ke

BYMRS. H. R. HAWEIS

IAED IH EIGH CED ICE

AD E DC B HE AH


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Doh no o deoi, onge knighe ode!

, .

London

CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY

1882

CHIEFLY FOR THE USE AND PLEASURE OF

MY LITTLE LIONEL,

FOR WHOM I FELT THE NEED OF SOME BOOK OF THE KIND,

I HAVE ARRANGED AND ILLUSTRATED THIS


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CHAUCER STORYBOOK.

FOREWORDS TO THE SECOND EDITION i

FOREWORDS i

CHAUCER THE TALETELLER 1

CANTERBURY TALES:

CHAUCERSPILGRIMS 17

CHAUCERSPROLOGUE 18THEKNIGHTSTALE 34

THEFRIARSTALE 57

THECLERKSTALE 65

THEFRANKLINSTALE 84

THEPARDONERSTALE 92

MINOR POEMS:

COMPLAINTOFCHAUCERTOHISPURSE 100

TWORONDEAUX 101

VIRELAI 102

GOODCOUNSELOFCHAUCER 104

NOTES ON THE PICTURES 107

.

COLOURED PICTURES.

PAGE

I. PILGRIMS STARTING F

II. DINNER IN THE OLDEN TIME 2


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III. LADY CROSSING THE STREET 6

IV. FAIR EMELYE 37

V. GRISELDAS MARRIAGE 69

VI. GRISELDAS BEREAVEMENT 72

VII. DORIGEN AND AURELIUS 86

VIII. THE RIOTER 97 CHAUCERS PORTRAIT 3

WOODCUTS.

PAGE

I. TOURNAMENT

II. TABLE 2

III. HEADDRESSES 2

IV.MAPS OF OLD AND MODERNLONDON

4

V. LADIES HEADDRESSES 5

VI. SHOE 6

VII. JOHN OF GAUNT 7

VIII. SHIP 8

IX. STYLUS 10

X. THE KNIGHT 19

XI. THE SQUIRE 20

XII. THE YEOMAN 21

XIII. THE PRIORESS 22

XIV. THE MONK 24

XV. THE FRIAR 25

XVI. THE MERCHANT 26

XVII. THE CLERK 27

XVIII. THE SERJEANTOFLAW 28

XIX. THE FRANKLIN 28

XX. TABLE DORMANT 28

XXI. THE DOCTOR OF PHYSIC 29

XXII. THE WIFE OF BATH 29

XXIII. THE PARSON 30

XXIV. THE PLOUGHMAN 31

XXV. THE SUMMONER 31


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I

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XXVI. THE PARDONER 31

XXVII. MINE HOST 32

XXVIII.,

XXIX.KNIGHTS IN ARMOUR 48

.

N eiing C Cfo a Ne Ediion, I hae fll aailed melf

of he hel and conel of m nmeo eiee and coeonden,

iho eighing he book, hich i eall deigned fo childen, ih a

nmbe of ne fac, and heoie inging fom he ne fac, ch a I hae

incooaed in m Book fo olde eade, C .

Cio dicoeie ae ill being made, and ill conine o be, hank o he

labo of men like M. F. J. Fniall, and man ohe able and indio

chola, encoaged b he eadil inceaing blic inee in Chace.

I m ee m incee hank and gaificaion fo he eceion hi book

ha me ih fom he e geneall, and fom man eminen ciic in

aicla; and la, no lea, fom hoe o hom I deoed m leaan oil,

he childen of England.

M. E. HAWEIS.

.To he Mohe.

CHAUCER fo Childen ma eem o ome an imoible obook, b

i i one hich I hae been encoaged o ogehe b noicing ho

ickl m on lile bo leaned and ndeood fagmen of eal Englih

oe. I beliee ha if he had he chance, man ohe childen old do he

ame.


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I hink ha mch of he concion and onnciaion of old Englih hich

eem iff and obce o gon eole, aea ea o childen, hoe

cde langage i in man a i conea.

The naaie in eal Englih oe i almo ala e iml and cleal

eeed, ih he ame kind of eeiion of fac and name hich, a ee

mohe kno, i ha childen mo eie in oelling. The emhai [1]

hich he final E gie o man od i anohe hing hich hel o imehe enence on he memo, he ene being oen hoe han he ond.

I eem b naal ha ee Englih child hold kno omehing of one

ho le o dee an imeion on hi age, and on he Englih onge, ha he

ha been called b Occlee he finde of o fai langage. Fo in hi da

hee a acall no langage, no lieae, Englih

coniing of o man dialec, each haing i on lieae inelligible o

comaaiel fe; and he Co and edcaed clae ill adheing geal

o NomanFench fo boh eaking and iing. Chace, ho oe fo he

eole, choe he be fom of Englih, hich a ha oken a Co, a aime hen Englih a egaining emac oe Fench; and he fom he

adoed laid he fondaion of o een Naional Tonge.

Chace i, moeoe, a hooghl eligio oe, all hi meie oie

haing a fai moal; een hoe hich ae oo coae fo moden ae ae

ahe han injio; and hi age beahe a genine faih in God, and

a aionae ene of he bea and hamon of he diine ok. The

elecion I hae made ae ome of he mo beaifl oion of Chace

mo beaifl ale.

I beliee ha ome knoledge of, o a lea inee in, he domeic life and

manne of he 13h, 14h, and 15h cenie, old maeiall hel ong

childen in hei eading of Englih hio. The oliical life old oen be

ineeed b he domeic life, and mch of ha ime hich o a child mind

fom he oion of hio, becae o nknon, old hen and o

a i eall a, gloio and facinaing in i igo and iaci, i

enhiam, and loe of bea and bae. Thee i no cleae o afe

eonen of he life of he 14h cen, a fa a he decibe i, han Geoffe

Chace.

A o he difficlie of ndeanding Chace, he hae been geal

oeaed. An occaional efeence o a gloa i all ha i eiie; and,

ih a lile aenion o a e imle geneal le, anbod ih modeae

inelligence and an ea fo mical hhm can enjo he line.

In he fi lace, i m be bone in mind ha he E a he end of he old

Englih od a all a llable, and m be onded, a A, ,

&c.

Noe, hen, ha Chace i ala . Hadl ee i hi hhm a


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hade ong, and heefoe, oghl eaking,

all ill be ell. When he final m be onded in

ode o make he hhm igh, ond i, b hee i i no needed leae i

me.[2]

Th:in he oening line

Whan ha A ih hi ooe hen, hoe,ee

The dogh of Mache hah e cd o he ooe ieced, oo

And bah d ee ene in ich lico ch, lio

Of hiche ee engen dd i he flo. (.) floe

Yo ee ha in hoe od hich I hae in ialic he final E m be

onded lighl, fo he hhm ake.

And ma ken me lodie mall bid makeTha le en al he nigh ih o en he. (.) lee, all

Again, o oe a andom

The b me age of da, lak,

meenge

Sal eh in hie ong he ga. (K .) aleh, he,

moning

Fl en hi leg g, and fl lene; leg, lean

Al like a aff he a no calf ene. (.)

o in Chace eiie geeing of he dai

Knelng ale il i nclo d a ala

Uon he , , ga. ( G .) mall,

o, ee

Ho mch of he bea and naal ing of Chace oe i lo banlaion ino moden Englih, i b oo clea hen ha bea i once

eceied; b I hogh ome modeniaion of he old line old hel he

child o cach he ene of he oiginal moe eadil: fo m on endeing, I

can onl make he aolog ha hen I commenced m ok I did no kno i

old be imoible o oce iable modenied eion b eminen

oe. Finding ha naainable, I meel endeaoed o ende he old

eion in moden Englih a cloel a a comaible ih ene, and he

imlici needfl fo a child mind; and I do no in an degee eend o


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hae endeed i in oe.

The bea of ch aage a he deah of Acie i oo delicae and

eanecen o bea ogh handling. B I ma hee oe ome of he line a

an eamle of he imoance of he final in emhaiing ceain od ih

an almo olemn mic.

And ih ha od hi gan; eech, failFo fo hi feee o hi be a come

The cold of deh ha hadde him o e nome; oeaken

And e moeo e in hi oo no, am

The i al engh i lo, and al agoo. gone

Onl he in ellec, iho en moe, iho

Tha del led in hi ik and oe, hea, ick

Gan hen he deh. (K .) began o fail,

fel deah

Thee i hadl anhing fine han Chace eion of he o of hee

aionae ong men, o he oching cloe of Acie acciden and he

beaifl aience of deah. In life nohing old hae econciled he almo

animal f of he ial, b a he la ch a eignaion come o Acie ha

he gie Emele o Palamon ih a blime effo of elfacifice.

Thogho he hole of he Knigh Tale ond a of ich ogan mic eem

o eal fom he age; hogho he Clek Tale one eem o hea ain of

infinie adne echoing he ange oage imoed on aien Giel. B

iho aenion o he hhm half he gace and mic i lo, and heefoe

i i allimoan ha he child be oel agh o eee i.

I hae adheed geneall o Moi e (1866), being boh good and

ola,[3] onl checking i b hi Claendon Pe ediion, and b Thi,

Skea, Bell, &c., hen I conceie foce i gained, and I hae added a nning

gloa of ch od a ae no immediael clea, on a leel ih he line, o

diee an lingeing difficl.

In he ice I hae been caefl o eee he igh come, colo, and

onding, fo hich I hae eoed o he MSS. of he ime, knoing ha

a child mind, naided b he ee, fail o ealie half of ha come hogh

he ea. Childen ma be encoaged o eif hee come in he fige

on man omb and all, &c., in old chche, and in old ice.

In conclion I m offe m incee and hea hank o man fiend fo

hei adice, aiance, and encoagemen ding m ok; among hem,

M. A. J. Elli, M. F. J. Fniall, and M. Caldeon.

Whaee ma be he hocoming of he book, I canno b hoe ha man

lile one, hile liening o Chace Tale, ill oon begin o be ineeed


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in he icee life of he middle age, and ma h be led o d and

aeciae The Englih Home[4] b he age I hae ien fo m on

lile bo.

ACCENT OF CHAUCER.

The mohe hold ead o he child a fagmen of Chace ih he coec

onnciaion of hi da, of hich e gie an eamle belo, inadeae, of

coe, b fficien fo he een oe. The hole bjec i fll

ineigaed in he hee fi a of he eaie on Eal Englih

Ponnciaion, ih ecial efeence o Shakeee and Chace, b

Aleande J. Elli, F.R.S.

The i, a in he aboe langage, ononced a in , , &c. E

commonl, a in , &c. The final a obabl indiinc, a in Geman

no, , , &c.no nlike he in C: i a lo befoe a oel.

The final i ill onded b he Fench in inging. In old Fench ee, one

find i a indienable o he hhm a in Chace,and a gacefl,

hence obabl he moden eenion of he lee a a llable in ocal

mic.

i onded a he Fench .

Igeneall a on he Coninen, : nee a e ond i a een.

Ca in Scoch and Geman.

I oe he oening line of he Pologe a he neae o hand.


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Whan ha Aille ih hi choe ooe

The dogh of Mache hah eced o he ooe,

And bahd ee ene in ich lico,

Of hich ee engended i he flo;

Whan Zehi eek ih hi ee beehe

Enid hah in ee hole and heehe

The ende coe, and he onge onneHah in he Ram hi halfe co ionne,

And male fole maken melodie,

Tha leen al he nigh ih oen he,

So ikeh hem nae in hee coage&c.

Whan ha Ailla ih hi h oha

The dkh of Mach hah aied o he oha,

And bahhed e n in eech lic,

Of hich ai enjendd i he fl;Whan Zehi aik ih hi aia baiha

Eneeed hah in e hol and haiha

The enda coe, and he nga nna

Hah in he Ram hi halfa c inna,

And mahla fle mahken melodeea,

Tha laien al he nikh ih ohen eea,

So ickeh hem nah in hee cohge, &c.

I ill h be een ha man of Chace line end ih a , ineadof a ingle llable. , , , , &c. (haing he final ), ae od of

o llable; i a od of hee, hming ihin he

ne line. I ill alo be aaen ha ome line ae lenghened ih a llable

oo mch fo ic a licence alloed b he be oe,hich,

aoiding a i doe an oible aoach o a doggel ond, ha a liing,

billo hhm, and, in fac, ake he lace of a n in mic. A fe

inance ill ffice:

And hogh ha I no ene hae in hi lace.

Hae hee m oh, omoe I nl no fale,

Wihoen ing of en ohe igh.

A an aen fehe i chon foblak.

A man mo ben a fool ohe ong o olde.

I hink ha an one eading hee line ice oe a I hae oghl indicaed,


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ill find he accen one no difficl o acie; and he efec hhm and

ing of he line faciliae mae, a he ea can feenl gide he

onnciaion. The line can cacel be ead oo lol o majeicall.

I m no hee be ndeood o iml ha difficlie in eading and

accenaing Chace ae chimeical, b onl ha i i oible o ndeand

and enjo him iho a mch difficl a i commonl oed. In

eing he hole of Chace, hee m need be eceional eading andaccenaion, hich in deail onl a den of he bjec old comehend

o cae fo.

The ogh le ggeed in he eface i a good one, a fa a he hhm

goe: a egad he ond, I hae gien a ogh eamle.

I ill oe a fagmen again fom he Pologe a a econd inance:

The a alo a nonne, a ioee,

Tha of hie mlng a fl mle and co;

Hie geee ooh na b b Sene Lo;

And che a cleed Madame Eglenne.

Fl el che ang he eie dene,

Enned in hie noe fl eml;

And Fench che ak fl faie and fel,

A he cole of Safod ae Boe,

Fo Fench of Pa a o hie nknoe.

The a ahloa a nn, a eeoea,Tha of he meeling a fl imland coo;

Hee gaie ohh na b bee Sen Loo,

And ha a cled Mdam Eglaneena.

Fl ell ha ang he ,

Enned in hee noha fl aimal;

And Fench hai ahk fl f and faiil,

Ahe he cohl of Sahfod aha Boa,

Fo Fench of Pahee a oh he nknoa.

Obee fo : imle being ononced like a od of one

llable. Wih he common Englih onnciaion he line old no can.

Venicle, Chiofe, imle, chilinde, comanable, &c., ae fhe

inance of hi me , and ma be ead a Fench od.


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D

.

I.

O o like heaing oie? I am going o ell o of ome one ho lied a

e long ime ago, and ho a a e ie and good man, and ho oldmoe ondefl oie han I hall be able o ell in hi lile book. B

o hall hea ome of hem, if o ill and ndeand hem, hogh he

ae ien in a o of Englih diffeen fom ha o ae accomed o

eak.

B, in ode ha o eall ma ndeand he oie, I m fi ell o

omehing abo he man ho made hem; and alo h hi langage a no

he ame a o, alhogh i a Englih. Hi name a ChaceGeoffe

Chace. Yo m emembe hi name, fo he a o gea a man ha he ha

been called he Fahe of Englih Poeha i, he beginne o ineno ofall he oe ha belong o o England; and hen o ae gon , o

ill oen hea of Chace and hi ok.

II.

Chace lied in England 500 ea agoa longe ime han ch a lile bo a

o can een hink of. I i no he ea 1876, o kno. Well, Chace a

bon abo 1340, in he eign of King Edad III. We hold ie hae

fogoen all Chace oie in ch a gea ace of ime if he had noien hem don in a book. B, hail, he did ie hem don; and o e

can ead hem j a if he had onl old hem eeda.

If o cold ddenl ing back ino he ime hen Chace lied, ha a

fnn old o old find! Eebod a deed diffeenl hen fom

ha eole ae no, and lied in ie a diffeen a; and o migh hink

he ee e ncomfoable, b he ee e ha, becae he ee

accomed o i all.

Peole had no cae in hoe da in hei oom. Ve fe eole ee ichenogh o hae gla indo. Thee a no ae on he all, and e

eldom an ice; and a fo ing ofa and amchai, he ee

nknon. The ea ee onl benche laced again he all: omeime a

chai a bogh on gand occaion o do hono o a iio; b i a a

ae l.

The oom of mo eole in hoe da had blank all of one o bick and

lae, ained hie o coloed, and hee and heebehind he lace of

hono, ehahng a o of cain, like a lage ice, made of


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needleok, called ae. Yo ma hae een ae hanging in oom,

ih men and omen and animal oked on i. Tha a almo he onl

coeing fo all in Chace ime. No e hae a gea man ohe

onamen on hem, beide ae.

The oom Chace lied in ee obabl like ee one ele. The had bae

all, ih a iece of ae hng hee and hee on hema bae floo,

en ih he, hich m hae looked moe like a able han aiingoom. B he he ee bee han nohing. The ke he fee

am, a o cae do, hogh he ee e nid, and no ala e

clean.

When Chace aned hi dinne o beakfa, he did no go o a big able like

ha o ae ed o: he able came o him. A cole of ele o and ee

bogh o him, and a boad laid aco hem, and oe he boad a cloh, and

on he cloh ee laced all he cio dihe he ae hen. Thee a no

ch hing a coffee o ea. Peole had mea, and bee, and ine fo beakfa,and dinne, and e, all alike. The heled hemele fom he common

dih, and ae ih hei finge, a dinneknie and fok ee no inened,

and i a hogh a ign of ecial good beeding o hae clean hand and

nail. Plae hee ee none. B lage fla cake of bead ee ed inead;

and hen he mea a eaen off hem, he ee gien o he oofo,

being fll of he ga ha had oaked ino hem, he ee oo alable o

ho aa. When he had finihed eaing, he ean came and lied

he boad, and caied i off.

III.

And no fo Chace himelf! Ho fnn o old hink he looked, if o

cold ee him iing in hi hoe! He oe a hood, of a dak colo, ih a

long ail o i, hich indoo hng don hi back, and o of doo a

ied ond hi head o kee he hood on fim. Thi ail a called a liiie.


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He did no ea a coa and oe like o fahe, b a o of gon,

called a nic, o dalmaic, hich in one ice of him i ge and looe, ih

lage leee, and bigh ed ocking and black boo; b on gea occaion

he oe a cloefiing nic, ih a lendid bel and bckle, a dagge, and

jeelled gae, and, eha, a gold cicle ond hi hai. Ho mch

eie o ea ch bigh colo inead of black! men and omen deedin geen, and ed, and ello hen; and hen he alked in he ee, he

looked a eole look in ice.

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DINNER IN THE OLDEN TIME.

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GEOFFREY CHAUCER.

Yo ma ee ho good and clee Chace a b hi face; ch a ie,

hoghfl, leaan face! He look e kind, I hink, a if he old nee a

anhing hah o bie; b omeime he made fn of eole in a me a.

Wod of hi on, lae in life, ho ha he a ahe fa, hi face mall and

fai. In manne he eemed elih, o h, ih a habi of aing on hegond, a if he old find a hai.

All da he oked had, and hi ae ime a gien o ding and eading

ala, ill hi head ached and hi look became daed. (H F.)

Chace lied, like o, in London. Whehe he a bon hee i no

knon;[5] b a hi fahe, John Chace, a a inne in Thame See,

London, i i obable ha he a. No mch i knon abo hi aen o

famil, ece ha hi gandfahe, Richad Chace, a alo a inne; and


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hi mohe had an ncle ho a a monee; o ha he came of eecable

and ellodo eole, hogh no noble.[6] Whehe he a edcaed a

Ofod o Cambidge, hehe he died fo he ba o fo he Chch, hee

i no ecod o ho; b hee i no dob ha hi edcaion a a good one,

and ha he oked e had a hi book and ak, oheie he cold no

hae gon o be he leaned and cliaed man he a. We kno ha he

oeed conideable knoledge of he claic, diini, hilooh,

aonom, a mch a a hen knon of chemi, and, indeed, mo of hecience. Fench and Lain he kne a a mae of coe, fo he bee

clae ed hee onge moe han EnglihLain fo iing, and Fench

fo iing and eaking; fo, b hi anlaion fom he Fench, he eaned,

eal in life, a balade of comlimen fom Eache Decham, ih he

efain, G , Gff C. I i obable, oo, ha he

kne Ialian, fo, in hi lae life, e can ee ho he ha been inied b he

gea Ialian ie, Dane, Peach, and Boccaccio.

I ha ecenl been dicoeed ha fo a ime (ceainl in 1357) Geoffe

Chace, being hen eeneen, a a age[7] in he hoehold of Eliabeh,Cone of Ule, ife of Lionel, econd on of King Edad III.; a oiion

hich he cold no hae held if he had no been a ellbon, o a lea

elledcaed, eon. A age in hoe da a e diffeen fom ha e

call a age noheefoe e infe ha he Chace famil had inee a

Co; fo iho ha, Geoffe cold nee hae eneed he oal eice.

Mo genlemen on ee edcaed b becoming age. The eneed he

eice of noble ladie, ho aid hem, o omeime ee een aid fo

eceiing hem. Th ong men leaned coe of manne, and all he

accomlihmen of indoo and odoo lifeiding, he e of am,

&c.and ee e mch ha an in he am no i. Chace,

o ee, held a o hich man a noblbon lad m hae coeed.

Thee i a dobfl adiion ha Chace a inended fo a lae, and a

a membe of he Middle Temle (a lage bilding in London, hee a gea

man lae lie ill), and hee, a he a, he a once fined o hilling

fo beaing a Fancican fia in Flee See.

If hi be e, i m hae been ahe a eee beaing; fo o hilling a

a fa lage m han i i noeal o abo ieen hilling of o mone.Chace a omeime ang ih he fia a lae ime in life, and deal

hem ome had hi in hi iing ih a elih oibl fonded on eonal

eeience of ome diageeable fia.

A an ae, Chace nee go fond of he fia, and hogh he ee oen

bad and michieo men, ho did no ala o ha he . Thi i

called , and i o eil a hing ha Chace a ie igh o be ang

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IV.

Flee See ill ei, hogh i a mch le coded ih eole in

Chace da han no. Indeed, he hole of London a e diffeen fom

o London; and, oh, o mch eie! The ee ihin he London all

ee obabl hickl olaed, and no oehealh; b oide he all,

ee ch a Flee See ee moe like he ee of ome of o bb,

o ahe ome foeign onhe hoe iegla, ih cio oined

oof, hee and hee diided b lile gaden, and een geen field. I dae

a, hen Chace alked in he ee, he bid ang oe hi head, and he

hahon and imoe bloomed hee no he black moke and d old

oon kill mo geen hing. Thame See a hee Chace long lied in

London, b, a one ime in hi life a lea, i i ceain ha he occied a

enemen a Aldgae, hich fomed a of an old ion; and i i obable

ha a anohe he lied in he beaifl Sao Palace ih John of Gan,

hil hi ife a maid of hono. In 1393, Chace a liing a Geenich,nea hich he had ok in 1390oo and aking hi fiend Scogan o

inecede fo him hee i old fcif; and a he end of hi life he had a

hoe in Wemine, aid o be neal on he ame o on hich Hen

VII. Chael no and, and cloe o he Abbe hee he i bied.

In hoe da i a he fahion, hen he monh of Ma[8] aied, fo

eebod, ich and oo, o ge e eal in he moning, o gahe bogh

of hahon and lael, o deck all he dooa in he ee, a a jofl

elcoming of he ee ing ime. Chace allde moe han once o hi

beaifl com. The ee m hae been fll of fagance hen. He aloell ho he loed o ie a dan in he moning, and go ino he feh

geen field, o ee he daiie oen. Yo hae oen een he daiie h

a nigh, b I don oe o ee a hem oening in he moning; and I

am afaid, hoee eal o go in London, o cold no each he field

ick enogh o ee ha. B o ma ge fom hi ho mch neae he

con a o he on 500 ea ago. Thee ee o man fee hoe

bil hen, ha ihin a alk o cold ge igh ino he meado. Yo ma

ee ha b comaing he o ma I hae made fo o.

London a alo mch iee. Thee ee no ailach hing hadnee been head of. Thee ee no een an cab o caiage. Someime a

make ca migh oll b, b no e oen, and hen eebod old n

o o ee ha he naccomed clae a all abo. Peole had o alk

eehee, nle he ee ich enogh o ide on hoeback, o lied nea

he ie. In ha cae, he ed o go in bage o boa on he Thame, a fa

a he cold; fo, ange a i ma eem, een he King had no coach hen.


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LONDONINTHE19THCENTURY.

I am afaid Geoffe Chace old no ecognie ha dee and ee cieof London in he gea, mok, noi, bling meooli e ae accomed

o, and I am ie e he old no ecognie he langage; and eenl I

ill elain ha I mean b aing ha hogh Chace oke and oe

Englih, i a ie diffeen fom ha e eak no. Yo ill ee, a o go

on, ho eel all he od ae el, o mch o ha I hae had o a

econd eion ide b ide ih Chace line, hich o ill ndeand

moe eadil; and hen I ead hem o o, o ill ee ho diffeen i he

ond. Thee od ee all ononced lol, almo ih a dal, hile

e noada hae go o alk o fa, ha no one ho lied hen old follo

ha e a iho gea difficl.

V.

Chace connecion ih he Co make i obable ha he lied ding

he geae a of hi life in London; and i i leaan o hink ha hi gea

oe a aled and beloed in hi da b he highe oe in he land. He

held, a aio ime, o in he King hoehold, hich bogh him moe


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o le mone, ch a ale of he King chambe, he King eie, &c.; and

he fond a fa fiend in John of Gan, one of he on of King Edad III.

In 1359 Chace became a oldie, and eed in he am nde hi King, in

an aack on Fance, and a aken ione. I i oed he a deained

hee abo a ea; and, being anomed b Edad, hen he came back o

England, he maied a lad named Philia. She a obabl he onge

daghe of Si Paon de Roe, of Hainal,[9]ho came oe o England in heeine of Qeen Philia, ho a alo of Hainal. Thee o Philia,

coming fom he ame lace, emained fiend ding all he Qeen life; fo

hen Chace maied Philia de Roe, he a one of he Qeen maid of

hono; and, ae he maiage, he Qeen gae he an annal enion of en

mak[10](50), hich a conined o he b he King ae Qeen Philia

died. Some eole a Chace ife a alo he Qeen goddaghe.[11]

If o old like o kno ha Chace ife looked like, I ill ell o. I do

no kno ha he a like in he face, b I can ell o he fahion of he

gab he oe. I like o beliee he had long ello hai, hich Chace

decibe o oen and o eil. Chace ife oe one of hoe fnn

headdee like con, o ahe like boe, oe a gold ne, ih he hai

baided in a e, hanging don he back. She had a cloe geen[12] de,

ih igh leee, eaching igh don oe he hand, o oec i fom hen and ind; and a e long ki, falling in fold abo he fee, omeime

edged ih beaifl hie f, emine, o a ich ge f, called ai. The

colo of hi ge f a mch liked, and hen eole had ligh ge ee, of

omeha he ame colo, i a hogh e beaifl. Man ong

decibe e ladie ih ee of ai.

When noble eon en o Co, he oe dee fa moe lendid han

an o be een nodee of all colo, oked in ih floe and

banche of gold, omeime ih healdic deice and ange fige, and


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efecl moheed in jeel. No one ha eal, and emeald, and

diamond en on hei gon no; b in he foeenh cen, ich

eole had he eam of hei clohe oen coeed ih gem. The ladie

oe cloefiing dee, ih lendid bel, o , ond hei hi, all

jeelled; and ing of glieing jeel hng ond hei neck, and don

fom he bel, and on he headde. Peole did no ea ho leee hen,

b long one, made omeime e ciol ih eame hanging fom

he elbo; a long hin gae eil, hining ih ile and gold; and naooined hoe, mch longe han hei fee, hich, he hogh, made he

foo look lende. If ladie had no had ch long hoe, he old nee

hae hoed beneah hei long emboideed ki, and he old ala

hae been mbling hen he alked. I a a e gacefl and elegan

come ha Chace ife oe; b he la of England obabl fobade

he o ea ilk, hich a eeed fo noble. When he alked o of

doo, he had all clog o ae he e hoe fom he md of he ogh

ee; and hen he ode on hoeback ih he Qeen, o he hband

Chace, he a on a illion, and laced he fee on a nao boad called a. Man omen ode aide, like he Wife of Bah hom Chace

eak of.

No, eha, o old like o kno hehe Chace had an lile

childen. We do no kno mch abo Chace childen. We kno he had a

lile on called Lei, becae Chace oe a eaie fo him hen he a

en ea old, o each him ho o e an inmen he had gien him, called

an .[13]Chace m hae been e fond of Lei, ince he ook o

mch oble fo him, and he eak o him e kindl and loingl.

A Chace a maied befoe 1366, i i likel ha he had ohe childen;and ome eole a he had an elde on, named Thoma, and a daghe

Eliabeh.[14]

John of Gan, ho a Chace aon a I old o, a e kind o

Thoma Chace, and gae him eeal o in he King hoehold, a he

ge o be a man. And John of Gan head ha Eliabeh Chace

ihed o be a nn; and, in 1381, e find ha he aid a lage m of mone

fo he (ha i, fo he o lean o be a nn) in he Abbe of Baking.


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A LADY CROSSING THE STREET IN THE OLDEN TIME.

A nn i a eon ho doe no cae fo he amemen and leae hich

ohe eole cae folaing, and dancing, and eeing igh and man

eole; b ho efe o go and lie in a hoe called a nnne, hee he

ill ee hadl an one, and hink of nohing b being good, and heling he

oo. And, if eole hink he can be good be in ha a, he ogh o

become nn. B I hink eole can be j a good liing a home ih hei

fiend, iho hing hemele in a nnne.

No I m leae off elling o abo Chace ife and childen, and go on

o Chace himelf.

VI.

Chace a, a I old o, he fiend of one of he on of he King, Edad


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III. No he elde on, ho a, a o kno, Edad he Black Pince, he

gea aio, no Lionel, he hid on, hom he had eed hen a bo, b

he foh on, John of Gan, ho had a gea deal of oe ih he King.

John of Gan.

John of Gan a he ame age a Chace.

When John of Gan a onl 19 (he ea ha Chace en ih he am

o Fance), he maied a lad called Blanche of Lancae, and hee eefamo joing and gea feiiie of ee kind. In hi ea, i ha been

oed, Chace oe a oem, The Paliamen of Bid, o celebae he

edding. Anohe long oem, called The Co of Loe, i aid o hae been

ien b him abo hi imea an ae, in e eal life.

When Chace came back o England, and go maied himelf, he a ill

moe conanl a Co, and hee ae man inance ecoded of John

aachmen o boh Chace and Philia all hi life. Among ohe e ma

noice hi gi o Philia of ceain ilegil c ih coe, on he 1 of

Jana in 1380, 1381, and 1382.

I i oching o ee ho faihfl hee o fiend ee o each ohe, and

ho long hei fiendhi laed. The fi e hea of i a abo 1359, he

ea hen John maied Blanche, and fo fo ea i emained nboken.

Na, i ge cloe and cloe, fo in 1394, hen John of Gan and Chace

ee boh middleaged men, John maied Philia ie (Si Paon Roe

elde daghe), o ha Chace became John of Gan bohe.[15]

When John of Gan a in oe he nee fogo Chace. When he became


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nola i a Chace n o be faihfl o him; and faihfl he a,

haee he ffeed, and he did ffe fo i eeel, and became ie oo

a ime, a o ill ee. Diecl John came ino oe again en

Chace oo, and hi cicmance imoed. Thee ae fe fiendhi o

long and o faihfl on boh ide a hi a.[16]

VII.

Chace a emloed b Edad III. fo man ea a eno, hich i a e

imoan office. I can onl be gien o a e ie and hed man. Thi

oe he gea abili of Chace in ohe hing beide making ong and

elling oie. He had o go aboad, o Fance, Ial, and elehee, on he

King iae miion; and he King gae him mone fo hi eice, and

omoed him o gea hono.

On one occaion (1373) hen he a en o Floence, on an emba, he i

oed o hae een Peach, a gea Ialian oe and aio, hoe nameo m no foge. Peach a hen liing a Aa, o mile fom Pada,

a beaifl on in Ial; and hogh Peach a a mch olde man han

Chacemoe han en ea oldei eem onl naal ha hee o

gea men hold hae ied o ee each ohe; fo he had mch in common.

Boh ee fafamed oe, and boh, in a meae, eeenaie of he

oliic, oe, and cle of hei eecie conie.

Sill, ome eole hink he cold nee hae me, becae he jone fom

Floence o Pada a a mo difficl one. Taelling a had ok, and

omeime dangeo, gide being ala necea: o cold no ge acaiage a an ice, fo caiage ee no inened. In ome lace hee

a no mean of going diec fom ci o ci a allno een on hoeback

hee being acall no oad. So ha eole had o go on foo o no a all.

If he en, hee ee ock and ie o co, hich oen delaed

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Chace, a he King eno, m hae had aendan, een fo afe ake,ih him, and mch lggage, and ha old of coe make aelling moe

difficl and eenie. He mo likel en a gea a of he a b ea, in a

eel coaing along he Medieanean o Genoa and Leghon, and o b

Pia o Floence: o ma ace hi oe in a ma. Doble, he had neihe

he mean no he ill o go all he a o Pada on hi on accon. So o

ee eole hold diffeen oinion abo hi jone, and no one can be ie

e hehe Chace did ee Peach o no.

In 1373 Chace oe hi Life of S. Cecile; and abo ha ime, eha

ealie, he Comlain o Pi.

VIII.

I am no going o ell o eehing ha he King and John of Gan did fo

Chace. Yo old ge ied of heaing abo i. I ill onl a ha Chace

a holden in geae ced, and obabl had a eal inflence in England;

fo, conneced a he a ih John of Gan, I dae a he gae him adice

and conel, and John hoed he King ho hed and oh

Chace a, and eaded him o gie him benefi and mone.

John ife, Blanche of Lancae, died in 1369, and o did hi mohe, Qeen

Philia. Chace oe a oem called The Deah of Blanche he Dche, in

hono of hi dead Blanche. John maied anohe ife in he ne ea, and

go ill moe oefl, and a called King of Caile, in Sain, becae hi

ne ife a he daghe of a King of Caile. B all hi made no diffeence

in hi affecion fo Chace. He ala did ha he cold fo Chace.

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Soon ae Chace en fom hi jone o Floence, he eceied a gan

of a iche of ine ee da fom he hand of he King ble. Thi

eem like a mak of eonal fiendhi moe han fomal oal bon; b i

a oh a good deal of mone a ea. Le han o monh aead he

eceied, hogh John of Gan goodill, a lace nde Goenmen called

Comollehi of he Com of he Po of London. Thi a a e

imoan o, and eied mch cae, hedne, and igilance; and he

King made i a condiion ha all he accon of hi office ee o be eneedin Chace on handiinghich mean, of coe, ha Chace a o

be ala een, eeing eehing done himelf, and nee leaing he ok

o be done b anbod ele, ece hen en aboad b he King on oal

command. Onl hee da ae hi, John of Gan himelf made Chace a

gan of 10 a ea fo life, in ead fo all he good eice endeed b

noe bien ame Geffa Chace, and noe bien ame Philia a femme,

o himelf, hi dche, and o hi mohe, Qeen Philia, ho a dead.

Thi m of mone doe no ond mch; b i a a gea deal in hoe da,

and a fll eal o 100 no.The e ne ea he King gae Chace he cod of a ich ad (a ad

i a eon oeced o mainained b anohe hile nde age), named

Edmond Salegae, of Ken; and hen hi ad maied, Chace eceied a

lage m of mone (104 = 1,040).[17]

Then Chace cae in he Com office deeced a dihone man, ho

ied o hi ool aboad iho aing he lafl d; hi man a fined

fo hi dihone, and he mone, 71 4. 6., a made a een o

Chacea m eal o 700.

So o ee i eemed a if John of Gan cold nee do enogh fo him;

becae all hee hing, if no done b John himelf, ee obabl de o hi

inflence ih he King.

IX.

The Black Pince died abo ha ime, and Edad III. did no long ie

him. He died in 1377. Then he Black Pince lile on, Richad, ho a onl

eleen ea old, became King of England; b a he a oo ong o eignoe he con, hi hee ncle goened fo him. Thee hee ncle ee

John of Gan, Dke of Lancae; he Dke of Yok; and he Dke of

Glocee.

And all hi ime Chace a e ell looked ae, o ma be e, fo

John of Gan a hen moe oefl han he King. Chace a ill

Comolle of he Com; and, befoe long, John gae him a econd o of

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B all hi good lck a no o go on fo ee. The eole ee no o fond of

John of Gan a Chace a, becae, in goening hem, he a e

ambiio and eee. The go ang ih eehing he did, and ih

eebod ho emained hi fiend. So, of coe, he did no like Chace.

Thi a a e oblo ime. The Con (eeened b he King ncle)

aned one hing, and he gea baon aned anohe, and he eole o

loe clae aned anohe! Thee ee called he hee gea ooingaie, and each aned o hae all he oe. A la ome of he baon

ided ih he King a, and ohe ided ih he eole; o hee ee

hen ooing aie aelling and haing each ohe. John of Gan

old hae liked o be King himelf; b he eole ee nha, and e

diconened ih hi goenmen, and he began o hae mch le oe in

he kingdom.

The eole kne ha John of Gan a obliged o go ih an am ino

Pogal, and he began o make lan o ge hei on a hen hi back

a ned. When he a gone, he aid ha John of Gan did no goenhem ell, and had gien goenmen o o men ho did no do hei d,

and negleced hei ok, and Chace a one of hem.

Then hee a ha a called a Commiion of Ini aoined, hich

mean a bod of men ho ee fee o eamine and efom eehing he

choe in he con. Thei oe a o la a hole ea; and hee men

looked ino all ha Chace had done in he Com office. The did no

find anhing ong, a fa a e kno, b ill he en aa Chace in

digace, j a if he had. And hi made him e oo. I a a hah hing

o do, and nj, if he ee no ceain he had been neglecing hi ok;and John of Gan a o of he con, and cold no hel him no. Thi

a in he ea 1386.

A gea deal ha been aid and ien abo hi mae. Some eole ill

beliee ha Chace eall did neglec hi die, hogh he condiion ha

he hold aend o eehing himelf had been o e ic;[18]ha he had

obabl abened himelf, and le hing go ong. B ch eole foge

ha hee condiion ee fomall done aa ih in 1385, hen Chace

a finall eleaed fom eonal ddge a he Com, and alloed o

hae a , o eon nde him o do hi ok.

The foge, oo, ho Chace had lnged ino oliical mae diecl

aead, a a ime hen a feeling a inenel ong, he eole and

John of Gan being iolenl ooed o each ohe; and ho Chace ook

he a of hi fiend aml, and a in he Hoe of Common a

eeenaie of Ken, one of he lage conie of England, on oe o

o he minie ho ee on John of Gan ide. Thi alone old be

enogh o make he ooing a hae Chace, and hi doble a he

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ee he ee able, o nih him fo hi aachmen o he Dke of

Lancae (John of Gan) cae.

Sl.

B Chace nee aeed o changed. And hi faihflne o hi fiend

deee bee han he nj icion ha hi digace a aaned b

neglec of hi die. Chace a oo good, and oo io, and oo

honoable a man o commi an ch ac. He bmied o hi digace and

hi oe nmoed; and ae he deah of hi ife Philia, hich

haened in he folloing mme, nohing i knon of him fo eeal ea,

ece ha he a in ch die ha he a acall obliged o a ihhi o enion fo a m of mone in ode o a hi deb.

Ding all he eenfl ea ha folloed Edad III. deah, o hi ime,

Chace had been iing bil, in he mid of hi eighie affai. The

Comlain of Ma, Boece, Toil and Ceida, he Hoe of Fame, and

he Legend of Good Women, all of hich I hoe o ill ead ome da,

ee ien in hi eiod; alo ome eoachfl od o hi ciene, ho

eem o hae ien o hi oem fo him e caelel. Some eon

hink ha Chace aheic Good Conel, and hi ho Balade en o


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King Richad, eflec he diaoinmen and adne a hi changed lo,

hich he m hae fel; and ha, heefoe, hee oem ee ien a

abo he ame ime.

X.

In 1389 hee a anohe gea change in he goenmen. The King, being ofage, ihed o goen he con iho hel, and he en aa one of hi

ncle, ho a on he eole ide, and aked John of Gan o come back

o England. John of Gan on a made one of he ne minie.

Immediael Chace a hogh of. He a a once aoined Clek of he

King Wokan office of ome imoancehich he a emied o hold

b de; and hi ala a o hilling e daha i 36 10.0.aea,

eal o abo 370 of o mone.

I eem ha Chace ke hi aoinmen onl fo o ea. Wh, e

canno ell.[19] While he held hi office (i., Se. 1390)a mifone befellhim. Some nooio hiee aacked him, nea he fole Ok (fol Oak), and

obbed him of 20 (neal 200 een cenc) of he King mone, hi

hoe, and ohe moable. Thi a a miha likel enogh o oeake an

aelle in hoe da of bad oad and lonel mahe, fo hee a no gea

oecion b olice o oldie in odina cae. The King i, in hich he

fogie Chace hi m of 20, i ill ean.

Wha he did, o ho he lied, fo ome ime ae hi eiemen fom he

King Wok in 1391, i no knon; b in 1394, King Richad ganed him a

enion of 20 (= 200 een cenc) e annm fo life. Thi a he eahen John of Gan maied Chace ieinla; b, in ie of hi ich

alliance, I fea Chace a ill in gea die, fo e hea of man mall

loan hich he obained on hi ne enion ding he ne fo ea,

hich bea oo cleal hi difficlie. In 1398, he King ganed him lee o

oec him again aeha i, he oe lee fobidding he eole o

hom Chace oed mone o him in ion, hich he old

oheie hae done.

I i ad ha ding hee lae ea of hi life, he gea oe ho had done

o mch, and lied o comfoabl, hold hae gon o oo and haaed.He ogh o hae been beond he each of an. He had had lage m of

mone; hi ife ie a Dche of Lancae; hi on[20] a holding

gan and office nde John of Gan. Peha he aed hi mone. [21]B

e canno kno eacl ho i all came abo a hi diance of ime. And

one hing ho cleal ho mch coage and aience Chace had; fo i

a hen he a in ch an in 1388, o ea ae he had been ned

o of he Com, ha he a bie ih he geae ok of hi life,

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King of England. No hi Hen a he on of John of Gan, b hi fi

ife, Blanche, and had been e badl eaed b hi coin, he King. He

a a mch bee man han Richad, and he eole loed him. John of

Gan did no lie o ee hi on King, fo he died hile Hen a aboad;

and i m hae been a eal gief o Chace, hen an old man of i,[23]

hen hi long and faihfl fiend a aken fom him.

Sill i i leaan o find ha Hen of Lancae haed hi fahe fiendhifo Chace. I dae a he had been ocked on Chace knee hen a lile

child, and had laed ih Chace childen. He came back fom Fance,

ae John of Gan deah, and he eole made him King, and en King

Richad o he cale of Pomfe (hee I am o o a he a aead

mdeed).

The ne King had no been on he hone fo da befoe he heled

Chace. John of Gan himelf cold no hae done i icke. He ganed

him an anni of 26 13.4. a ea, in addiion o he ohe 20 ganed b

Richad.

The oal bon a onl j in ime, fo oo old Chace did no long

ie hi old fiend, he Dke of Lancae. He died abo a ea ae him,

hen Hen had been King hieen monh.

John of Gan a bied in S. Pal, b he ide of hi fi and beloed

ife, Blanche; Geoffe Chace a bied in Wemine Abbe.

So ended he fi, and almo he geae, Englih ie, of hom no one

ha oken an ill od, and ho himelf oke no ill od.

Poe, oldie, aeman, and chola, l hi bee ne hi ee, in chool of

m le cold I nee find.... In goodne of genle, manl eech he aeh

all ohe make.[24]

XII.

And no fo Chace eech. Ho hall I ho o i goodne, ince i

i o difficl o ead hi old Englih? Wai a bi. Yo ill oon ndeand i

all, if o ake ain a he fi beginning. Do no be afaid of he fnnelling, fo o m emembe ha i i no o mch ha Chace ell

diffeenl fom , a ha e hae begn o ell diffeenl fom Chace.

He old hink o Englih ie a fnn, and no half o e a hi on;

fo he old Englih, hen oken, onded e e and ael, and no o

mch like a gabble a o.

I old o a lile hile ago, o kno, ha o alking i mch fae han

alking a in Chace ime; i eem e cio ha a langage can be o

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B i ha changed gadall. Lile b lile ne od hae come ino e,

and ohe hae go oldfahioned. Een he Englih of hnded ea

ago a e nlike o on. B he Englih offihnded ea ago a, of

coe, ill moe nlike.

XIII.

No, I hae , a I old o, o eion of Chace oe on he age,

ide b ide. Fi, he line a Chace made hem, and hen he ame line in

Englih ch a e eak. Yo can h look a boh, and comae hem.

I ill alo ead o he ee in he o a of ononcing hem, Chace

a and o a: b hen o hae gon a lile ed o he oldfahioned

Englih, o ill oon ee ho mch eie and moe mical i ond han

o moden onge, and I hink o ill like i e mch. Beide, i i nice o

be able o ee he od a Chace hem, o a o kno eacl ho he

alked.

In Chace ime a gea deal of Fench a oken in England, and i a

mied ih Englih moe han i i no. The ond of old Fench and old

Englih ee omehing he ame, boh oken e lol, ih a kind of

dal, a mch a o aI am in no h. I hae all da befoe me, and if

o an o hea ha I hae go o a, o m ai ill I ge m od o.

So if o ih o hea Chace oie, o m le him ell hem in hi on

a, and and ndeand hi fnn, e langage. And if o do no

ononce he od a he mean, o ill find he ee ill ond ie

glome line being longe han ohe, and ome no een hming, and

alogehe in a jmble.

XIV.

Chace himelf a e anio ha eole hold ead hi od oel,

and a in hi ee, a if he ee eaking o a hman being

And fo hee i o gee dei gea dieiIn Englih,[25]and in inge of o onge, onge

So ee I God ha non mii hee a

Ne hee mmeee fo defae of onge. (.) defec

To i o ead he ong; and he mee i he lengh of he line.

If o ead he lengh all ong, i ond e gl.

No, oe hoe line ee ead in moden Englih, he old n

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And becae hee i o gea a diei

In Englih, and in iing o onge,

So I a God ha none miie hee

No mimee hee hogh defec of onge.

Ho boken and agged i all ond! like a gon ha i all agged and jagged,

and doen fi. I ond mch bee o ead i oel.

Yo ill find ha hen Chace od ae ighl ononced, all hi line

ae of an een lengh and ond e. I don hink he ee fail in hi. Thi

i called haing a mical ea. Chace had a mical ea. Some eole ho

ie oe hae no, and hei oe i good fo nohing. The migh a ell

o la he iano iho a mical ea; and a e me he old

make of ha![26]

XV.

When o find an e had od in Chace ee hich o canno

ndeand, look in he gloa and he moden eion beide hem; and o

ill ee ha i he od fo i noada. A fe od hich canno be

anlaed ihin he mee o ill find a he boom of he age; b hink

fo oelf befoe o look. Thee i nohing like hinking fo one elf. Man

of he od ae like Fench o Geman od: o if o hae lean hee

langage o ill be able oen o ge ha he od mean.

Fo inance, o kno ho, in Fench, hen o ih o a, I go o I e, o no ae ed, and: Je iai, o je i .

Well, in Chace ime o no ee ed in Englih. He old hae aid, I

ill go, and I am e.

Thee ae man line hee o ill ee o no. I nam na ecio. I ne

old no deinee. I ol no lee no ale. I ne oe hem no a od. Thee

ni no moe o ell, &c. Someime, hoee, i ed b ielf, iho

o o follo. A i ni good, I nill ao ain, inead of i i no

goodI ill no a.

And, a in hi la od ain (hich onl mean ), o ill find oen an a he end of od, hich make i difficl o ndeand hem; b o ill

oon ceae o hink ha a e alaming difficl if o kee looking a he

moden eion. A, I hall na (hi mean ). I ol na ():

dob (). The old I hem no leaance (); ho

hal i (). I hall o ().

And I hink o ill alo be able o ee ho mch bee ome old od ae

fo eeing he meaning, han o od. Fo inance, ho mch nice


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S

fliemoe i han ba. Tha i an old Nohcon od, and e

Geman (Fledema). When o ee a lile ba fling abo, o kno i i a

ba becae o hae been old: b fliemoe i bee han ba, becae

i mean floaing moe. No, a ba like a moe floaing in he ai. The

od eee he moemen and he fom of he ceae.

Againhe old od heele (heale), inead of iho coage, ho

ell i eee he an of coage o ii: e oen a eole hae nohea fo ok, o no hea fo inging, hen he ae ad, o ill, o eak.

Heale doe no ala mean coadl; i mean ha he eon i

dejeced, o ied, o o of ii. We hae le off ing he od heale in

ha ene, hoee, and e hae no od o ee i. When a

heale, e mean cel o nkind, hich i a efecl diffeen meaning.

Again, e hae no od no fo a meeingime o aoinmen, a good a

he old od een: e e he Fench od a a non, hich

i no e ie. Seen i a nice, ho, and eall Englih od hich I

hold like o hea in e again.

One moe inance. The od fe a ed fo deoing. Thi j decibe

ha e call nibbling no. The moh feing a gamenmean he moh

deoing o nibbling a gamen.

Thi i a od e hae lo igh of no in he ene of ; e onl e i

fo comlaining o ining. B a kand heon a giaae

fom he old Saon eb, o ea o deo, and decibe a inkl neen

face, like he a of a gamen feed b he moh. So o m no be

imaien ih he old od, hich ae omeime mch bee fo hei

oe han he od e e noada.

CANTERBURY TALES.

.

OME of Chace be ale ae no old b himelf. The ae ino he

moh of ohe eole. In hoe da hee ee no neaeindeed

hee a no mch neo ha hen ange ho had lile in common

ee hon ogehe, a he oen ee in inn, o in long jone, he had


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fe oic of coneaion: and o he ed o eneain each ohe b inging

ong, o ie a oen b elling hei on adene, o long oie ch a

Chace ha ien don and called he C .

The eaon he called hem he C a becae he ee

oed o be old b a nmbe of aelle ho me a an inn, and en

ogehe on a ilgimage o a ain hine a Caneb.

B I hall no le Chace ell o abo hi ineeing coman in hi on

a.

He begin ih a beaifl deciion of he inghe ime all choen

fo long jone, o fo an ne ndeaking, in hoe da.

When o go o ino he gaden o he field, and ee he feh geen of he

hedge and he hie Ma bloom and he ble k, hink of Chace and

hi Caneb Pilgim!

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Whan ha Aille ih hi choe ooe When, ee

The dogh of Mache hah eced o he ooe, oo

And bahd ee ene in ich lico, ch lio

Of hich ee engended i he flo; floe

Whan Zehi[27]eek ih hi ee beeh alo, beah

Enid hah in ee hole and heeh goe

The ende coe, and he onge onne ongHah in he Ram hi halfe co ionne, n

And male fole maken melodie, mall bid make

Tha leen al he nigh ih oen he, lee, ee

So ikeh hem nae in hee coage: ickeh hem, hei

imle

Thanne longen folk o gon on ilgimage, long, go

And alme[28]fo o eeken ange onde, eek, hoe

To fene hale, kohe[29]in ond londe; dian ain

And eciall fom ee chie ende

Of Engelond, o Canb he ende, goThe hol blifl mai[30]fo o eeke, bleed, eek

Tha hem hah holen han ha he ee eeke. hem, ick

When Ail hah hi eee hoe bogh

To iece he hea of Mach and banih dogh,

Then ee ein i bahd b hi oe,

Wih fifl jice engendeing he floe;

When he ligh eh, ih i cened beah,Si o ne life in ee hol and heah

The ende co, ha ime he ohfl n

Hah in he Ram hi coe b halfa n;

And hen he lile bid make melod,

Tha lee he hole nigh long ih oen ee,

So Nae oe ininc ino ong,

Then folk o go a ilgim geal long,

And alme haen foh o foeign and

To ohi faoff ain in nd land;

And eciall fom ee hie endOf England, no Caneb he end,

Befoe he bleed ma hee o kneel,

Who o hah held hem b hi oe o heal.

I haened ha one da in he ing, a I a eing a he Tabad[31]Inn,

in Sohak, ead o go on m deo ilgimage o Caneb, hee

aied oad nigh a he inn a lage coman of all o of eolenine

anden of hem: he had me b chance, all being ilgim o


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Caneb.[32] The chambe and he able ee oom, and o ee one

fond a lace. And hol, ae ne, I had made fiend ih hem all, and

oon became one of hei a. We all ageed o ie eal, o e o

jone ogehe.[33]

B ill, hile I hae ime and ace, I hink I had bee ell o ho hee

eole ee, hei condiion and ank, hich a hich, and ha he

looked like. I ill begin, hen, ih

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A KNIGHT[34]he a and ha a oh man, hee, alable

Tha fom he me ha he fe bigan

To den o, he loede chale, ide

Tohe and hono, fedom and ceie. fankne

Fl ohi a he in hi lode ee, a

And heo hadde he iden, noman fee, fhe

A el in Ciendom a in hehenee,And eee honoed fo hi ohinee.

A knigh hee a, and ha a oh man,

Who fom he ime in hich he fi began

To ide afield, loed ell all chial,

Hono and fankne, h and coe.

Mo oh a he in hi mae a,

And heeo had he idden, none moe fa,

A ell in Chiian a in heahen land,And bone ih hono man high command.

He had been a Aleandia hen i a on: in Pia he had gained gea

hono, and in man ohe land. He had been in fieen moal bale, and

had fogh in he li fo o faih hee ime, and ala lain hi foe. He

had eed in Tke and in he Gea Sea. And he a ala e ell aid

oo. Ye, hogh o gea a oldie, he a ie in concil; and in manne he

a genle a a oman. Nee did he e bad od in all hi life, o an cla

of men: in fac

He a a ea efigh, genil knigh.

He a a e efec, noble knigh.

A fo hi aeaance, hi hoe a good, b no ga. He oe a gion of

fian, all ained b hi habegeon;[35] fo he had onl j aied home

fom a long oage.

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Wih him he a hi one, a ong SQUYER, hee, on

A loe, and a l bachele,[36] me

Wih lokke clle a he ee lade in ee. lock cled

Of en ee he a of age I gee. ge

Of hi ae he a of eene lenghe,

And ondl dele, and ge of enghe. ondefll nimble,

geaAnd he hadde ben omme in chiachie,[37] had been

In Flande, in Ao, and in Picadie,

And bon him el, a in o liel ace, lile

In hoe o onden in hi lad gace.[38] and

Embodid[39]a he, a i ee a mede

Al fl of fehe floe, hie and eede.

Sngnge he a, o flonge al he da; laing on he fle

He a a feh a i he moneh of Ma.

Scho a hi gone, ih leee long and de.

Wel code he ie on ho, and faie de. cold, hoeHe code onge el make and endie, elae

Jne and eek dance, and el a and ie. alo, da ice

Wih him hee a hi on, a ga ong ie,

A bachelo and fll of boih fie,

Wih lock all cld a hogh laid in a e,

And abo en ea of age, I ge.

In ae he a of an een lengh,And ondefll nimble, and gea of engh.

And he had folloed knighl deed of a

In Picad, in Flande, and Aoi,

And nobl bone himelf in ha bief ace,

In aden hoe o in hi lad gace.

Emboideed a he, a a meado bigh,

All fll of fehe floe, ed and hie;

Singing he a, o flelaing all da,

He a a feh a i he monh of Ma.

Sho a hi gon, hi leee ee long and ide,Well he became hi hoe, and ell cold ide;

He cold make ong, and ballad, and ecie,

Jo and make e ice, dance, and ie.

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Ce he a, lol, and eable,

And caf[40]bfon hi fad a he able. caed

Coeo he a, lol, and eiceable,

And caed befoe hi fahe a he able.

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A YEMANhad he, and eane nomoo no moe

A ha me, fo him le de oo; i leaed him

And he a clad in cooe and hood of gene.

A hef of ocok ae[41]bigh and kene, ao

Unde hi bele he ba fl hiil, boe

Wel code he dee hi akel omanl; ao

Hi ae dod nogh ih fehee loe,[42] aoAnd in hi hond he ba a migh boe. boe

A noheed hadde he, ih a bon iage. . noe, . 111.

Of oodeca code he el al he age; kne

Uon hi ame he ba a ga bace,[43] boe

And b hi ide a ed, and a bokele,[44] bckle

And on ha ohe ide a ga daggee,

Haneed el, and cha a on of ee; deed ell

A Ciofe on hi be of ile chene. onamen eeening

S. Chiohe

An hon he ba, he badik[45]a of gene:A foe a he ohel, a I gee. foee, l

A eoman had he (b no ie beide:

Wiho aendan h he choe o ide,)

And he a clad in coa and hood of geen.

A heaf of eacockao bigh and keen,

Unde hi bel he caied hiil;

Well cold he de an ao eomanl!None of hi ao dooed ih feahe lo

And in hi hand he held a migh bo.

A knohead had he, and a nbn he,

In oodca all he age he kne;

Uon hi am a bace ga he oe,

And b hi ide bckle and od he boe,

While ooie a dagge dangled fee;

Polihed and ma, no ea cold hae be.

A ile Chiohe on hi bea a een,

A hon he caied b a baldick geen:He a a hoogh foee, I ge.

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The a alo a Nonne, a PRIORESSE,

Tha of hie mlng a fl mle and co; he

Hie gee ooh[46]ne a b b en Lo, oah

And che a cleed madame Eglenne. called

Fl el che ang he ee dene,

Enned in hie noe[47]fl eml, eeml

And Fench che ak fl faie and fel, eleganlA he cole of Safod ae Boe, chool

Fo Fench of Pa a o hie nknoe. he nknon

A mee el iagh a che ihalle; mea, agh

Sche lee no moel fom hie lie falle, le

Ne ee hie fnge in hie ace deee.[48] eed

Wel code che caie a moel, and el keee, ca

Tha no doe ne fil on hie bee. fell

In ceie a e al hie lee. coe, leae

Hie oelie de che o clene,[49]

Tha in hie ce he a no fehing ene caOf gee, han che donken hadde hie dagh. had dnk

Fl emel a hie mee che agh. eeml

And ikl che a of ge dio, aedl

And fl lean, and amable of o,

And ened hie o conefee cheee a

Of co, and ben ealich of manee, ael, manne

And o ben holden digne of eeence. oh

B fo o eken of hie concience, eak

Sche a o chaiable and o io[50]Sche olde eee if ha che ae a mo

Cagh in a ae, if i ee deed o bledde.

Of male honde hadde che, ha che fedde mall hond

Wih od fleih, and mlk, and ael beed.[51]

B oe ee che if oon of hem ee deed, hem

O if men mo i ih a ede mee: od

And al a concience and ende hee.

Fl emel hie mle[52]inched a:

Hie noe e: hie een ge a gla: ellooioned, ee,

glaHie moh fl mal, and heo oe and eed;

B ikl che hadde a faie foheed. el

I a almo a anne bood, I oe: boad, hink

Fo hadil che a no ndgoe. ceainl, ndegon

Fl fe a hie cloke, a I a aa. nea

Of mal coal aboe hie ame che baa mall

A eie of bede[53]gadid al ih gene; e of bead

And heon heng a boch of gold fl chene, jeel, bigh

On hich a fi iien a coned A, ien


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The Pioe a aended b anohe nn, ho aced a he chalain, and

hee ie.

.

A MONKhe a, a fai fo he maiie,[55] mae

An odee, ha loede enee; hning

A manl man, o ben an abbo able. be

Fl man a dene ho hadde he in able: dain hoe

And han he ood, men migh hi bidel heee[56] hen, hea

Gngle in a hilng nd a cleee, jingling, clea

And eek a lode a doh he chael belle,

The a hi lod a kee of he elle. hee, eligio hoe

A monk hee aone e o ie no dob,

A hne, and deoed ide o;

Manlo be an abbo fi and able,

Fo man a dain hoe had he in able;

And hen he ode, hi bidle o cold heaJingle along a hiling ind a clea

And ie a lod, a doh he chael bell,

Whee hi good monk i keee of he cell.

Thi joll monk caed fo lile ele b hning, hogh hi ha nee been

conideed a oe i fo he cleg. He a indiffeen o ha a aid

of him, and aed no co o kee he mo lendid gehond and hoe

fo had iding and haehning. I a hi leee edged ih he ae f


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a he i, and ha he fine in he land; hi hood a faened nde hi

chin ih a cio gold in, hich had a loekno in he lage end. Hi ae

a bald and hin, hi ee olled in hi head; hi faoie oa dih a a

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A FREREhe a, a anon and a mee, fia

A lmo,[58]a fl olemne man. olemn

In alle he ode foe[59]i noon ha can I able o do

So moche of daliance and fai langage. dalliance

Fl el biloed and famlie a he familia

Wih fankelen[60]oeal in hi cne, conAnd eek ih ohi ommen of he on: alo, ich

Fl eel hede he confeion,

And lean a hi abolcion;[61]

He a an e man o ee enance ea

The a he ie o han a good iance; hen, kne

Fo no a oe ode fo o gee oo

I igne ha a man i el ichee. hien

Fo if he af, he doe make aan, boa

He ie ha a man a eenan. kneFo man a man o had i of hi hee, hea

He ma no ee hogh him oe mee; he ma ma

Thefoe inede of eng and aee,

Men moo ie ile o he oe fee. ma

A fia hee a, o fik and o me

A limio, a mo imoan man,

In he fo ode hee i none ha canOdo him in ee alk and laflne.

He a mo inimae and ola

Wih all he fanklin delling nea and fa,

And ih he ealh omen of he on.

So eel did he hea confeion a;

In abolion leaan a hi a.

In giing enance, e kind a he

When eole made i oh hi hile o be;Fo giing lagel o ome ode oo

Sho ha a man i fee fom in, be e,

And if a man begdged him no hi dole,

He kne he a eenan in hi ol.

Fo man a man o had of hea e ee,

He canno ee, hoee ad he be;

Theefoe, inead of eeing and long ae,

Men can gie mone no he oo fia.


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He caied a nmbe of e in and knie abo him ha he made

een of o eole; and he cold ing ell, and la on he oa.[62] He

nee mingled ih oo, agged, ick eolei i no eecable o hae

anhing o do ih ch, b onl ih ich eole ho cold gie good

dinne.

Somha he liede fo hi anonee,

To make hi Englich ee on hi nge; onge

Someha he lid fo hi anonne,

To make hi Englih ee on hi onge;

and hen he laed and ang, hi ee inkled like he a on a fo

nigh.

.

A MARCHAUNTa he ih a foked bed, bead

In moelee, and highe on ho he a, mole, hoeUon hi heed a Flandich beee ha. Flemih beae

A mechan a hee ih a fokd bead,

In mole dedhigh on hi hoe he a,

And on hi head a Flemih beae ha.


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.

A CLERK[63]he a of Oenfod alo, Ofod

Tha no logik hadde longe go. logic, gone

A lene a hi ho a i a ake, lean, hoe

And he a no igh fa, I ndeake;

B lokede hole, and heo obl. looked hollo

Fl hedbae a hi oee coe. emo ho cloak

Fo he hadde geen him i no benefice, go

Ne a o oldl fo o hae office,

Fo him a lee hae a hi bedde heede he old

Ten booke, clohed in blak o eede,Of Aioil, and hi hiloohie,

Than ob iche, o fihl, o aie. obe

A clek of Ofod a amid he hong,

Who had alied hi hea o leaning long.

Hi hoe, i a a kinn a a ake,

And a no oo fa, Ill ndeake!

B had a obe, ahe hollo look;

And e headbae a hi oe cloak.

Fo he a e no benefice had go:

Woldl enogh fo office he a no!

Fo liefe old he hae a hi bed head

A coe of book, all bond in black o ed,

Of Aiole, and hi hilooh,

Than ich aie, fiddle, o ale.


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Ye alhogh he oo chola a o ie and diligen, he had hadl an

mone, b all he cold ge fom hi fiend he en on book and on

leaning; and oen he aed fo hoe ho gae him he mean o d. He

oke lilenee moe han he a obligedb ha he did eak a

ala enible and ie.

Sonnge in moal e a hi eche, ending o

And gladl olde he lene, and gladl eche. old, lean

Fll of e oh and goodne a hi eech,

And gladl old he lean, and gladl each.

Then hee a a

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Nohe o be a man a he he na, a no

And i he eemede beie han he a.

He oode b hooml in a medl cooe mied fabic

Gid ih a en of ilk, ih bae male. bel

Nee ha been a bie man han he,

Ye bie han he a, he eemed o be.

He ode b homelclad, in medle coa,

Gi ih a bel of ilk, ih lile ba.

.

The Fanklin.


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Table Doman.

A FRANKELEINa in hi comaine;

Whi a hi bede, a i he daee. dai

Of hi comleion he a angn,Wel loed he in he moe a o of n. moning

Wihoe bake mee a neee hi ho, baked mea (ie)

Of flech and fich, and ha o leneo

Hi need[64]in hi ho of mee and dnke, noed

Of alle denee ha men code hnke. cold hink of

Ae he ond eon of he ee nd

So changede he hi mee and hi oe. e

Hi able doman[65]in hi halle alaSood ed coeed al he longe da.

Thee a a Fanklin in hi coman,

And hie hi bead a, a he daiie be.

Wih dd in did hi comleion hine;

Well loed he in he mon a o of ine.

Wiho good mea, ell cooked, a nee hi hoe,Boh fih and fleh, and ha o leneo,

I eemed a hogh i noed ih mea and dink,

And ee dain ha a man cold hink.

Accoding o he eaon of he ea

He changed hi mea and aied hi good chee.

Hi abledoman in hi hall ala

Sood ead fnihed foh hogho he da.


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He a he mo hoiable of men, and e ellodo. He ke oen hoe,

fo eebod o come and ea hen he liked. He had oen been heiff and

knigh of he hie; fo he a e highl hogh of.

An anla and gie al of ilk all

Heng a hi gedl, hi a mone mlk.

A dagge and a hakingoch of ilk

Hng a hi gidle, hie a moning milk.

A Habedahe, a Caene, a Webbe (eae), a De, and a Taie

(aemake) came ne, ih he Cook he bogh ih hem, a

Shiman, a Doco of Phic, and a oh[66] oman, called he Wife of

Bah, becae he lied nea ha ci.

The Doco of Phic.


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The Wife of Bah.

.

She a o ee in eaing cloh, ha hee a no one ho cold come

o he; and he hogh o mch of heelf, ha if anohe oman een en

o he chch ala befoe he, he conideed i a ligh on he. The Wife

of Bah a middleaged, and omeha deaf: he had had fie hband, b

he had all diedhe a ch a he: and he had aken ilgimage o

Cologne and Rome, and man ohe lace; fo he had len of mone, a

one migh ee b he ho de.

Hie hoen een of fn cale eed, hoe

Fl ee ed, and choo fl mo and nee.

Bold a hie face, and fai and ede of he.

He ocking ee of fine cale ed,

All ail ied, and hoe all moi and ne.

Bold a he face, and fai and ed of he.

She a ell imled ih fine kechief, and he ha a a boad a a

bckle o a age.

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Then came he oo Paonoo in condiion, b ich in hol hogh and

okho a o good, and anch, and e, o ende o inne and

eee o in, egading no ank o ae, b ala a hi o, an eamle o

men.

Wd a hi aich, and hoe fe aond, ide

B he ne lae no fo ene ne hond, ceaed

In iknee no in mechief o iie

The fee in hi aiche, moche and lie, fhe

Uon hi fee, and in hi hond a af.

B Cie loe and hi aole eleHe agh, and fe he foled i himele.[67] folloed

Wide a hi aih, he hoe fa ande,

B nee did he fail, fo ain o hnde,

In ickne and in oe o ii all

Who neededfa o nea, and gea and mall

On foo, and haing in hi hand a aff.

Chi and he ele aole la he agh,

B fi himelf obed i, a he ogh.

.

Then he aon bohe, ho a onl a Ploghman, and oked had in


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he field, kind o hi neighbo, ee hone, loing God aboe all hing. He

oe a abad, and ode on a mae.[68]

Thee a alo a Mille, a Mancile, a Ree, a Smmone, a Padone, and

melf [Chace].

The Ploghman.

The Smmone.


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The Padone.

.

The Smmone[69]a a eiblelooking eon, and ode ih he Padone,

ho a hi fiend: he Padone inging a liel ong, and he Smmone

goling o a ba o i, ih a lod, hah oice. A fo hi look, he had

A feed chebne face,[70]

Fo aceflem he a ih eghen nae. iml

A fiechebin ed face,

Fo iml he a, ih nao ee.

Childen ee oe afaid of him hen he a him, he a o elie, and

o cel in eoing hi gain. He a a e bad man: fo hogh i a hi

d o call befoe he Achdeacon co anbod hom he fond doing

ong, e he old le he ickede eole off, if he bibed him ih

mone; and man oo eole ho did nohing ong he foced o gie him

hei had eaning, heaening ele o eo hem falel o he Achdeacon.He caied a lage cake ih him fo a bckle, and oe a galand big enogh

fo he igno of an inn.[71]

.

The Padone[72]a a gea chea oo, and o he fiend ee ell mached;


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he had long hin hai, a ello a a, ha hng in hed on hi holde.

He oe no hood, b ke i in hi alle: he hogh himelf ie in he

io of fahion.

Dicheele, af hi cae, he ood al bae. ece

Sche glang eghen hadde he, a an hae. ch, ee

A enicle[73]hadde he oed on hi cae;

Hi ale la bfon him in hi lae. befoe

B eel o ellen ae lae, l

He a in chche a noble eccleiae.

Wel code he ede a leon o a oe,[74]

B alhebe he ang an offeoie: be of all

Fo el he e, han ha ong a onge kne, hen

He moe eche, and el affle hi onge, each, he

To nne ile, a he igh el code: in

Thefoe he ang fl meiel and lode.

Diheelld, ae hi ca, he ode baehead:

Sch glaing ee, like o a hae, he had!

A enicle a eed on hi ca;

Hi alle la befoe him, in hi la.

B honel o ell he h a la,

He a in chch a noble eccleia.

Well cold he ead a leon o a o,

B ee be he ang he offeo:

Fo ell he kne ha ae he had ng,

Fo eaching he m olih hi onge,

And h make mone, a he igh ell cold:

Theefoe he ang fll meil and lod.

No I hae old o a mch a I can ha eole came ino he Tabad Inn

ha nigh, and h he ee all aelling ogehe, and hee he ee

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Mine Ho.

O ho made e elcome, and gae a caial e. He a a

hooghl good fello, o hoa lage, o man, ih bigh, ominen

ee, enible and ell behaed, and e me.

Ae e, he made all lagh a good deal ih hi i je; and hen

e had all aid o eckoning, he addeed all:

And ade h: Lo, lodnge, eel l

Ye ben o me igh elcome heil:Fo b m ohe, if ha I chal no le, hall, lie

I ne agh hi ee o me a comane a

A oone in hi hebegh, a i no. inn (abege)

Fan olde I do o mehe, ie I ho.

And of a mehe I am igh no bhogh,

To doon o eee, and i chal coe nogh. do, eae

And aid o : M mae, ceainl

Ye be o me igh elcome, heail:Fo b m h, and flaeing none, a I,

I hae no een o lage a coman

A once inide m inn hi ea, a no!

Id gladl make o mih if I kne ho.

And of a leaan game Im j behogh

To chee he jonei hall co o nogh!

Whoee an o kno ho, hold o hand. We all held o


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hand, and begged him o a on.

Well, m mae, aid he, I a ha each of o hall ell he e fo

oieo on he a o Caneb, and o on he a home. Fo o

kno i i mall fn iding along a dmb a a one. And hichee in he

a ell he be o, hall hae a e a hi inn a he co of he e

hen o come back. To ame o bee, I ill melf gladl join o a,

and ide o Caneb a m on eene, and be a once gide and jdge;and hoee gaina m jdgmen hall a fo all e end b he a.

No, ell me if o all agee, and I ill ge me ead in ime o a.

We ee all ell leaed; and he ne moning, a dabeak, o clee ho

called all ogehe, and e ode off o a lace called he Waeing of S.

Thoma.[75] Thee e haled, and de lo ho hold ell he o fi,

knigh, clek, lad ioe, and eebod.

The lo fell o he knigh, hich ee one a glad of; and a oon a e e

foad, he began a once.

Noe b he Wa.

One of he hing mo deeing of noice in eading Chace i hi inglal

ong ga of chaace. In he Caneb Tale hi i elfeiden, and he

ccinc caaloge of he hione ilgim, hich in feeble hand old

hae been d enogh, i a maeiece of goodhmoed aie, moal

eaching, and, aboe all, hoogahic oai fom life. Yo ill noice ha

Chace mean o make hi Caneb Tale mch longe han he lied odo. Hi innkeee ooe ha each of he ilgim hall ell fo oie.

Onl enfo of hee ei.

Yo ill nee find an chaace dan b Chace acing, eaking, o

looking inconienl. He ha ala ell hold of hi man, and he n him

inide o elenlel. He e eldom anale hogh o moie, b he

ho o ha o cleal, ha o kno ha be iho hi elling

o.

The goodhmoed of mine ho, like all hi cla, nee fogefl ofbine in he mid of la, i ondefll ell hi off; fo he innkeee

cleal old be he gaine b hi leaan aagem: and he een an

one giing him he li b going ih hem o Caneb and back. The

ge ae glad enogh of hi coman, fo he cold be eeciall efl o

hem on he a.

The oie, alo, ill be fond efecl chaaceiic of he ellehee i

no o gien o a naao hoe ank, edcaion, o dioiion make i

inconien. Each ell a ale hoe inciden ao of hi naal occaion


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O

and mahie, and he ie each ake of igh o ong mode of condc

i ell een in he manne a ell a he mae.

Chace eonal di of and conem fo he conemoa Chch

and i ceae a he naal and healh aeion of a e mind and a

inceel eligio hea o a fom of godline dening he oe heeofa

Chch hich had become eall co. I i ignifican of hi efec aiic

hooghne ha, ih hi aeion, he nee an immoal o nfiingale ino he moh of nn o fia; fo i old be mo nlikel ha hee

eon, haee hei iae chaace migh be, old ciminae

hemele in blic.

.

NCE on a ime, a old oie ell , hee a a dke named Thee,

lod and goeno of Ahen, in Geece, and in hi ime ch a coneo

ha hee a none geae nde he n. Fll man a ich con oned

hi a.


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Tha ih hi idam and hi chialie,

He coneed al he egne of Femne, kingdom, Amaon

Tha hilom a icleed Cihea; once, called

And edded he fehe ene Iolia,[76] feh

And bogh he hoom ih him o hi cone, con

Wih mochel gloie and ge olemnie; mch, olemni

And eek hie onge e Emele. alo, ieAnd h ih icoie and ih melode mic

Lee I hi noble dk o Ahene de, dke

And al hi o, in ame him biide. am

Wha ih hi idom and hi chial

The kingdom of he Amaon on he,

Tha a of old ime namd Schia,

And edded he feh Qeen Iolia,

And bogh he o hi on land mol,Wih om and glo, and gea feii;

And alo he ong ie Emele.

And h ih ico and ih melodie

Le I hi noble dke o Ahen ide,

And all hi glieing ho on eihe ide.

And, ceainl, if i ee no oo long o lien o, I old hae old o fll

ho he kingdom of he Amaon a on b Thee and hi ho. And of

he gea bale hee a fo he ime beeen Ahen and he Amaon; andho Ioliahe fai, had een of Schiaa beieged; and abo he

fea ha a held a he edding of Thee and Iolia, and abo he

eme a hei homecoming. B all hi I m c ho.

I hae, God o, a lage feeld o ee; logh

And ake ben he oen in m logh. eak

I hae, God kno, a fll ide field o o,

And feeble be he oen in m logh.

I ill no hinde anbod in he coman. Le ee one ell hi o in n,

and le ee no ho hall in he e!

I ill decibe o o ha haened a Thee a binging home hi bide

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Thi dk, of hom I make mencion,

Whan he a comen almo no he on, come

In al hi ele and in hi moe de, oei

He a a, a he ca hi eghe aide, aae

Whe ha he knelede in he he ee kneeled

A comagne of ladie, ee and ee, o

Ech ae ohe, clad in clohe blake; each, blackB ch a c and ch a oo he make, oe

Tha in hi old n ceae lnge,

Tha hede ch anohe emennge,

And of ha c ne olde he nee enen, ceae

Til he he ene of hi bidel henen. cagh

Wha folk be e ha a mn hom comnge

Peoben o m fee[77]ih cinge? eb

Qod Thee; Hae e o ge ene

Of mn hono, ha h comlene and cie?

O ho hah o miboden o offendid? injedAnd elleh me, if i ma ben amendid;

And h ha e ben clad h al in blak? black

The olde lad of hem alle ak.... hem

Thi dke afoeaid, of deeed enon,

When he had almo come ino he on

In all hi lendo and in all hi ide,

Peceid, a he ca hi ee aide,A coman of ladie, in a o,

Wee kneeling in he highao b o,

Each behind each, clad all in black aa;

B ch an oc of lamen made he,

Tha in hi old hee i no liing hing

Tha ee head ch anohe ocing;

No old he ceae o ail and o comlain

Till he had cagh him b hi bidleein.

Wha folk ae e ho a m homecoming

Peb m feial ih mming,Qoh Thee. O do o en me

Mine hono ha e ail o oefll?

O ho hah injed o, o ho offended?

Tell me, if hal i ma be amended,

And h ae all of o in black aaed?

The olde lad of hem all hen aid

Lod, o hom fone ha gien ico, and o lie ee a a coneo, e


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do no gdge o glo[78]and hono, b e hae come o imloe o

i and hel. Hae mec on in o gief. Thee i no one of ha ha

no been a een o dche; no e ae begga, and o can hel if o

ill.

I a ife o King Caane, ho died a Thebe[79]: and all of ho kneel

and ee hae lo o hband hee ding a iege; and no Ceon, ho i

king of Thebe, ha iled ogehe hee dead bodie, and ill no ffe hemo be eihe bned o bied.

And ih hee od all he ladie e moe ieol han ee, and

aed Thee o hae comaion on hei gea oo.

The kind dke decended fom hi hoe, fll of commieaion fo he oo

ladie. He hogh hi hea old beak ih i hen he a hem o

oofl and dejeced, ho had been lael of o noble a ank.

He aied hem all, and comfoed hem, and oe an oah ha a he a a

e knigh, he old aenge hem on he an king of Thebe in ch afahion ha all he eole of Geece hold be able o ell ho Thee eed

Ceon!

The dke en hi oal bide and he ong ie Emele on o he on of

Ahen, hil he dilaed hi banne, mahalled hi men, and ode foh

oad Thebe. Fo himelf, ill he had accomlihed hi d, he old no

ene Ahen, no ake hi eae fo one halfda heein.

The dke hie banne boe he ed ae of Ma on i; and b hi

banne aed hi ennon, hich had he mone Minoa (lain b Thee

in Geece) beaen ino i in gold. Th ode hi dkeh ode hi

coneo and all hi hohe floe of chialill he came o Thebe.

To make mae ho, Thee fogh ih he King of Thebe, and le him

manl a a knigh in fai bale, and oed hi hole am. Then he deoed

he ci, and gae o he oofl ladie he bone of hei hband, o

bn honoabl ae hei fahion.

When he oh dke had lain Ceon and aken he ci, he emained all

nigh in he field. Ding he illage hich folloed, i haened ha o

ong knigh ee fond ill alie, ling in hei ich amo, hoghgieol onded. B hei coaamo[80]he heald kne he ee of

he bloodoal of Thebe; o coin, he on of o ie. Thei name

ee Palamon and Acie.

Thee o knigh ee caied a caie o Thee en, and he en hem

off o Ahen, hee he ee o be imioned fo life; no anom old he

ake.

Then he dke en back o Ahen coned ih lael, hee he lied in jo


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and in hono all hi da, hile Palamon and Acie ee h in a ong

oe fll of angih and mie, beond all each of hel.

Th eeal ea aed.


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Thi aeh ee b ee, and da b da,

Till i fel oone in a moe of Ma moning

Tha Emele, ha faie a o eene ee

Than i he lilie on hie alke gene,

And feche han he Ma ih floe nee floe

Fo ih he oe colo of hie hee, oe, he

I no hich a he faee of hem oE i ee da a che a on o do,

Sche a aien, and al ed digh; deed

Fo Ma ole han no loggade a ngh. loh

The eon ikeh ee genil hee,

And makeh him o of hi leee ee,

And eih, A, and do hin obeance.[81] aie, hine

Thi maked Emele han emembance

To don hono o Ma, and fo o e. do

Iclohed a che feh fo o dee.[82] clohed

Hie ole hee a bodid in a ee, elloBhnde hie bak, a ede long I gee.

And in he gadn a he onne ie

Sche alkeh and don he a hie lie. leaed

Sche gadeeh floe, a he and eede,

To make a oil geland[83]fo hie heede,

And a an angel heenl che ong.

Th aeh ea b ea, and da b da,Till i fell once on a mon of Ma

Tha Emelemoe beaeo o be een

Than i he lil on hi alk of geen,

And fehe han he Ma ih floe ne

(Fo ih he oe colo oe he he

I kno no hich a faie of he o)

Eal he oe a he a on o do,

All ead obed befoe he da a bigh;

Fo Ma ime ill no ffe loh a nigh;

The eaon ickeh ee genle hea,And makeh him o of hi lee o a,

And aih, Rie , ale he bih of ing!

And heefoe Emele, emembeing

To a eec o Ma, oe eedil:

Aied he a all feh and caefll,

He ello hai a baided in a e

Behind he back, a fll ad long, I ge,

And in he gaden a he n oe

She andeed and don hee a he choe.


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Lage Image

FAIR EMELYE GATHERING FLOWERS.

The fainee of he lad ha I ee

Yonde in he gadn omnge o and fo.

The gea oe, o hick and ong, in hich hee o knigh ee

imioned, a cloejoined o he all of he gaden.

Bigh a he n, and clea, ha moning, a Palamon, b leae of hi jailo,

had ien, and a oaming abo in an e chambe, fom hich he cold

ee he hole noble ci of Ahen, and alo he gaden, fll of geen bogh,

j hee feh Emele a alking.

Thi oofl ione, hi Palamon, ke acing o and fo in hi chambe,

ihing he had nee been bon; and i haened b chance ha hogh he

indo, ae and baed ih ion, he ca hi ee on Emele.


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He aed and cied o alod, Ah! a hogh he ee icken o he hea.

And ih ha c Acie ang , aing, Dea coin, ha ail o? Yo

ae ie ale and deahl. Wh did o c o? Fo God loe be aien

ih hi ion life ince i canno be aleed. Wha i Heaen ill e m

ende.

Palamon aneed, Coin, i i no hano hi dngeon made me c

ob I a mien igh no hogh he ee ino m hea. The faine

of a lad ha I ee onde in he gaden, oaming o and fo, made me c o.

I kno no hehe he be oman o godde: b I hink i i Ven heelf!

And he fell don on hi knee and cied, Ven, if i be h ill h o

anfige helf in he gaden, hel o ecae o of he oe.

Then Acie looked foh and a hi lad oaming o and fo, and he bea

oched him o de

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