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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.
- The Wife of Bath's Tale
The Prologe of the Wyves Tale of Bathe. 1 "Experience,...
- 4.2 The Merchant's Prologue, Tale, and Epilogue
1867 That langwissheth for love, as ye shul heere; That...
- 1.4 The Reeve's Prologue and Tale
The Prologe of the Reves Tale. 3855 Whan folk hadde laughen...
- 4.1 The Clerk's Prologue, Tale, and Envoy
56 But this his tale, which that ye ... That you would...
- 1.1 General Prologue
36 Er that I ferther in this tale pace, Before I proceed...
- 1.2 The Knight's Tale
1084 For Goddes love, taak al in pacience For the love of...
- 7.3 The Prioress
1.2 The Knight's Tale; 1.3 The Miller's Prologue and Tale;...
- The Wife of Bath's Tale
1867 That langwissheth for love, as ye shul heere; That languishes for love, as you shall hear; 1868 Therfore I speke to hym in this manere: Therefore I speak to him in this manner: 1869 I seye, "O sely Damyan, allas!
The Prologe of the Wyves Tale of Bathe. 1 "Experience, though noon auctoritee. "Experience, though no written authority. 2 Were in this world, is right ynogh for me. Were in this world, is good enough for me. 3 To speke of wo that is in mariage; To speak of the woe that is in marriage;
GEOFFREY CHAUCER’S THE WIFE OF BATH’S PROLOGUE AND TALE PRESENT-DAY ENGLISH PROSE TRANSLATION BY TAYLOR M. CONLEY, HANNAH GUNNELL, AND CAROLYN WOODRUFF December 3, 2019 The Wife of Bath’s Prologue Experience, though no written authority was in this world, is right enough for me to speak of woe that is in marriage.
Love your wife well, as Christ loved his Church. If you love yourself, then love your wife. No man hates his flesh, but all his life He nurtures it; and therefore bid I thee, Cherish your wife, or never prosperous be. Husband and wife, whatever men jesting say, Among the worldly, keep to the safest way.
He could still win my love to him anon. I swear I loved him best, because he Was in his love niggardly to me. We women have, you’ll hear no lie from me, In this affair a strange fantasy: Whatever we may not easily get, We cry all day and crave for it. Forbid us aught, desire it then will we;
The wife of bath’s tale When good King Arthur ruled in ancient days (A king that every Briton loves to praise) This was a land brim-full of fairy folk. The Elf-Queen and her courtiers joined and broke Their elfin dance on many a green mead, Or so was the opinion once, I read, Hundreds of years ago, in days of yore. But no one now sees fairies ...
