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Plot. Genghis Khan ("Cambyuskan" in Chaucer's version) leads the Mongol Empire with two sons, Algarsyf and Cambalo, and a daughter, Canace. At the twentieth anniversary of his reign, he holds a feast, and a strange knight sent from "the kyng of Arabe and of Inde " [3] approaches him bearing gifts, a motif common in Arthurian legends.
The Squire is the Knight’s son, a young man of about twenty, who is training to follow in his father’s footsteps. Unlike the Knight, a dignified and sincere veteran of the crusades, the Squire is far more focused on courtly love and romance than war, likely because of his age and relative inexperience.
The Squire tells the tale of Cambyuskan, the king of Sarai in Tartary. With his wife Elpheta he had two sons, Algarsyf and Cambalo, and a daughter Canacee (previously mentioned by the Man of Law). In the twentieth year of his reign, on the Ides of March, his subjects celebrated his nativity.
Summary. At the completion of The Merchant's Tale, someone — the host, we assume — suggests that, because the squire knows about love, he give another tale about love. The Squire agrees but asks to be excused if he says anything amiss.
The Squire’s Tale, one of the 24 stories in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The Squire relates an incomplete tale of the Tartar king Cambyuskan (Cambuscan), who receives four magical gifts: a brass horse that can fly anywhere safely but at astonishing speed, a sword that can penetrate.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Squire’s Tale Summary. PDF Cite. The Squire’s Introduction. The Host calls on the Squire to say something about love. The Squire assures him that he will speak as well as he can and tell his...
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Squire, introduced in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, is a young man, a disciple of his father, to become a knight. He has great talent, but the question is whether his talents lie in the fight, music, and art. "Squire from Canterbury Chaucer Stories" is a young man with many talents.
