The Canterbury Tales (Paperback)

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 87 THE MILLERES PROLOGUE. 3111-3140. Whan that the Knight had thus his tale told, In all the compagnie n'aa ther yong ne old, That he ne said it was a noble storie, And worthy to be drawen to memorie; And namely the gentiles everich on. Our hoste lough and swore, So mote I gon, This goth aright; unbokeled is the male;' Let see now who shal tell another tale: For trewely this game is wel begonne. Now telleth ye, sire Monk, if that ye conne, Somwhat, to quiten with the knightes tale. The Miller that for-drouken was all pale, So that unethes2 upon his hors he sat, He n'old avalen3 neither hood ne hat, Ife abiden no man for his curtesie, But in Pilate vois4 he gan to crie, And swore by armes, and by blood, and bones, I can a noble tale for the nones, "With which I wol now quite the knightes tale. Our hoste saw that he was dronken of ale, And sayd; abide, Robin, my leve brother, Som better man shall tell us first another: Abide, and let us werken thriftily. By Goddes soul (quod he) that wol not I, For I wol speke, or elles go my way. Our hoste answerd; Tell on a devil way; Thou art a fool; thy wit is overcome. Now herkeneth, quod the miller, all and some: But first I make a protestatioun, That I am dronke, I know it by my soun: ' Tbe budget is opened. -; Uneasily. 3 To take nil; to don. 4 la Pilatet Kit. In such a voice as Pilate was used to speak with in the Mysteries. Pilate, being an odious character, wan probably represented as speaking with a harsh, disagreeable voice.?Tyrwhilt. And therfore if that I misspeke or say, Wite1 it the ale of Southwerk, I you pray: For I wol tell a legend and a lif Both of a carpenter and of his wif, How that a clerk hath set the wrightes cappe.2 The Reve auswerd and saide, Stint thy clappe. Let be ...

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