Geoffrey Chaucer:The Canterbury Tales
illustrated by W. Russell Flint
Frontispiece
Prologue
“Ne how the goddes ronnen up and doun,
Disherited of hir habitacioun,
In which they woneden in reste and pees,
Nymphes, Faunes, and Amadrides”
Disherited of hir habitacioun,
In which they woneden in reste and pees,
Nymphes, Faunes, and Amadrides”
Knight's Tale (Die Erzählung des Ritters)
Man of Law’s Tale
Knight’s Tal
Knight’s Tale
“And how asseged was Ipolita,
The faire hardy quene of Scithia”
The faire hardy quene of Scithia”
Man of Law’s Tale![]()
Knight’s Ta
“He caste his eye upon Emelya,
And there-with-al he bleynte, and cryde ‘a!’
As though he stongen were un-to the herte”
And there-with-al he bleynte, and cryde ‘a!’
As though he stongen were un-to the herte”
“And on hir bare knees adoun they falle,
And wolde have kist his feet ther-as he stood,
Til at the laste aslaked was his mood”
And wolde have kist his feet ther-as he stood,
Til at the laste aslaked was his mood”
“Amiddes of the temple sat meschaunce,
With disconfort and sory contenaunce”
Miller's Tale (Die Erzählung des Müllers)
For she was wilde and yong, and he was old”
Man of Law's Tale (Die Erzählung des Rechtsgelehrten)
Man of Law’s Tale
Solempnely, with every circumstance”
To seen this wrak, and al the ship he soghte,
And fond this wery womman ful of care”
She gilty was, and in the mene whyles
A hand him smoot upon the nekke-boon”
Prioresses Tale (Die Erzählung der Priorin)
“This child with pitous lamentacioun
Up-taken was, singing his song alway;
And with honour of greet processioun
They carien him un-to the nexte abbay”
Tale of Melibee (Die Erzählung von Melibeus)
“Judith, by hir good conseil, delivered the citee of Bethulie,
in which she dwelled, out of the handes of Olofernus”
Volume 2
Monk's Tale (Die Erzählung des Mönchs)
Ther may no man the cours of hir witholde”
Dredful to kinges and to emperoures,
Now gaureth al the peple on hir, allas!”
Pardoners Tale (Die Erzählung des Ablasskrämers)
Of yonge folk, that haunteden folye”
Wyf (Wife) of Bathes Prologue
Was for t’espye wenches that he dighte”
Wife of Bath's Tale (Die Erzählung des Weibes von Bath)
That she so fair was, and so yong ther-to"
Clerk's Tale (Die Erzählung des Klerk)
“Grisilde of this, god woot, ful innocent,
That for hir shapen was al this array,
To fecchen water at a welle is went”
Where many a tour and toun thou mayst biholde”
I was your wyf, thogh I unworthy were”
With other folk, to grete the markisesse”
Mercheant's Tale (Die Erzählung des Kaufmanns)
Gan oversprede the hemisperie aboute;
For which departed is this lusty route
Fro Januarie, with thank on every syde”
That in the gardin with his faire May
Singeth, ful merier than the papejay,
‘Yow love I best, and shal, and other noon’ “
Volume 3
Squire's Tale (Die Erzählung des Junkers)
And on this faucon loketh pitously,
And heeld hir lappe abrood”
Franklin's Tale
For verray fere so wolde hir herte quake,
That on hir feet she mighte hir noght sustene”
That fressher was and jolyer of array,
As to my doom, than is the monte of May”
“And after this, he dide him swich plesaunce,
That he him shewed his lady on a daunce”
Second Nun's Tale (Die Erzählung der zweiten Nonne)
And was ful glad he coude trouthe espye”
Do sacrifyce, or Cristendom reneye,
That thou mowe now escapen by that weye’ “
Hom til hir hous, ‘and in hir hous,’ quod he,
‘Brenne hir right in a bath of flambes rede’ “
Manciple's Tale
And in his irfe his wyf thanne hath he slayn”
Parson's Tale (Die Erzählung des Pfarrers)
“Thise almesses shaltow doon of thyne owene propre thinges,
and hastily, and prively if thou mayst”
god by penitence in this world, and nat by tresor, therfore
sholde he preye to god to yeve him respyt a whyle, to bi-
wepe and biwaillen his trespas”
and peyne”