Griselda’s dead, her patience, too, long since Both buried in some far Italian vale. And so I cry in open […]

Introduction 1 “Squier, com neer, if it youre wille be, 2 And sey somwhat of love, for certes ye 3 […]

When April’s gentle rains have pierced the drought Of March right to the root, and bathed each sprout Through every […]

Prologue “Whoa!” said the Knight, “good sir, that’s quite enough! You’ve said what there’s to say about such stuff And […]

One time in Saint Denis a merchant dwelled And he was well to do, for which men held Him wise. […]

Prologue “Of weeping, wailing, care and other plight I know enough each morning, noon, and night,” The Merchant said, “and […]

Prologue Merry Words of the Host to Chaucer This miracle, when told, made every man So sober that it was […]

Fle fro the pres, and dwelle with sothefastnesse, Suffise thin owen thing, thei it be smal; For hord hath hate, […]

Prologue 1889 Whan ended was my tale of Melibee, 1890 And of Prudence and hire benignytee, 1891 Oure Hooste seyde, […]

The Prologe of. IX. Goode Wimmen. A thousand tymes have I herd men telle, That ther is Ioye in heven, […]

This wrecched worldes transmutacioun, As wele or wo, now povre and now honour, Withouten ordre or wys discrecioun Governed is […]

Introduction Words of the Host to the Company Our Host saw that the brightly shining sun Through artificial day’s arc […]

Prologue 1265 This worthy lymytour, this noble Frere, 1266 He made alwey a maner louryng chiere 1267 Upon the Somonour, […]

Geoffrey Chaucer: The House of Fame (Translated and Edited by Gerard NeCastro) Book I Proem May God turn every dream […]

Introduction Words of the Host to the Physician and the Pardoner Our Host began to swear as if gone mad. […]