Prologue That minister and nurse to every vice, Known in the English tongue as Idleness, That portress of the gate […]

(Translated and Edited by Gerard NeCastro) The Legendary of the Saints of Cupid Prologue A thousand times I have heard […]

Somtyme this world was so stedfast and stable That mannes word was obligacioun; And now it is so fals and […]

Prologue 1 Woot ye nat where ther stant a litel toun 2 Which that ycleped is Bobbe-up-and-doun, 3 Under the […]

Here begynyth the Parlement of Foulys THE PROEM 1 The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne, 2 […]

1 Ther was, as telleth Titus Livius, 2 A knyght that called was Virginius, 3 Fulfild of honour and of […]

859 Whilom, as olde stories tellen us, 860 Ther was a duc that highte Theseus; 861 Of Atthenes he was […]

Prologue When Saint Cecilia’s life was finished, we Had ridden less than five miles–we would be 555 At Boughton under […]

Prologue 554 Whan ended was the lyf of Seinte Cecile, 555 Er we hadde riden fully fyve mile, 556 At […]

A blisful lyf, a paisible and a swete, Ledden the peples in the former age. They helde hem payed of […]

Prologue When his tale the Manciple had ended, The sun from the south line had descended So low that it […]

Madame, for youre newefangelnesse, Many a servant have ye put out of grace. I take my leve of your unstedefastnesse, […]

Prologue 3855 Whan folk hadde laughen at this nyce cas 3856 Of Absolon and hende Nicholas, 3857 Diverse folk diversely […]

Prologue “Sir Oxford Student,” said our Host, “you ride As still and quiet as a brand-new bride Who’s sitting at […]

Prologue Although this worthy limiter, the Friar, 1265 Had all the while been glowering with ire At the Summoner, to […]