Author : Percy Society
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332005376
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (53 download)
Book Synopsis Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Vol. 26 by : Percy Society
Download or read book Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Vol. 26 written by Percy Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Vol. 26: Edited From Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications The Canterbury Tales. The Prologe of the Monkes Tale. Whan ended was my tale of Melibe, And of Prudence and hire benignite, Oure hoste sayde, "As I am faithful man, And by the precious corpus Madryan! I hadde lever than a barel ale That gode leef my wyf had herd this tale. For sche is no thing of such pacience As was this Melibeus wyf dame Prudence. By Goddes boones! whan I bete my knaves, Sche bringeth me forth the grete clobbet staves, And crieth, 'slee the dogges everychon! And breke of hem bothe bak and bon!' And if that eny neghebour of myne Wol nought to my wyf in chirche enclyne, Or be so hardy to hir to trespace, Whan sche comth horn, sche rampeth in my face, And crieth, 'false coward, wreke thy wyf! By corpes bones! I wil have thy knyf, And thou schalt have my distaf and go spynne.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
