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Excerpt from Chaucer's the Prologue and the Knightes TaleIn 1357 he was in the king's service as page in the household of Lionel, third son of Edward III.; and in 1359 he served in the army that invaded France, where he was taken prisoner, but soon after released, the king paying sixteen pounds toward his ransom.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

The parentage, date of birth, and many other details in the life of Geoffrey Chaucer, the Father of English Poetry, are involved in more or less obscurity, and those mentioned in the following brief biography, although in accordance with the best authorities, must not all be regarded as unquestionably established. He was bom probably in 1340 (not in 1328, as formerly believed). His father was John Chaucer, a wealthy vintner, evidently of some social standing, since in 1338 he was in attendance on King Edward III. Geoffrey was liberally educated. Both Cambridge andO xford claim him as a student, and it is probable that he attended both universities, a practice not uncommon with scholars of his day. At the period of his leaving Oxford, says Leland, he was already an acute dialectician, a persuasive orator, an elegant poet, a grave philosopher, an able mathematician, and an accomplished divine. In 1357 he was in the kings service as page in the household of Lionel, third son of Edward III.; and in 1359 he served in the army that invaded France, where he was taken prisoner, but soon after released, the king paying sixteen pounds toward his ransom.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...Who loketh lightly now but Palamoun? Who springeth up for Ioye but Arcite? Who couthe telle, or who couthe it endyte, The Ioye that is maked in the place 1015 Whan Theseus hath doon so fair a grace? But doun on knees wente every maner wight,1 And thanked him with al hir herte and might, And namely the Thebans ofte sythe. And thus with good hope and with herte blythe 1020 They take hir leve, and hom-ward gonrje they ryde To Thebes, with his olde walles wyde. Explicit secunda pars. Sequitur pars tercia. I trowe men wolde deme it necligence, If I foryete to tellen the dispence Of Theseus, that goth so busily 1025 To maken up the listes roially; 2 That swich a noble theatre as it was, I dar wel seyn that in this world ther nas. The circuit a myle was aboute, Walled of stoon, and diched al with-oute. 1030 Round was the shap, in manere of compas, Ful of degrees,3 the heighte of sixty pas, That, whan a man was set on o degree, He lette4 nat his felawe for to see. Est-ward ther stood a gate of marbel whyt, 1035 West-ward, right swich another in the opposit. And shortly to concluden, swich a place Was noon in erthe, as in so litel space; 1 Every person. 2 Royally. 3 Steps rising one above another. 4 Hindered. For in the lond ther nas no crafty man, That geometrie or ars-metrik1 can, 1040 Ne portreyour, ne kervere of images, That Theseus ne yaf him mete and wages The theatre for to maken and devyse. And for to doon his ryte and sacrifyse, He est-ward hath up-on the gate above, 1045 In worship of Venus, goddesse of love, Doon make an auter 2 and an oratorie; And west-ward, in the mynde and in memorie Of Mars, he maked hath right swich another, That coste largely of gold a fother.3 1050 And porth-ward, in a touret on the wal, Of alabastre whyt and reed coral...

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