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Excerpt from The Nun's Priest's TaleMv only need for a Preface to this edition of the ivorme Frasier Tale is to offer my thanks to Dr. J. F. Payne for his kindness in contributing the interesting.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.

Includes full transcripts and collations of the text of the tale and links in all other manuscripts, grey-scale images and descriptions of manuscripts. A database of all spellings, stemmic analyses, and a scholarly commentary are also included to make this the ideal tool for study of both tale and manuscript. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: CD-ROM runs identically on PC Windows andMacintosh systems, using either Netscape or Internet Explorer 4.0 andhigher. The following equipment is recommended: PC: 486 or later /Windows 95+ / 32Mb RAM / double-speed CD-ROM drive. MACINTOSH: System7.6.1 or later / 64Mb of RAM / double-speed CD-ROM drive.Apart from an internet browser, all necessary search software and fontsare provided on the CD-ROM.Individual licence: you may make one copy of this publication on your hard disc.

This new educational edition of "The Nun's Priest's Tale" presents one of the best-known stories from "The Canterbury Tales" in an accessible form for college and A-level students. It uses the Riverside text and includes "The Nun's Priest's" prologue, tale, epilogue, as well as "The Portrait of the Prioress" from the "General Prologue". Supportive notes provide detail on the historical and literary background to the tale and the Approaches section offers commentary and activities on key themes and techniques, such as the significance of dreams in the tale, varying attitudes of the time to women, and Chaucer's use of the mock heroic alongside this beast fable. Practical guidance is also given on how to read Middle English, and the edition includes a pronunciation guide and full Glossary. A chronology of Chaucer's life and work, and illustrations of contemporary images offer further context for students' readings of the poem.

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. 1915 Excerpt: ...4133. as taak. For this obsolete use of 'as' introducing an imperative cp. Tr. and Cr., v. 522, 'as go we seene the paleis of Creseide '; A 3777, 'as lene it me.' The New English Dictionary quotes no instances of this use save from Chaucer. 4134. Up peril. This use of 'up' where we should now say 'upon' is chiefly found in Chaucer in the phrases 'up peyne' and 'up peril.' Cp. 'up peyne of los of lyf (a 2543); 'up peyne ot hanging' (b 795); 'up peyne of deth' (B 884); 'up peril of my lyf (d 1145). But in the Book 0f the Duchesse he has 'up condicioun' (750); and again, 'up al resoun so wel y-founded' (922). 4139. to herbes techen yow. For the use of the preposition with 'techen' cp. the Romance of Perceval, 2109: 'he taughte him sone to the kiste.' 4142. han of hire propretee by kynde: have naturally arising out of their special qualities. 4145. compleccioun, temperament, constitution. See Appendix A, §3 4149. a fevere terciane. Langland, Piers Plowman, A, xii. 82-85, mentions the three medieval fevers--quartan (every fourth day), tertian (every third), and quotidian (daily)--all together. 'My name is Feuere; on the ferthe day I am afirst athirst euere, I am messager of Deth; men haue I tweyne; That on is called Cotidian, a courour of oure hous; Tercian that other, trewe drinkeres bothe.' 31 4154. Or elles of ellebor that groweth there, see Appendix A, §5 4156. ther mery Is. 'Mery' seems to be used here, as in line 4261, to express pleasantness of situation. Instead of ther the Lansdowne manuscript reads that, which Dr. Skeat adopts and explains as an ironical allusion to the nauseousness of ivy leaves. 4157. Pekke hem up right as they growe and ete hem yn: a good example of the conversational freedom of Chaucer's later verse. 4158. fader, the unin...