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By Geoffrey Chaucer. Here bygynneth the Book of the tales of Caunterbury. Whan that Aprille with his shour e s soot e, The droghte of March hath perc e d to the root e, And bath e d every veyne in swich licóur. Of which vertú engendr e d is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his swet e breeth. Inspir e d hath in every holt and heeth.
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The Canterbury Tales. Synopses and Prolegomena; Text and Translations. 1.1 General Prologue; 1.2 The Knight's Tale; 1.3 The Miller's Prologue and Tale; 1.4 The Reeve's Prologue and Tale; 1.5 The Cook's Prologue and Tale; 2.1 The Man of Law's Introduction, Prologue, Tale, and Epilogue; 3.1 The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale; 3.2 The Friar's ...
To generate therein and sire the flower; When Zephyr also has, with his sweet breath, (5) Quickened again, in every holt and heath, The tender shoots and buds, and the young sun. Into the Ram one half his course has run, And many little birds make melody.
The Middle English text is from Larry D. Benson., Gen. ed., The Riverside Chaucer, Houghton-Mifflin Company; used with permission of the publisher. 1 Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote. When April with its sweet-smelling showers.
In the prologue, Chaucer sets out the framing narrative of the poem: he is travelling on a pilgrimage to Canterbury, and all of the pilgrims will tell a tale along the way.
The General Prologue - The Prioress. There was also a nun, a prioress, Who, in her smiling, modest was and coy; Her greatest oath was but “By Saint Eloy!”. And she was known as Madam Eglantine. Full well she sang the services divine (5)
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The Alexandrian Crusade, also known as the sacking of Alexandria, took place in October 1365, approximately twenty years before Chaucer began writing The Canterbury Tales. This Crusade was led by Peter I of Cyprus and resulted in the destruction of many mosques and temples.
