The Miller's Prologue. Heere folwen the wordes betwene the Hoost and the Millere Here follow the words between the Host and the Miller.

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The Miller's Tale is about a wealthy carpenter called John who lives in Oxford with his wife called Alison, who is only eighteen years old.

Here begins the Miller's Tale. Once upon a time there dwelt in Oxford A rich churl, that took in guests to board, And for his craft he was a carpenter.

Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale". The text below is reformatted from Harvard University's Interlinear Translations of The Canterbury Tales.

Here follow the words between the Host and the Miller. When the Knight had ended his tale, in the entire crowd was there nobody, young or old, who did not say ...

The Miller's Tale, a Canterbury tale by Geoffrey Chaucer, late-fourteenth century Middle English, retold in Modern English.

John, a rich old carpenter of Oxford has a young wife, the eighteen-year-old Alisoun, whom he guards carefully, for he is very jealous.

ONCE ON A TIME was dwelling in Oxford. A wealthy lout who took in guests to board,. And of his craft he was a carpenter. A poor scholar was lodging with him ...

The Miller's Tale Whilom ther was dwellynge at oxenford Line 3187 A riche gnof, that gestes heeld to bord, Line 3188 And of his craft he was a carpenter.