It is the story of a group of thirty people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury (England). The pilgrims, who come from all layers of society, tell stories to ...

24 Be what thou be, ne breke thou nat oure pley; Be whatever thou may be, break thou not our rules; 25 For every man, save thou, hath toold his tale ...

An interlinear translation of The Parson's Prologue is available for students reading this text for the first time.) Short Summary:

The Parson's Tale is a solemn and formal sermon, long and tedious, on the renunciation of the world. The Parson speaks of all life as a pilgrimage from this ...

The Parson's Tale. Translator's note: The following extract is provided to illustrate the style of this lengthy prose sermon on the right preparation for ... The Manciple's Tale · The Parson's Prologue

Each tale is preceded by an introductory prologue. The Parson's Tale - The last of the Canterbury Tales. The Parson tells a “merry tale” about the Seven Deadly.

There was a good man of religion, too, A country parson, poor, I warrant you; But rich he was in holy thought and work. He was a learned man also, a clerk,

The Parson's Tale is the final "tale" of Geoffrey Chaucer's fourteenth-century poetic cycle The Canterbury Tales. Its teller, the Parson, is a virtuous ... Framing narrative · The Tale · Character of the Parson

The Parish Priest's Tale (Parson's Tale) from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, fourteenth century Middle English, translated and retold in Modern ...

Amen. Notes to the Parson's Tale. 1. The Parson's Tale is believed to be a translation, more or less free, from some treatise on penitence that was in favour ...