3457         So ferde another clerk with astromye;                     Jealous he was, and held her narrowly in confinement,                     He coughs first, and knocks then In red hose he went elegantly.                     One can die of imagination, 3465         Get me a staf, that I may underspore, 3825         And criden "Out" and "Harrow" in the strete.                     For suffering of his spirit he groans deeply,                     Run in to gawk at this man,                     For he shall find enough, of every sort, 3455         Ye, blessed be alwey a lewed man                     His Almagest, and books large and small, "It am I, Absolon." Let be thy ignorant drunken ribaldry.                     This servant goes up very resolutely, 3164         Of Goddes pryvetee, nor of his wyf. Ay, Christ's foe! Allas, myn Alisoun!"                     To which he some times sang a loud high treble;                     And have therein sufficient victuals 3223         Of eighteteene yeer she was of age.                     He weeps, wails, looks wretched; 3525         And seyde, "Is ther no remedie in this cas?" "Yes indeed," said this Carpenter, "very long ago." 3322         Ful faire and thikke been the poyntes set. 3570         Whan that the water comth, that we may go 3303         Whan Nicholas had doon thus everideel For evil spirits of the nights, the white pater-noster! This good wife went on a holiday. seyde Nicholay, People laughed at his fantasy, staring into the roof of his smashed house, and turning all of his hurt into a joke and everything that John argu                     That we may freely pass forth on our way, And ribaldry they told, both of the two. 3749         But Absolon, that seith ful ofte, "Allas!" 3382         And somme for strokes, and somme for gentillesse. 3768         Why rise ye so rathe? 3578         Be myrie, for the flood wol passe anon.'                     And thus she makes Absolon her fool,                     That to no person thou shalt this counsel reveal, 3254         So gay a popelote or swich a wenche. 3259         Therto she koude skippe and make game, 3396         This nye Nicholas stood in his light. The medlar, the fruit of the mespilus tree, is only edible when . 3654         In bisynesse of myrthe and of solas, 3815         "Help! Heere bigynneth the Millere his tale. 3546         Men may nat preche or maken tariyng.                     For each of us, but see that they be large,                     Fair was this young wife, and moreover                     Nor call, nor cry, but be in his prayer;                     The folk did laugh at his foolishness; Take away your hands, for your courtesy!" 3343         And namely on this carpenteris wyf. And plays fast, and makes melody.                     No wonder is though that I swelter and sweat; 3812         The hoote kultour brende so his toute,                     And she answered her husband immediately, Geoffrey Chaucer - The Canterbury Tales: Miller’s Tale 1 The Miller’s Tale Geoffrey Chaucer Here follow the words between the Host and the Miller.                     And brought of strong ale a large quart; 3210         His augrym stones layen faire apart, 3732         And at the wyndow out she putte hir hole, Ey, benedicitee!                     And with his legs kick to and fro, quod hende Nicholas,                     For though Absolon be crazed or angry, 3761         Until a smyth men cleped daun Gerveys,                     Neither bread nor ale, until he came to the pavement                     And said, "I am a lord in every way;                     Who did not say it was a noble story                     But first he chews cardamom and licorice,                     Lend it to me; I have something to do with it, Go, save our life, and that I beseech thee." And softer than the wool is of a sheep. "Yes indeed," said this Carpenter, "very long ago.". 3114         Oure Hooste lough and swoor, "So moot I gon, 3680         That at the leeste wey I shal hire kisse. To have as great a grace as Noah had.                     This world," he said, "in less than an hour 3446         Adoun he gooth, and tolde his maister soone                     For thus says Salomon, which was very true: This nearby Nicholas cast him in the shadow. That for your love I sweat wherever I go. 3580         Good morwe, I se thee wel, for it is day.' The miller sets out to tell a story that will subvert the virtues of love as portrayed by the knight, as … 3627         And hem vitailled, bothe trogh and tubbe, 3256         Than in the Tour the noble yforged newe. And plays fast, and makes melody. And also he snores, for his head lay wrong. "Then make thee ready," said she, "I come right now."                     "Go from the window, you idiot," she said; 3619         He siketh with ful many a sory swogh;                     That unless you wait patiently and are secretive,                     And at the last this clever Nicholas                     Because he was far from her sight, 3547         "Anon go gete us faste into this in 3464         If that I may, by Jhesus, hevene kyng! Before he could get his wife onto the ship? And, I am happy to say, it’s just as addicting as ever! 3450         A man woot litel what hym shal bityde.                     Why, let me be!" for Christ's sweet cross,                     So long as he can find God's plenty there, 3252         In al this world, to seken up and doun, "Help! 3575         Thanne shaltou swymme as myrie, I undertake, The yeoman offered hospitality to the summoner. 3258         As any swalwe sittynge on a berne. as he were wood, And Absolon goes forth walking sadly.                     And thus they are agreed and sworn And said, "Help us, Saint Frideswide! 3328         In twenty manere koude he trippe and daunce                     And therefore, whoever does not want to hear it,                     And swore he would be her own servant; 3250         And by hir girdel heeng a purs of lether,                     This carpenter woke suddenly out of his slumber, 3523         And shal she drenche? And therefore, knowest thou what is best to do? 3620         He gooth and geteth hym a knedyng trogh, 3. 3369         "Yis, God woot, John, I heere it every deel."                     He knew not Cato, for his wit was rude, But Absolon, who says very often, "Alas!"                     He would not doff neither hood nor hat, "Now listen," said the Miller, "everyone! 3206         And he hymself as sweete as is the roote                     He stays awake all the night and all the day;                     And over that he had a gay surplice And those were bent and black as any sloe. 3608         Help us to scape, or we been dede echon!                     Very elegantly strewn with sweet-smelling herbs;                     Men should wed according to their status in life, 3728         "Have do," quod she, "com of, and speed the faste, 3494         Of certeyn thyng that toucheth me and thee.                     This goes on all that same Saturday, Go now thy way, and speed thee on this business. 3496         This carpenter goth doun, and comth ageyn, And some by force, and some for noble character.                     And Absolon, to him it happened no better nor worse,                     This hapless carpenter has great marvel                     His astrolabe, belonging to his art (of astronomy),                     That not one of us speak a word, That she had had a ship for herself alone. 3607         And seyde, "Allas!                     Then kiss me, since it can be no better, And also he snores, for his head lay wrong.                     Goes with a censer on the holiday, And all the night then will I stay awake and play. 3659         Upon the Monday was at Oseneye Help, for God's heart!".                     He walked in the fields to look 3566         That no man of oure purveiaunce espye. "Then make thee ready," said she, "I come right now." "Now hush, and thou shalt laugh all thy fill."                     Ask not why, for though thou ask me,                     And said, "Dear brother Oswald, 3417         For, for no cry hir mayde koude hym calle,                     And thus lie Alison and Nicholas, Until Sunday, when the sun goes to rest. said she. And turned all his harm into a joke.                     After the school of Oxford as it was then, 3393         Maketh the ferre leeve to be looth." 3334         In al the toun nas brewhous ne taverne As any swallow sitting on a barn.                     If he asked about Nicholas,                     Down he goes, and told his master immediately "Now hush, and thou shalt laugh all thy fill. as if he were crazy, 3359         That was upon the carpenteris wal.                     For she was wild and young, and he was old 3372         So woweth hire that hym is wo bigon.                     This Nicholas no longer would tarry, 3558         I wol nat tellen Goddes pryvetee. 3368         And she answerde hir housbonde therwithal, 3451         This man is falle, with his astromye, 3499         This Nicholas his dore faste shette,                     To slander any man, or defame him, Good morrow, I see thee well, for it is day.'                     Up rises this elegant lover Absolon, 3766         "What, who artow?" 3295         That but ye wayte wel and been privee, 3555         But Robyn may nat wite of this, thy knave, 3290         That she hir love hym graunted atte laste, 3780         Or in a poke nobles alle untold, 3802         And out his ers he putteth pryvely 3459         Upon the sterres, what ther sholde bifalle,                     Very quietly knock at his window Enraged upon discovering the deception, Absolon returns and pleads once more; this time Nicholas assumes the same pose and is rewarded with a scorching branding iron. 3299         "A clerk hadde litherly biset his whyle, 3750         "My soule bitake I unto Sathanas, 3787         And wente unto the carpenteris wal. he was shouted down by Nicholas and Alison, who claimed he was mad, being frightened of something as ridiculous as Noahs flood. Or go to the beginning of this set of texts. 3257         But of hir song, it was as loude and yerne                     And on the threshold of the door outside: 3310         Hir forheed shoon as bright as any day, 3235         A ceynt she werede, barred al of silk, 3771         By Seinte Note, ye woot wel what I mene." Concerning every thing; I can not reckon them all. The Miller's Prologue and Tale.                     Therewith the night-charm he said straightway                     And by chance asked a cloistered monk                     But before he had made all this preparation, 3308         Cristes owene werkes for to wirche, said clever Nicholas, 3615         Hym thynketh verraily that he may see Lo, what a great thing is emotion!                     Unto the tubs hanging in the beams,                     Without more words they go to bed, For it is God's own dear command. what have I done?". The Miller's story is not going to be a pious tale about the most famous carpenter in Christian history, Joseph, or And also to bring wives in such ill fame. 3364         This carpenter awook, and herde him synge,                     The sorrow of Noah with his fellowship, For this was his desire and hers also.                     But of her song, it was as loud and lively 3294         "Myn housbonde is so ful of jalousie 3594         Into oure knedyng-tubbes wol we crepe, 3699         My faire bryd, my sweete cynamome?                     "My soul I entrust to Satan, And shall she drown? 3422         Til Sonday, that the sonne gooth to reste. Why art thou angry with my tale now? 3549         For ech of us, but looke that they be large, 3619         He siketh with ful many a sory swogh; 3367         That chaunteth thus under oure boures wal?" 3156         That knowestow wel thyself, but if thou madde. 3142         Bothe of a carpenter and of his wyf, 3511         Sey what thou wolt, I shal it nevere telle                     And forth he goes, elegant and amorous, 3852         And Absolon hath kist hir nether ye,                     Hast thou not heard how Noah was saved, 3397         Now ber thee wel, thou hende Nicholas,                     Fell on this carpenter right, as I guess,                     When the first cock has crowed (about midnight), at once 3377         He syngeth, brokkynge as a nyghtyngale; 3348         This parissh clerk, this joly Absolon,                     There was the revel and the sounds of festivity; Have you ever made a promise that you later regretted making? 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