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Read the original Middle English text and the modern translation of the General Prologue, the introduction to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Learn about the characters, the setting, and the themes of this famous medieval work.
The General Prologue - Translation. W hen April with his showers sweet with fruit. The drought of March has pierced unto the root. And bathed each vein with liquor that has power. To generate therein and sire the flower; When Zephyr also has, with his sweet breath,
Find the original Middle English text and modern English translations of The General Prologue and other Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Explore the links to each tale and its translation on this web page.
Read the translation of the General Prologue, the introduction to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, in modern English. Learn about the characters and their occupations, such as the friar, the merchant, and the clerk, and their stories.
No auditor could ever on him win. He could foretell, by drought and by the rain, The yielding of his seed and of his grain. His lord's sheep and his oxen and his dairy, His swine and horses, all his stores, his poultry, Were wholly in this steward's managing; And, by agreement, he'd made reckoning.
The General Prologue is the first part of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It introduces the frame story, in which a group of pilgrims travelling to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury agree to take part in a storytelling competition, and describes the pilgrims themselves.
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