THE FRIARS TALE（第2页）

ipraythatnoneofyoube*evilpaid;**dissatisfied

asompnourisarunnerupanddown

withmandements*forfornicatioun，*mandates，sumnses*

andisy-beatateverytownesend."

thenspakeourhost;"ah，sir，yeshouldbehend**civil，gentle

andcourteous，asamanofyourestate;

inpanywewillhavenodebate:

tel露syourtale，andletthesompnourbe."

"nay，"quoththesompnour，"lethimsaybyme

whatsohimlist;whenitestomylot，

bygod，ishallhimquiten*everygroat!*payhiff

ishallhimtellewhatagreathonour

itistobeaflatteringlimitou

andhisofficeishallhimtelly-wis"

ourhostanswered，"peace，noreofthis."

andafterwardhesaiduntothefrere，

"tellforthyourtale，mineowenmasterdear."

onthetaleofthefriar，andthatofthesompnourwhichfollows，tyrwhitthasremarkedthatthey"arewellengrafteduponthatofthewifeofbath.theill-huurwhichshowsitselfbetweenthesetwocharactersisquitenatural，asnotwoprofessionsatthattimewereatreconstantvariance.theregularclergy，andparticularlythemendicantfriars，lesiasticaljurisdiction，exceptthatofthepope，whichmadethemexceedinglyobnoxioustothebishopsandofcoursetoalltheinferiorofficersofthenationalhierarchy."bothtales，whatevertheirorigin，arebittersatiresonthegreedandworldlinessoftheromishclergy.