CHAUCERS TALE OF MELIBOEUS（第2页）

thattellethusthepain*ofjesuschrist，*passion

hesaithnotallthingashisfellowdoth;

butnathelesstheirsentenceisallsoth，**true

ordenasintheirsentence，**meaning

allbethereintheirtellingdifference;

forsomeofthemsayre，andsomesayless，

whentheyhispiteouspassionexpress;

imeanofmarkandmatthew，露keandjohn;

butdoubtelesstheirsentenceisallone.

therefore，lordingesall，iyoubeseech，

ifthatyethinkivaryinmyspeech，

asthus，thoughthatitellesomedealre

ofproverbes，thanyehaveheardbefore

prehendedinthislittletreatisehere，

*tenforcewith*theeffectofmymattere，*withwhichto

andthoughinotthesamewordessayenforce*

asyehaveheard，yettoyouallipray

blamemenot;forasinmysentence

shallyenowherefindenodifferenc

fromthesentenceofthilke*treatiselite，***this**little

afterthewhichthismerrytaleiwrite.

andthereforehearkentowhatishallsay，

andletmetellenallmytale，ipray."

chaucercrownsthesatireontheromanticistsbymakingtheverylandlordofthetabardcryoutinindignantdisgustagainstthestuffwhichhehadheardrecited—thegoodhostascribingtosheerignorancethestringofpompousplatitudesandprosaicdetailswhichchaucerhaduttered.

drafty:worthless，vile;nobetterthandraffordregs;fromtheanglo-saxon，"drifan"todriveaway，expel.