THE CANONS YEOMANS TALE（第6页）

buthisyeomanwouldtellhisprivity，**secrets

hefledawayforverysorrowandshame

"ah!"quoththeyeoman，"hereshallriseagame;**somediversion

allthaticananoniwillyoutell，

sinceheisgone;thefoulefiendhimquell!**destro

forneerhereafterwilliwithhimmeet，

forpennynorforpound，iyoubehete.**promise

hethatmebroughtefirstuntothatgame

erethathedie，sorrowhaveheandshame.

foritisearnest*tome，bymyfaith;*aseriousmatter

thatfeeliwell，whatsoanymansaith;

andyetforallmysmart，andallmygrief，

forallmysorrow，labour，andmischief，**trouble

icouldeneverleaveitinnowise.

nowwouldtogodmywittemightsuffic

totellenallthatlongethtothatart!

butnathelessyetwillitellepart;

sincethatmylordisgone，iwillnotspare;

suchthingasthatiknow，iwilldeclare."

"theintroduction，"saystyrwhitt，"ofthecanonsyeomantotellataleatatimewhensomanyoftheoriginalcharactersremaintobecalledupon，appearsalittleextraordinary.itshouldseemthatsomesuddenresentmenthaddeterminedchaucertointerrupttheregularcourseofhiswork，inordertoinsertasatireagainstthealchemists.thattheirpretendedsciencewasmuchcultivatedaboutthistime，andproduceditsusualevils，mayfairlybeinferredfromtheact，whichwaspassedsoonafter，5h.iv.c.iv.，tomakeitfelonytomultiplygoldorsilver，ortousetheartofmultiplication."tyrwhittfindsintheprologuesomecolourforthehypothesisthatthistalewasintendedbychaucertobeginthereturnjourneyfromcanterbury;butagainstthismustbesetthefactthattheyeomanhimselfexpresslyspeaksofthedistancetocanterburyyettoberidden.

fullyfivemile:fromsomeplacewhichthelossofthesecondnunsprologuedoesnotenableustoidentify.

peytrel:thebreast-plateofahorsesharness;french，"poitrail."

amailetwyfold:adoublevalise;awallethangingacrossthecrupperoneithersideofthehorse.

multiply:transmutemetals，intheattempttomultiplygoldandsilverbyalchemy.

"consciusipsesibideseputatomniadici"（"theconspiratorbelievesthateverythingspokenreferstohimself"）—"deribus，"i.i.dist.17.