from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - modernising
Whilom, as songs of elders do tell us,
There was a duke that's been hight Theseus;
Of Athenes he was lord and governour,
And he's been of his time such a conquerour,
that greater there was no-one under the sun.
Full many the rich countries he had won,
What with his wisdom and his chivalry;
He conquered all the realm of Femeny,
That whilom was yclept Scithia,
And he has wedded the queen Ypolita,
And brought her home with him in his country,
With much of glory and great solemnity,
And eke he's grabbed her young sister Emely.
And thus hath been with victory and melody
Let me this noble duke to Athenes ride,
And all his host, in armes him besides.
of course, if it were not too long to hear,
I would've told you fully these manner
How way was won the reign of Femeny
By Theseus, and by his noblest chivalry,
And of the great battlement occasions
Bitwixt Atheneans and Amazones,
And how was assieged Ypolita
The faire hardy queen of Scithia,
And of the feasts that was at her wedding,
And of the tempest at her home-coming;
But all the things I must as now forbear,
I have, God wot, far more large a field to stare,
And the oxen have been weak in this my plough,
The remnant of the tale is also long enow.
I will not let eke no-one of this route,
Let every fellow tell his tale about,
And lemme see now who shall the supper win;-
And where have I left , I will again begin.
to be continued...
from Chaucer s Canterbury Tales - modernising
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From The Canterbury Tales:
The Knight's Tale
lines 1-34: About Duke Theseus, lord of Athens, and his achievements
Whilom, as olde stories tellen us,
Ther was a duc that highte Theseus;
Of Atthenes he was lord and governour,
And in his tyme swich a conquerour,
5 That gretter was ther noon under the sonne.
Ful many a riche contree hadde he wonne,
What with his wysdom and his chivalrie;
He conquered al the regne of Femenye,
That whilom was ycleped Scithia,
10 And weddede the queene Ypolita,
And broghte hir hoom with hym in his contree,
With muchel glorie and greet solempnytee,
And eek hir yonge suster Emelye.
That whilom was ycleped Scithia,
10 And weddede the queene Ypolita,
And broghte hir hoom with hym in his contree,
With muchel glorie and greet solempnytee,
And eek hir yonge suster Emelye.
And thus with victorie and with melodye
15 Lete I this noble duc to Atthenes ryde,
And al his hoost, in armes hym bisyde.
And certes, if it nere to long to heere,
I wolde have toold yow fully the manere
How wonnen was the regne of Femenye
20 By Theseus, and by his chivalrye,
And of the grete bataille for the nones
Bitwixen Atthenes and Amazones,
And how asseged was Ypolita
The faire hardy queene of Scithia,
25 And of the feste that was at hir weddynge,
And of the tempest at hir hoom-comynge;
But al the thyng I moot as now forbere,
I have, God woot, a large feeld to ere,
And wayke been the oxen in my plough,
30 The remenant of the tale is long ynough.
I wol nat letten eek noon of this route,
Lat every felawe telle his tale aboute,
And lat se now who shal the soper wynne;-
And ther I lefte, I wol ayeyn bigynne
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The Knight's Tale
lines 1-34: About Duke Theseus, lord of Athens, and his achievements
Whilom, as olde stories tellen us,
Ther was a duc that highte Theseus;
Of Atthenes he was lord and governour,
And in his tyme swich a conquerour,
5 That gretter was ther noon under the sonne.
Ful many a riche contree hadde he wonne,
What with his wysdom and his chivalrie;
He conquered al the regne of Femenye,
That whilom was ycleped Scithia,
10 And weddede the queene Ypolita,
And broghte hir hoom with hym in his contree,
With muchel glorie and greet solempnytee,
And eek hir yonge suster Emelye.
That whilom was ycleped Scithia,
10 And weddede the queene Ypolita,
And broghte hir hoom with hym in his contree,
With muchel glorie and greet solempnytee,
And eek hir yonge suster Emelye.
And thus with victorie and with melodye
15 Lete I this noble duc to Atthenes ryde,
And al his hoost, in armes hym bisyde.
And certes, if it nere to long to heere,
I wolde have toold yow fully the manere
How wonnen was the regne of Femenye
20 By Theseus, and by his chivalrye,
And of the grete bataille for the nones
Bitwixen Atthenes and Amazones,
And how asseged was Ypolita
The faire hardy queene of Scithia,
25 And of the feste that was at hir weddynge,
And of the tempest at hir hoom-comynge;
But al the thyng I moot as now forbere,
I have, God woot, a large feeld to ere,
And wayke been the oxen in my plough,
30 The remenant of the tale is long ynough.
I wol nat letten eek noon of this route,
Lat every felawe telle his tale aboute,
And lat se now who shal the soper wynne;-
And ther I lefte, I wol ayeyn bigynne
Алексей Иродиадов Гаулиш 27.05.2023 18:48 • Заявить о нарушении