Calendar: 1873-1874 Page 625

THE SCHOOL 625 Give brief outline of tbe Prologue to tbe Canterbury Tales Describe in your own words the character of the Squire the Merchant or the Friar What historical allusions are there in the descriptions of the Knight Shipman and Wife of Bath Give the etymology and modern form of the following words Hostelrye habergeoun nose-thurles delyvtre gentil coy pur- chasour deyniee mouse herbergh caiel daymoysele lief male 1- colie depart hosiiler tceylatcay Turn into modern English the following passages and make any comments you think necessary upon the italicised words Ful fetys was hire cloke as was waar Of smal coral aboute hire arm sche baar peire of bedes gauded al with grene And theron heng broch of gnld ful schene This worthi man ful wel his wit bisette Ther wiste no wight that he was in dette So estatly was he of governaunce With his bargayn8 and his chevysaunce He knew the cause of every maladye Were it of hoot or cold or moyste or drye And where engcndred and of what humour He was rerrey parfight practisour The cause iknowe and of his harm the roote Anon he gaf the syke man his boote Ο blisful God that art so just and trewe Lo how that thou bywreyest mordre alway Mordre wil out that se we day by day Mordre is so whatsom and abominable To God that is so just and resonable That he wil nought suffre it Idled be Him thoughte his dreem nus but vanite Him mette wonder drem agayn the day But ne can not bulte it to the bren Alas his wif ne roughte nought of dremes