麒麟小说

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。