Chaucer's General Prologue: the Monk and the Doctor (story)

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The General Prologue: An Interlinear Translation The Middle English text is from Larry D. Benson., Gen. ed., The Riverside Chaucer, Houghton Miflin Company; the translation is taken from the Harvard University Chaucer Page Monk 165 A MONK ther was, a fair for the maistrie, There was a MONK, an extremely fine one, 166 An outridere, that lovede venerie, An outrider (a monk with business outside the monastery), who loved hunting, 167 A manly man, to been an abbot able. A virile man, qualified to be an abbot. 168 Ful many a deyntee hors hadde he in stable, He had very many fine horses in his stable, 169 And whan he rood, men myghte his brydel heere And when he rode, one could hear his bridle 170 Gynglen in a whistlynge wynd als cleere Jingle in a whistling wind as clear 171 And eek as loude as dooth the chapel belle And also as loud as does the chapel belle 172 Ther as this lord was kepere of the celle. Where this lord was prior of the subordinate monastery. 173 The reule of Seint Maure or of Seint Beneit -- The rule of Saint Maurus or of Saint Benedict -- 174 By cause that it was old and somdel streit Because it was old and somewhat strict 175 This ilke Monk leet olde thynges pace, This same Monk let old things pass away, 176 And heeld after the newe world the space. And followed the broader customs of modern times. 177 He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen, He gave not a plucked hen for that text 178 That seith that hunters ben nat hooly men, That says that hunters are not holy men, 179 Ne that a monk, whan he is recchelees, Nor that a monk, when he is heedless of rules, 180 Is likned til a fissh that is waterlees -- Is like a fish that is out of water -- 181 This is to seyn, a monk out of his cloystre. This is to say, a monk out of his cloister. 182 But thilke text heeld he nat worth an oystre; But he considered that same text not worth an oyster; 183 And I seyde his opinion was good. And I said his opinion was good. 184 What sholde he studie and make hymselven wood,Why should he study and make himself crazy, 185 Upon a book in cloystre alwey to poure, Always to pore upon a book in the cloister, 186 Or swynken with his handes, and laboure, Or work with his hands, and labor, 187 As Austyn bit? How shal the world be served? As Augustine commands? How shall the world be served? 188 Lat Austyn have his swynk to hym reserved! Let Augustine have his work reserved to him! 189 Therfore he was a prikasour aright: Therefore he was indeed a vigorous horseman: 190 Grehoundes he hadde as swift as fowel in flight; He had greyhounds as swift as fowl in flight; 191 Of prikyng and of huntyng for the hare Of tracking and of hunting for the hare 192 Was al his lust, for no cost wolde he spare. Was all his pleasure, by no means would he refrain from it. 193 I seigh his sleves purfiled at the hond I saw his sleeves lined at the hand 194 With grys, and that the fyneste of a lond; With squirrel fur, and that the finest in the land; 195 And for to festne his hood under his chyn, And to fasten his hood under his chin, 196 He hadde of gold ywroght a ful curious pyn; He had a very skillfully made pin of gold; 197 A love-knotte in the gretter ende ther was. There was an elaborate knot in the larger end. 198 His heed was balled, that shoon as any glas, His head was bald, which shone like any glass, 199 And eek his face, as he hadde been enoynt. And his face did too, as if he had been rubbed with oil. 200 He was a lord ful fat and in good poynt; He was a very plump lord and in good condition; 201 His eyen stepe, and rollynge in his heed, His eyes were prominent, and rolling in his head, 202 That stemed as a forneys of a leed; Which gleamed like a furnace under a cauldron; 203 His bootes souple, his hors in greet estaat. His boots supple, his horse in excellent condition. 204 Now certeinly he was a fair prelaat; Now certainly he was a handsome ecclesiastical dignitary; 205 He was nat pale as a forpyned goost. He was not pale as a tormented spirit. 206 A fat swan loved he best of any roost. A fat swan loved he best of any roast. 207 His palfrey was as broun as is a berye. His saddle horse was as brown as is a berry.Doctor 411 With us ther was a DOCTOUR OF PHISIK; With us there was a DOCTOR OF MEDICINE 412 In al this world ne was ther noon hym lik, In all this world there was no one like him, 413 To speke of phisik and of surgerye, To speak of medicine and of surgery, 414 For he was grounded in astronomye. For he was instructed in astronomy. 415 He kepte his pacient a ful greet deel He took care of his patient very many times 416 In houres by his magyk natureel. In (astronomically suitable) hours by (use of) his natural science 417 Wel koude he fortunen the ascendent He well knew how to calculate the planetary position 418 Of his ymages for his pacient. Of his astronomical talismans for his patient. 419 He knew the cause of everich maladye, He knew the cause of every malady, 420 Were it of hoot, or coold, or moyste, or drye, Were it of hot, or cold, or moist, or dry elements, 421 And where they engendred, and of what humour. And where they were engendered, and by what bodily fluid. 422 He was a verray, parfit praktisch: He was a truly, perfect practitioner: 423 The cause yknowe, and of his harm the roote, The cause known, and the source of his (patient's) harm, 424 Anon he yaf the sike man his boote. Straightway he gave the sick man his remedy. 425 Ful redy hadde he his apothecaries He had his apothecaries all ready 426 To sende hym drogges and his letuaries, To send him drugs and his electuaries, 427 For ech of hem made oother for to wynne -- For each of them made the other to profit -- 428 Hir frendshipe nas nat newe to bigynne. Their friendship was not recently begun. 429 Wel knew he the olde Esculapius, He well knew the old Aesculapius, 430 And Deyscorides, and eek Rufus, And Dioscorides, and also Rufus, 431 Olde Ypocras, Haly, and Galyen, Old Hippocrates, Haly, and Galen, 432 Serapion, Razis, and Avycen, Serapion, Rhazes, and Avicenna, 433 Averrois, Damascien, and Constantyn, Averroes, John the Damascan, and Constantine, 434 Bernard, and Gatesden, and Gilbertyn. Bernard, and Gaddesden, and Gilbertus.435 Of his diete mesurable was he, He was moderate in his diet, 436 For it was of no superfluitee, For it was of no excess, 437 But of greet norissyng and digestible. But greatly nourishing and digestible. 438 His studie was but litel on the Bible. His study was but little on the Bible. 439 In sangwyn and in pers he clad was al, He was clad all in red and in blue, 440 Lyned with taffata and with sendal. Lined with taffeta and with silk. 441 And yet he was but esy of dispence; And yet he was moderate in spending; 442 He kepte that he wan in pestilence. He kept what he earned in (times of) plague. 443 For gold in phisik is a cordial, Since in medicine gold is a restorative for the heart, 444 Therefore he lovede gold in special. Therefore he loved gold in particular