{"id":14632,"date":"2021-11-01T17:04:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T17:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=14632"},"modified":"2022-12-03T22:12:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:12:08","slug":"contes-de-canterbury-le-marinier-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/breton-mythology\/canterbury-tales-the-mariner-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Canterbury Tales: The Mariner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14632\" class=\"elementor elementor-14632\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9017311 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9017311\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42345b6\" data-id=\"42345b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7cb234 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d7cb234\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/breton-mythology\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Breton mythology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20a60af\" data-id=\"20a60af\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bcf76f elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6bcf76f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_Contes_de_Canterbury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wiki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb5d38e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb5d38e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b46fb6a\" data-id=\"b46fb6a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37f135d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37f135d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Geoffrey Chaucer is an English writer and poet who was born in London in the 1340s and died in 1400 in that same city. His most famous work is <i>Canterbury Tales<\/i>. The <i>Canterbury Tales<\/i> are, with <i>Sire Gauvain and the Green Knight<\/i> (from an anonymous person) and <i>Peter the Plowman<\/i> (by William Langland), the very first great works of English literature. Here is the first tale: the sailor.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9347 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"canterbury tales the petty officer\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-324cf6f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"324cf6f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-08484e9\" data-id=\"08484e9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-561a193 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"561a193\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/breton-mythology\/canterbury-tales-the-mariner-3\/#Contes-de-Canterbury-Le-conte-du-marinier\" >Canterbury Tales: The Sailor&#039;s Tale<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Contes-de-Canterbury-Le-conte-du-marinier\"><\/span>Canterbury Tales: The Sailor&#039;s Tale<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96d29a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96d29a0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a71038b\" data-id=\"a71038b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b09947 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b09947\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><i>Here begins the Prologue of Le Marinier.<\/i>.<\/div><div><br \/>Our host stood up in his stirrups<br \/>and said to them, \u201cGood people, look, everyone!<br \/>This was, for once, a profitable story!<br \/>You, Monsieur le Cure, (added he,) corbleu!<br \/>tell us therefore a tale, as we have promised;<br \/>I can see that these people fed on old science<br \/>know many good things, sacredieu! &quot;<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1170<\/span> The priest replied: \u201cAh! <i>Benedicite<\/i>\u00a0!<br \/>What does our man have to swear so outrageously? &quot;<br \/>And the host replied: &quot;Are you there, Jeannot?&quot;<br \/>I seem to smell a Lollard in this wind!<br \/>Now, my good people, listen to me, (he said \ud83d\ude09<br \/>and wait, by the worthy passion of God,<br \/>for we&#039;re going to have a preaching;<br \/>this Lollard here wants to preach to us a little. &quot;<br \/>- &quot; No no ! Point will not do! By the soul of my father,<br \/>(said the sailor), here will not come to preach;<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1180<\/span> we do not want a lesson or a gloss of the gospel!<br \/>We all believe in the great God, (he added \ud83d\ude09<br \/>he wants to sow some difficulty here,<br \/>and among our neat wheat grow the niello;<br \/>so, our hotelier, I warn you in advance,<br \/>my happy person will tell you a story,<br \/>and I will ring so happy a bell<\/div><div class=\"poem\"><p>that I will wake up the whole company;<br \/>but it will not be a question of philosophy,<br \/>physical or no weird law words<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1190<\/span>because there is hardly any Latin in my gizzard. &quot;<\/p><\/div><div><i>Here ends the Prologue of Le Marinier.<\/i><\/div><div>\u2042<\/div><div><i>Here begins the tale of Le Marinier.<\/i><\/div><div class=\"poem\"><p>A merchant once lived in Saint-Denis<br \/>who was rich (and for that he was considered wise).<br \/>Now a woman had, of excellent beauty,<br \/>but loving company, and a lot of joy;<br \/>and this thing causes greater expense<br \/>that are worth all the dear and all the honor<br \/>that men make them at feasts and at dances;<br \/>because greetings and beautiful countenances<br \/>pass like shadows do in front of a wall;<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1200<\/span>but woe to him who has to pay for them!<br \/>\u201cA good husband must always pay everything;<br \/>he needs to dress us, he needs us<sup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup> watering,<br \/>very richly, to do oneself honor,<br \/>in which area we will dance gaily.<br \/>And if he cannot contribute, by adventure,<br \/>or if he does not want to endure the expense,<br \/>but thinks it&#039;s money wasted,<br \/>then someone else will have to pay for all our costs,<br \/>or lend us its gold - and there lies great peril. &quot;<br \/><br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1210<\/span>This notable merchant kept a brave house,<br \/>and therefore always had such a big crowd of people<br \/>for his generosity, - and because his wife was pretty,<br \/>how wonderful it was. Now listen to my said.<br \/>In all this world, hosts young and old,<br \/>there was a monk, a handsome and bold man,<\/p><\/div><div class=\"poem\"><p>I think he was a good thirty winters old,<br \/>and who every little bit came to this place.<br \/>This young sparrow who wore a beautiful face,<br \/>had bonded so well with our merchant,<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1220<\/span>since they had made first acquaintance,<br \/>that his house was just as familiar<br \/>that it is possible for a friend to be.<br \/>And for what this good merchant,<br \/>and this monk also that I told you about,<br \/>were both born in the same village,<br \/>the monk considered him to be his cousin;<br \/>not once does the other say no to him,<br \/>but was happy with it like a bird of the day,<br \/>for it was great rejoicing in his heart.<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1230<\/span>Thus were united in eternal alliance,<br \/>and each of them gave the second assurance<br \/>of a fraternity which lasted all their days.<br \/>Dom Jean was giving, and quick to spend,<br \/>know in this home, and full of diligence<br \/>to please everyone, sparing no expense.<br \/>He never failed to give to the smallest page<br \/>of the whole house; but according to their degree,<br \/>did to the master and then to the whole household<sup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>,<br \/>whenever he came, some honest present<br \/>which made them so happy with his coming<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1240<\/span>that are birdies when the sun rises;<br \/>but enough of this, for it is already enough.<br \/><br \/>But one day it happened that the said merchant<br \/>decided to get all his outfit ready<br \/>in order to go to Bruges the city,<br \/>wanting to buy a lot of goods there.<br \/>For this he immediately sent to Paris<br \/>a messenger, and made Dom Jean pray<br \/>he wanted to come, in order to cheer himself up<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1250<\/span>with him and his wife, for a day or two,<br \/>before leaving for Bruges, in any case.<br \/>This noble monk, then, of whom I am speaking to you,<br \/>had from the Lord Abbot, as he wished, license,<\/p><\/div><div class=\"poem\"><p>- because he was very careful,<br \/>holding office also - to go straddling<br \/>their barns to visit and their vast attics;<br \/>and soon he is back in Saint-Denis.<br \/>Who was so welcome that Monsignor Dom Jean,<br \/>our dear cousin, so full of courtesy?<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1260<\/span>Brought with him a jug of Malvasia,<br \/>and then another jug, filled with fine vernage<sup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>,<br \/>and poultry too - as was its custom.<br \/>And I let them cheer up, eat and drink,<br \/>the monk and the merchant, a day or two.<br \/><br \/>On the third day our merchant gets up<br \/>and seriously thinks about what needs;<br \/>and here he goes up to his office<br \/>and who for himself counts, as best he can,<br \/>where is his state, at the end of this year,<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1270<\/span>and what he spent of his property,<br \/>and if it has grown, or not.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/book-libraries\/\">Books<\/a> and bags of ecus in number<br \/>he spreads it out in front of him on his counter.<br \/>He had very rich fortune and great treasure;<br \/>why he carefully closed his door,<br \/>not wanting anyone to disturb him<br \/>in his accounts, during all that time;<br \/>and sat there until premium passed<sup id=\"cite_ref-8\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>.<br \/><br \/>Dom Jean also got up in the morning;<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1280<\/span>and went back and forth in the garden,<br \/>courteously saying his paternosters.<br \/>And our good wife in secret also came<br \/>in the garden where the other was going very slowly;<br \/>greeted him, as she had often done.<br \/>A young virgin accompanied the lady<br \/>that at her pleasure she guided and governed,<br \/>for what still was the child under the rule.<br \/>&quot;O my dear cousin Dom Jean, (she cried,)<br \/>What do you have to get up so early in the morning? &quot;<\/p><\/div><div class=\"poem\"><p><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1290<\/span>- &quot;Niece, (he replied,) it must be enough<br \/>from five hours of nap to sleep one night,<br \/>fors that it is for old man languid,<br \/>as are married people, who lie in torpor<br \/>as well as at the lodge makes a hare,<br \/>that large and small dogs would have harassed everything.<br \/>But why, dear niece, are you so pale?<br \/>I really think our good friend<br \/>has tired you so much since night came,<br \/>that you need a speedy rest. &quot;<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1300<\/span>And with that word he laughs happily,<br \/>then he turned all red at his own thought.<br \/>The beautiful lady began to jerk her head<br \/>and thus said: &quot;Yes da, God knows it!<br \/>Ah my cousin! It is not so with me,<br \/>because by this God who gives me soul and life,<br \/>in all the kingdom of France, he is not a woman<br \/>who has less pleasure in this sad game;<br \/>because I can sing well: alas, alas! Why<br \/>was I born then? - But to no one, (she added,)<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1310<\/span>dare not say how things are going for me;<br \/>so I think far from this place to go,<br \/>or I will end this life myself,<br \/>I am so filled with fear and worry. &quot;<br \/>The monk began to look at the lady,<br \/>and said: &quot;Alas, my niece, God forbid<br \/>whether you go, for grief or fear,<br \/>cushion you; but tell me your troubles;<br \/>of adventure I will have for your misfortune<br \/>advice or help; or so tell me<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1320<\/span>all your boredom, for it will remain secret;<br \/>and, on my door outside<sup id=\"cite_ref-9\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>, I take an oath<br \/>than ever in my life, neither willingly nor despite,<br \/>I will not betray any of your advice<sup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0&quot;.<br \/>- &quot;And I also tell you the same thing, (she said \ud83d\ude09<br \/>by God and by this door outside you swear,<br \/>though they want me to tear my body to pieces,<br \/>will not betray, when I even go to hell,<\/p><\/div><div class=\"poem\"><p>just one word of what you will say to me here -<br \/>and not by cousinship or any other alliance,<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1330<\/span>but really out of love and trust. &quot;<br \/>Having thus sworn and on this kissing,<br \/>each one says to each one what he pleases.<br \/>&quot;Cousin, (she said,) had I a little time<br \/>(but I don&#039;t have any, especially in this place),<br \/>then I will tell you the tale of my life,<br \/>all that i have suffered since i got married<br \/>with him, even though he is your cousin. &quot;<br \/>- &quot;No, (he said,) it doesn&#039;t please God and Saint Martin!&quot;<br \/>He is not my cousin either<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1340<\/span>what a leaf hanging from the tree!<br \/>But I call it that, by Saint-Denis de France,<br \/>to have a little more reason for acquaintance<br \/>with you, whom I have always loved especially,<br \/>she is beyond any other woman in truth;<br \/>and you swear that on my profession<sup id=\"cite_ref-11\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>.<br \/>Tell me your pain before it goes down<br \/>and hurry, and then go your way. &quot;<br \/>- &quot;My dear friend, (she said,) O my Dom Jean!&quot;<br \/>Gladly this secret I would have kept hidden ...<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1350<\/span>But outside it must! can no longer endure it!<br \/>My husband is for me the meanest man<br \/>which has never been since the world began ...<br \/>But since I&#039;m his wife, it doesn&#039;t suit me to say<br \/>to anyone any point of our privacy,<br \/>whether in my bed, or other place,<br \/>and that in his grace God spare me from doing anything! ...<br \/>A woman should not talk about her husband<br \/>that in all honor, as far as I could understand,<br \/>- except to you however; - and this must tell you:<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1360<\/span>as true as i want god help me this man<br \/>had no degree worth even a fly!<br \/>But more than anything I am sorry for his smallness.<br \/>You know very well that all women, by nature,<br \/>want, like me, the following six things:<br \/>they want their husbands<\/p><\/div><div class=\"poem\"><p>be bold and prudent, rich and generous,<br \/>to them submissive, and fresh in bed;<br \/>but, by our Lord who bled for us!<br \/>for his honor in order to clothe me<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1370<\/span>this next Sunday, I will have to pay<br \/>a hundred pounds, otherwise I&#039;m lost!<br \/>Yet I would rather not have been born<br \/>that to me is never made scandal or villainy;<br \/>and then, if my husband found out,<br \/>it would be almost done with me; so please,<br \/>lend me this sum, or else I must die!<br \/>Lend, I said, Dom Jean, lend me these hundred francs!<br \/>Pardieu! I will not fail to thank you,<br \/>please do here what I ask you;<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1380<\/span>because on the day assured I will repay it to you<br \/>and will do you any pleasure and any service<br \/>that I will be able and that you will like to converse.<br \/>And if don&#039;t, may God take revenge on me<br \/>as ordained as he made of Ganelon of France! &quot;<br \/>The kind monk replied in this way:<br \/>&quot;Now this, really, my good dear lady,<br \/>I have you, (he said,) with such great pity,<br \/>that I swear to you, and give you my faith,<br \/>that when your husband in Flanders leaves,<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1390<\/span>I will deliver you from this present worry;<br \/>for I will then bring you the said hundred francs. &quot;<br \/>And with that word, he took her by the side,<br \/>kissed her strongly and often kissed her,<br \/>&quot;Go your way, (he said,) quietly and quietly,<br \/>and make us dinner as soon as possible,<br \/>because according to my chilandre<sup id=\"cite_ref-12\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>, it is day premium.<br \/>Go then and be as faithful as I am! &quot;<br \/>- &quot;May never otherwise please God!&quot; &quot; she says,<br \/>and went away as cheerful as a magpie,<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1400<\/span>and told his servants to make haste,<br \/>so that we could have dinner in no time.<br \/>And then towards her husband this wife went up,<br \/>and knocked boldly on the door of his desk.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"poem\"><p>&quot;\u00a0<i>Who there<sup id=\"cite_ref-13\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0?<\/i>\u00a0He said. &quot; Rock ! it&#039;s me ! (she replied.)<br \/>Hey! sir! how long will you fast,<br \/>how long will count and calculate<br \/>your sums and your books and all your things?<br \/>May the devil have his share of all your supplements!<br \/>Haven&#039;t you had enough of what God sends?<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1410<\/span>Come downstairs and leave your bags alone!<br \/>What, aren&#039;t you ashamed that Dom Jean goes like this<br \/>dreary and fasting all day?<br \/>Let&#039;s go to mass and have dinner right away! &quot;<br \/>- &quot; Women ! (our man told him,) barely can you believe<br \/>how curious our business is;<br \/>for among the merchants - yes, on God who saves me!<br \/>and on this good lord who is called Saint Yves! -<br \/>hardly will you see two out of twelve prosper,<br \/>continually, lasting until our age.<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1420<\/span>Because we can make expensive and show a good face,<br \/>and lead a good train in the world, maybe,<br \/>and yet keep his true state secret,<br \/>until we die, or go play<br \/>to the pilgrim<sup id=\"cite_ref-14\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>, or dodge in some other way.<br \/>And that&#039;s why I have great need<br \/>to reflect on this strange world;<br \/>because always we must remain in fear<br \/>lucky fate for our merchandise.<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1430<\/span>In Flanders do I want to go tomorrow at dawn,<br \/>and then get back to me as soon as possible;<br \/>and so, my dear wife, please,<br \/>to be very kind and gentle to everyone,<br \/>to be careful also to keep our property,<br \/>and very honestly to rule the house.<br \/>&#039;Cause you planted all the things required<br \/>and sufficient for well-kept housekeeping.<br \/>Do you lack clothes or food<br \/>and there will be no want of money in your purse. &quot;<br \/>With that word he closed the counter door<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1440<\/span>and got out, without further delay;<\/p><\/div><div class=\"poem\"><p>a mass, however, was hastily said,<br \/>and then quickly tables were set,<br \/>and for dinner all three hurried,<br \/>and monk by merchant was richly fed.<br \/><br \/>Early in the afternoon, Dom Jean<br \/>gravely took the merchant aside and told him<br \/>thus, in great secrecy: &quot;Cousin, since he is,<br \/>as I see, that you want to go to Bruges,<br \/>God and Saint Augustine bless and guide you!<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1450<\/span>Please, cousin, ride wisely;<br \/>govern yourselves also in your food<br \/>temperately, especially during this heat.<br \/>There is no need between us to do a hundred ways;<br \/>farewell then, my cousin, God forbid you!<br \/>And if it&#039;s something or day or night<br \/>that it is in my power and faculty to do,<br \/>and that you order me, in any way,<br \/>I will do it, quite rightly, as I wish.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 Before you go, if it can be, of one thing<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1460<\/span>I will beg you, it is to know to lend me<br \/>a hundred francs for one or two weeks;<br \/>it is for some cattle that I must buy<br \/>to garnish some of our mansions<br \/>(I would, if God help me!) be yours!).<br \/>For a thousand crowns, to pay you on the appointed day<br \/>it won&#039;t take time to go a mile<sup id=\"cite_ref-15\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>.<br \/>But keep this secret, please<br \/>because tonight I must buy these beasts.<br \/>But farewell, now, my beloved cousin,<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1470<\/span>very big thank you for your dear and your expenses! &quot;<br \/>Our noble merchant immediately kindly<br \/>answered him: &quot;O my cousin, Dom Jean!&quot;<br \/>surely this is only a small request;<br \/>all my gold is yours when it pleases you,<br \/>and not only gold, but all commodities;<br \/>take what you need, for God do not look!<br \/>But there is one thing, and you know it well:<br \/>for the merchant, money is the plow;<\/p><\/div><div class=\"poem\"><p>we get credit during our reputation,<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1480<\/span>but to be without money is no longer a game.<br \/>So, repay me at your convenience;<br \/>as far as I can, I would like to please you. &quot;<br \/>He immediately went to fetch these hundred francs;<br \/>secretly handed them over to Dom Jean<br \/>and no one in the world knew of this loan,<br \/>except only the merchant and Dom Jean.<br \/>El to drink, chat, wander and rejoice,<br \/>There, that Dom Jean finally went to the abbey.<br \/><br \/>Comes in the morning, and the merchant goes on horseback<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1490<\/span>for Flanders; his apprentice guides him very well;<br \/>and happily he arrives in Bruge.<br \/>And now he&#039;s very busy<br \/>to its needs, both for purchase and for debt;<br \/>he does not play dice, nor does he dance,<br \/>but like a merchant, to put it mildly,<br \/>leads his way of life - and there lets him do it.<br \/><br \/>The Sunday that came after he was gone,<br \/>to Saint-Denis came Dom Jean,<br \/>having freshly shaved head and chin.<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1500<\/span>In the whole house there was no little servant,<br \/>nor anyone else, who did not feel very comfortable<br \/>that Monsignor Dom Jean had returned;<br \/>briefly, in order to get straight to the point,<br \/>the beautiful lady agrees with Dom Jean<br \/>that for these said hundred francs, he can all night<br \/>have her stretched out between her arms on her back;<br \/>and this agreement was in fact fulfilled:<br \/>in joy all night led an active life<br \/>until it is daylight; and Jean took his way<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1510<\/span>and said to the household: &quot;Farewell! have a good day! &quot;<br \/>because none of them, like no one in town,<br \/>has no suspicion of Dom Jean;<br \/>and went riding towards his abbey,<br \/>- or by that he wanted, because I will say nothing more.<br \/><br \/>Our merchant as soon as the fair was over,<br \/>in Saint-Denis repaired.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"poem\"><p>With his wife he makes feasts and good food,<br \/>and tells him that merchandise is at such a price<br \/>that he will have to do an overlap<sup id=\"cite_ref-16\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>,<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1520<\/span>for what he is bound by his recognition<br \/>to pay twenty thousand ecus shortly;<br \/>for this purpose our merchant came to Paris<br \/>borrow from some friends that there were<br \/>sums of money; and he took a little on himself<sup id=\"cite_ref-17\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>.<br \/>And when he arrived in the big city,<br \/>by his great friendship and affection,<br \/>he first came to find Dom Jean, to cheer himself up,<br \/>not to ask him or to borrow money,<br \/>but to learn and see how he was doing,<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1530<\/span>and to tell him, in full, his affairs,<br \/>as well as make friends when they are together.<br \/>Dom Jean gave her a happy face,<br \/>and the merchant repeated to him specially<br \/>as he had bought well, and favorably,<br \/>God be praised! all its merchandise;<br \/>but that he had to find somehow<br \/>to overlap, as best as possible,<br \/>and that then he would be in joy and at rest.<br \/>Dom Jean said to him: &quot;Certainly, I am very happy.<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1530<\/span>whether you are at home in good health,<br \/>and on my share of paradise, if I were rich,<br \/>of your twenty thousand crowns you would not miss,<br \/>because you have me that other day so blissfully<br \/>loaned money; and as far as I can,<br \/>I say thank you, by God and by Saint Jacques!<br \/>But nevertheless I reported to our lady,<br \/>your wife, at home, that gold there;<br \/>put it on your table; she knows, no doubt,<br \/>by certain clues that I can tell him again.<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1550<\/span>But, with your grace, here must not delay;<br \/>our abbot will soon leave this city,<br \/>and in his company I must go.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"poem\"><p>Greet our lady, and my sweet cousin;<br \/>well you are, my dear cousin, until we see you again! &quot;<br \/><br \/>Our merchant, a very wise and shrewd man,<br \/>in Paris was able to find credit, and therefore paid, -<br \/>to do not know which Lombards, free money in their hands, -<br \/>said sum, and withdrew his pledge.<br \/>And then returned, gay as papegaut,<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1560<\/span>because he knew very well that he was in such a situation<br \/>that he should surely win on this trip<br \/>a thousand francs above all his costs.<br \/>His wife was waiting for him ready at the door,<br \/>as it had always by old use made;<br \/>and all that night they passed in joy,<br \/>for he felt rich and drawn from his debt.<br \/>When it was daylight the merchant wanted to kiss<br \/>his wife once more kissed her on the face;<br \/>in short, he is mounted and leading the case.<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1570<\/span>&quot; No more ! By God! (she said,) that&#039;s enough! &quot;<br \/>El pleasantly still played with him,<br \/>until at the end our merchant said to him:<br \/>\u201cBy God! (he said, I&#039;m a little irritated<br \/>against you, my wife, although it pains me.<br \/>And do you know why? By God is that I learn<br \/>that you caused a little strangeness<br \/>between Dom Jean, our cousin, and me.<br \/>You had to warn me, before I left,<br \/>that he had paid you a hundred francs, -<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1580<\/span>which he has proof ready. He was angry<br \/>when I told him about this overlap,<br \/>at least such seemed to me, according to his countenance -<br \/>but yet, by God, the king of paradise,<br \/>I didn&#039;t think to ask him anything!<br \/>So I beg you, my wife, not to do so again;<br \/>but always tell me before i leave you<br \/>if any debtor has you in my absence<br \/>paid its due, for fear that in your negligence<br \/>I&#039;m not going to claim something he gave me back. &quot;<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1590<\/span>the woman was not afraid or upset,<br \/>but boldly she immediately resumed:<\/p><\/div><div class=\"poem\"><p>&quot;By Marie, I challenge<sup id=\"cite_ref-18\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup> that false monk, Dom Jean!<br \/>because of its proofs I have no concern.<br \/>He brought me some money, I know that;<br \/>but what misfortune befalls his monk&#039;s muzzle!<br \/>God knows it! I was without doubt<br \/>that he had not given it to me for his love of you,<br \/>to do myself honor and good profit,<br \/>for our cousinship, and for the beautiful dear<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1600<\/span>that he has so often received in this dwelling.<br \/>But since I see myself at this disadvantage,<br \/>you will have debtors lazier than me,<br \/>because I will repay you well, and when you please,<br \/>from day to day, and if I miss money,<br \/>your wife i am, check it on my waist<sup id=\"cite_ref-19\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>,<br \/>and I will pay it to you as soon as I can;<br \/>because by my faith! I have in my own outfit,<br \/>and not wasteful, used all the money,<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1610<\/span>and since I knew how to spend so well<br \/>in your honor, please, for god&#039;s sake,<br \/>don&#039;t be irritated, but let&#039;s laugh and play.<br \/>I promise you my good body as a pledge.<br \/>By God! will never pay you except in bed!<br \/>Forgive me, my dear and my only husband,<br \/>turn around here, make a better face! &quot;<br \/>Our merchant saw that there was no remedy,<br \/>and that to scold would be nothing but great madness,<br \/>since the thing could not be amended.<br \/><span class=\"OptionText\" title=\"Numbered verses\">1620<\/span>&quot;Now that, woman,&quot; he said; I will forgive you,<br \/>but by life! no longer be so wide,<br \/>and take better care of our property, I&#039;ll give it to you!<br \/><br \/>So ends my tale - and may God send us<br \/>enough tales until the end of our days!<\/p><\/div><div><i>Here ends the tale of Le Marinier.<\/i><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breton Mythology Wiki Geoffrey Chaucer is an English writer and poet born in London in the 1340s and died\u2026 <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":96,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14632","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25244,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14632\/revisions\/25244"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}