{"id":14652,"date":"2021-11-01T17:22:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T17:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=14652"},"modified":"2022-12-03T22:12:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:12:08","slug":"contes-de-canterbury-sire-topaze-9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/breton-mythology\/tales-of-canterbury-sire-topaz-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Canterbury Tales: Lord Topaz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/breton-mythology\/\" role=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBreton mythology<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_Contes_de_Canterbury\" role=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWiki<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<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: Sire Topaze.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"tales of canterbury sire topaz\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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\/tales-of-canterbury-sire-topaz-9\/#Contes-de-Canterbury-Le-conte-sur-Sire-Topaze\" >Canterbury Tales: The Tale About Lord Topaz<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Contes-de-Canterbury-Le-conte-sur-Sire-Topaze\"><\/span>Canterbury Tales: The Tale About Lord Topaz<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\t\t<center><i>Hear the pleasant words of the Hotelier in Chaucer,<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>When all this miracle was said, everyone<br \/>remained serious, that it was marvelous;<br \/>finally our host began to gaber,<br \/>then for the first time he looked at me<br \/>and called out to me like this: &quot;Who are you?&quot; (he said \ud83d\ude09<br \/>it looks like you&#039;re following a hare&#039;s trail,<br \/>because I always see you with your eye stuck in the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Come a little closer, and look up cheerfully.<br \/>Come on, pull over, gentlemen, and make way for this man;<br \/>1890 il a la taille aussi bien prise que moi\u00a0;<br \/>it would make a fine doll to entwine for the arm<br \/>of a woman, petite and pretty in face!<br \/>He seems in a bad mood in his ways<br \/>for he does not say a kind word to anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Tell us something in turn, as the others did;<br \/>tell us a happy story right now. &quot;<br \/>&quot;Hotelier, (I said,) don&#039;t take it badly,<br \/>because, I assure you, I don&#039;t know any other story<br \/>than a rhyme I learned a long time ago. &quot;<br \/>1900 \u00ab\u00a0Soit\u00a0! cela fera, (dit-il.) Or \u00e7a, nous allons entendre<br \/>something rare, judging by his looks. &quot;<\/p>\n<p><i>Explicit.<\/i><center>\u2042<\/center><center>Sir Topaz<sup id=\"cite_ref-page182_1-0\"><\/sup>.<\/center><center><i>Here begins the Tale of Sir Topaz by Chaucer.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Hear, lords, in good harmony<br \/>and I will tell you in truth<\/p>\n<p>story of joy and soulas,<br \/>all of a knight who was handsome and gallant<br \/>in battle and tournament;<br \/>his name was Sire Topaze.<\/p>\n<p>He was born in a far country,<br \/>in Flanders, across the sea,<br \/>1910 \u00e0 Popering, dans le manoir\u00a0;<br \/>his father was a very noble man<br \/>and lord was from this land<br \/>by the grace of God.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Topaz became a valiant varlet<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\"><\/sup>\u00a0;<br \/>his face was as white as bread-tomorrow<sup id=\"cite_ref-3\"><\/sup>,<\/p>\n<p>her lips red as rose;<br \/>her complexion resembles seed scarlet,<br \/>and, I give it to you for certain,<br \/>he had a pretty nose.<\/p>\n<p>1920 Ses cheveux, sa barbe \u00e9taient comme safran,<br \/>this went down to his belt:<br \/>His shoes were of Cordovan leather;<br \/>de Bruges were his brown breeches;<br \/>her dress was ciclaton<sup id=\"cite_ref-5\"><\/sup><br \/>which cost many Genoese soil.<\/p>\n<p>He knew how to hunt wild beasts,<br \/>and on his horse to fly in the river,<br \/>a gray circle on the hand;<br \/>with that he was a good archer,<br \/>1930 a la lutte il n\u2019avait pas son pair,<br \/>where a ram is the price.<\/p>\n<p>Many and many girls beautiful as the day<br \/>sigh after him in their room for love,<br \/>who would be better off sleeping;<br \/>but he was chaste and not a licker<sup id=\"cite_ref-8\"><\/sup><br \/>and sweet like rosehip flower<br \/>which carries the red cenelle.<\/p>\n<p>And so it happened one day,<br \/>in truth I can tell you,<br \/>1940 que Sire Topaze voulut faire une chevauch\u00e9e\u00a0;<br \/>he climbed on his gray steed,<br \/>in his hand a lance-zagaie<sup id=\"cite_ref-9\"><\/sup>,<br \/>a long sword by his side.<\/p>\n<p>It stings both through the forest<br \/>where is many wild beasts,<br \/>yes-da, deer and hare;<br \/>and as it swung north and east,<\/p>\n<p>I&#039;m telling you, not much<br \/>that no annoying boredom occurred to him.<\/p>\n<p>1950 L\u00e0 poussent herbes grandes et petites,<br \/>licorice and citoal<sup id=\"cite_ref-10\"><\/sup>,<br \/>and many cloves,<br \/>and nutmeg to put in the ale,<br \/>whether it is fresh or stale,<br \/>or to put in a box.<\/p>\n<p>The birds are singing, there&#039;s no need to say no<br \/>the emouchet and the papegai,<br \/>that it was joy to hear them;<br \/>the male thrush also said its lai,<br \/>1960 la colombe des bois sur la branchette<br \/>sang loud and clear.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Topaz fell in love languid<br \/>when he heard the thrush sing,<br \/>and spurred as if he was mad:<br \/>his handsome steed under his spur<br \/>sweated as much as we could have twisted it,<br \/>his sides were all bleeding.<\/p>\n<p>Sire Topaze also became so weary<br \/>to ram on the soft grass<br \/>1970 (si farouche \u00e9tait son courage<sup id=\"cite_ref-11\"><\/sup>\u00a0!)<br \/>that he dismounted in this place<br \/>to allow his horse some soula,<br \/>and gave him good fodder.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;O Holy Mary, <i>blessed<\/i>\u00a0!<br \/>What does this cruel love want from me<br \/>to bind me so tightly?<br \/>I dreamed all night, by God!<br \/>that an elven queen will be my lover<br \/>and will sleep under my coat.<\/p>\n<p>1980 C\u2019est une reine des elfes que je veux aimer, par ma foi\u00a0!<br \/>because in this world he is not a woman<\/p>\n<p>worthy of being my companion<br \/>all around;<br \/>I renounce any other woman,<br \/>and i&#039;m gonna go find an elven queen<br \/>by mountains and also by valleys! &quot;<\/p>\n<p>He immediately climbed back into the saddle,<br \/>and here he pricks over stone and fence<br \/>to spot an elven queen;<br \/>1990 si longtemps il a chevauch\u00e9 et couru<br \/>that he found, in a hidden retreat,<br \/>the land of fairyland<br \/>so wild;<br \/>because in this country was nobody<br \/>who dared to come to him on horseback or on foot,<br \/>neither woman nor child.<\/p>\n<p>Finally came a great giant,<br \/>his name was Sire Olifant,<br \/>he is a perilous hero.<br \/>2000 Il dit\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Enfant, par Termagant<sup id=\"cite_ref-12\"><\/sup>,<br \/>if you don&#039;t gallop quickly out of my stay,<br \/>immediately I kill your courier<br \/>with this mass.<br \/>This is where the Queen of Faerie is,<br \/>with harp and pipe and symphony<br \/>she lives there. &quot;<\/p>\n<p>The Child said: &quot;On my life,<br \/>tomorrow I will come and measure myself with you<br \/>when I have my armor;<br \/>2010 et j\u2019esp\u00e8re bien, par ma foi\u00a0!<br \/>that with this lance-zagaie<br \/>I will make you pay dearly for it;<br \/>your stomach<br \/>I will pierce it, if I can,<br \/>before the day has passed prime<br \/>because here you will be killed. &quot;<\/p>\n<p>Sire Topaze turns bridle as quickly as possible;<br \/>the giant threw stones at him<br \/>with a terrible slingshot<sup id=\"cite_ref-13\"><\/sup>\u00a0;<br \/>2020 mais l\u2019enfant Topaze l\u2019\u00e9chappe belle\u00a0;<br \/>and it was all thanks to god<br \/>and his beautiful attitude.<\/p>\n<p>Hear again, lords, my tale<br \/>more pleasant than the nightingale,<br \/>cause i will tweet you now<br \/>how Sire Topaz with a thin waist<br \/>riding through mountain and valley<br \/>returned home.<\/p>\n<p>To his merry companions he commanded<br \/>2030 de lui faire f\u00eate et liesse,<br \/>because he has to fight<br \/>against a giant with three heads,<br \/>for love and joy<br \/>of someone who shone like a star,<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Bring in,&quot; he said, &quot;my minstrels<br \/>and managers to tell tales<br \/>immediately arming me;<br \/>novels on royal themes,<br \/>and popes and cardinals,<br \/>2040 et aussi de plaisir d\u2019amour.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>They first brought him the sweet wine<br \/>and mead in a maple bowl<br \/>and royal spices<br \/>of ginger which was very fine,<br \/>and liquorice, and also cumin,<br \/>with sugar which is so exquisite.<\/p>\n<p>He clad against his white skin,<br \/>fine light linen fabric<br \/>breeches and also a shirt;<br \/>2050 et sur sa chemise un hoqueton<sup id=\"cite_ref-14\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>and over a haubergeon<sup id=\"cite_ref-15\"><\/sup><br \/>to preserve his heart from spikes;<\/p>\n<p>And, above, a beautiful hauberk<br \/>all adorned with jewelry<sup id=\"cite_ref-16\"><\/sup>,<br \/>he was very strong in armor;<br \/>and on top of that his coat of arms<br \/>as white as fleur-de-lis,<br \/>in which he will fight.<\/p>\n<p>His shield was all red gold,<br \/>2060 et au milieu \u00e9tait une t\u00eate de sanglier<br \/>near a carbuncle;<br \/>and then he swore by ale and bread,<br \/>that &quot;this giant would die,<br \/>happens that would like! &quot;<\/p>\n<p>His leggings were of boiled leather,<br \/>the sheath of his ivory sword,<br \/>his shiny brass helmet,<br \/>the saddle was of rochal bone,<br \/>her bridle like the sun shone,<br \/>2070 ou comme le clair de lune.<\/p>\n<p>His spear was of strong cypress<br \/>which presages war and no peace,<br \/>the very sharp sharp head;<br \/>his steed was all dapple gray,<br \/>he goes ambling on the roads<br \/>very slowly and smoothly<br \/>by the country.<br \/>Here, lords, a finished song!<br \/>If you want more<br \/>2080 Je vais essayer d\u2019en conter encore.<\/p>\n<p><center><i>(Second song.)<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Now hold your tongue, out of charity,<br \/>knight and noblewoman set,<\/p>\n<p>and listen to my verses;<br \/>of battle and chivalry<br \/>and gallantry<br \/>I will speak to you immediately.<\/p>\n<p>We are talking about price novels,<br \/>of the Horn Child and of Ypotis,<br \/>of Bevis and Sire Guy,<br \/>2090 de Sire Libeux et de Plein-d\u2019amour<sup id=\"cite_ref-18\"><\/sup>\u00a0;<br \/>but Sire Topaz takes the flower<br \/>of royal chivalry.<\/p>\n<p>He straddled his good steed<br \/>and rushed on his way<br \/>as the spark bursts from the brand;<br \/>on his crest he wore a tower<br \/>and on it was pricked a fleur-de-lis.<br \/>God keep his body from all evil!<\/p>\n<p>And since he was an adventurous knight<br \/>2100 il ne voulut dormir dans nulle maison<br \/>and lay down in his hood;<br \/>his shining helm was his pillow,<br \/>and near him he feasts on his steed<br \/>of beautiful and good herbs.<\/p>\n<p>He himself drank water from the wells<br \/>as did the Knight Sire Percival<br \/>so gallant under his arms,<br \/>when finally one fine day ......<\/p>\n<p><center><i>Here the Hotelier stops Chaucer in his tale of Sir Topaze.<\/i><\/center><\/p>","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-14652","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14652","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=14652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25246,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14652\/revisions\/25246"}],"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=14652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}