The Canterbury Tales

GEOFFREY

CHAUCER

THE

Canterbury

Tales

Original

Middle English

and

MODERN-SPELLING TRANSCRIPT

with

Glossarial Tooltips

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

— I —

The General Prologue
The Knight’s Tale
The Miller’s Prologue
The Miller’s Tale
The Reeve’s Prologue
The Reeve’s Tale
The Cook’s Prologue
The Cook’s Tale

— II —

Introduction to the Man of Law’s Tale
The Man of Law’s Prologue
The Man of Law’s Tale

— III —

The Shipman’s Prologue

The Shipman’s Tale
The Shipman’s Epilogue
The Prioress’s Prologue
The Prioress’s Tale
The Prologue to Sir Thopas
Sir Thopas
The Prologue to Melibeus
Melibeus
The Monk’s Prologue
The Monk’s Tale
The Nun’s Priest’s Prologue
The Nun’s Priest’s Tale
The Nun’s Priest’s Epilogue

— IV —

The Physician’s Tale

The Physician’s Epilogue
The Pardoner’s Prologue
The Pardoner’s Tale

— V —

The Wife of Bath’s Prologue
The Wife of Bath’s Tale
The Friar’s Prologue
The Friar’s Tale
The Summoner’s Prologue
The Summoner’s Tale

— VI —

The Clerk’s Prologue
The Clerk’s Tale

— VII —

The Merchant’s Prologue
The Merchant’s Tale
The Merchant’s Epilogue

— VIII —

The Squire’s Prologue
The Squire’s Tale
The Squire’s Epilogue
The Franklin’s Prologue
The Franklin’s Tale

— IX —

The Second Nun’s Prologue
The Second Nun’s Tale
The Canon’s Yeoman’s Prologue
The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale

— X —

The Manciple’s Prologue

The Manciple’s Tale
The Parson’s Prologue
The Parson’s Tale
Chaucer’s Retraction