#  Glosses for quiz #1, The The Miller's Prologue (Lines I.3109-3396) 

 



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**Compare your translations with the glossed text:**

3112 And worthy for to drawen to memorie,  
 **drawen to memorie**: remember  
  
3115 This gooth aright; unbokeled is the male.  
 **unbokeled is the male**: the pouch is opened; i.e., the game is well begun  
  
3121 So that unnethe upon his hors he sat,  
 **unnethe**: hardly  
  
3129 And seyde, "Abyd, Robyn, my leeve brother;  
 **Abyd**: wait **leeve**: dear  
  
3140 Wyte it the ale of Southwerk, I you preye.  
 **Wyte it**: blame it on  
  
3147 To apeyren any man, or hym defame,  
 **apeyren**: injure, slander  
  
3170 M'athynketh that I shal reherce it heere.  
 **M'athynketh**: it displeases me, I regret **reherce**: repeat, narrate  
  
3185 Avyseth yow, and put me out of blame;  
 **Avyseth yow**: consider, drink about (this)  
  
3188 A riche gnof, that gestes heeld to bord,  
 **gnof**, churl **gestes**: lodgers **to bord**: as boarders  
  
3199 This clerk was cleped hende Nicholas.  
 **hende**: courteous  
  
3212 His presse ycovered with a faldyng reed;  
 **presse**: cupboard, linen press **faldyng reed**: coarse red woolen cloth  
  
3237 Upon hir lendes, ful of many a goore.  
 **lendes**: loins **goore**: flounce  
  
3242 Were of the same suyte of hir coler;  
 **same suyte of**: same color as  
  
3247 She was ful moore blisful on to see  
 **blisful on to see**; pleasing to look upon  
  
3253 There nys no man so wys that koude thenche  
 **thenche**: imagine  
  
3260 As any kyde or calf folwynge his dame.  
 **dame**: mother (dam)  
  
3275 As clerkes ben ful subtile and ful queynte;  
 **queynte**: ingenious, clever  
  
3289 And spak so faire, and profred him so faste,  
 **profred him**: pressed his suit  
  
3299 "A clerk hadde litherly biset his whyle,  
 **litherly biset his whyle**: wasted his time  
  
3315 And strouted as a fanne large and brode;  
 **strouted as a fanne**: stretched out like a fan  
  
3325 A myrie child he was, so God me save.  
 **child**: young man &nbap;**so**: as  
  
3330 And with his legges casten to and fro,  
 **casten**: move quickly  
  
3336 Ther any gaylard tappestere was.  
 **gaylard tappestere**: merry barmaid  
  
3360 He syngeth in his voys gentil and smal,  
 **smal**: high  
  
3370 This passeth forth; what wol ye bet than weel?  
 **bet than weel**: better than well (i.e., what more would you have?)  
  
3393 Maketh the ferre leeve to be looth."  
 **ferre leeve to be looth**: distant loved one to be disliked

Score 4 points for each correct answer; If you scored 76 or less, go back and again read carefully through The Miller's Prologue (lines I.3109-3396), paying close attention to meaning.

If you made an 80 or more you are doing well; continue your reading of the Tale.