#  Glosses for quiz #2 of the Knight's Tale (lI.1355-1880) 

 



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

1364 His hewe falow and pale as asshen colde,  
 **falow**: sickly yellow  
  
1372 And in his geere for al the world he ferde  
 **geere**: behavior **ferde**: behaved  
  
1377 And shortly, turned was al up so doun  
 **up so doun**: topsy turvy  
  
1405 He myghte wel, if that he bar hym lowe,  
 **bar hym lowe**: conducted himself humbly  
  
1415 And at the gate he profreth his servyse  
 **profreth**: offers  
  
1453 Forpyned, what for wo and for distresse.  
 **Forpyned**: wasted by suffering  
  
1465 Were it by aventure or destynee --  
 **aventure or destynee**: chance or fate  
  
1477 That nedes cost he moot hymselven hyde,  
 **nedes cost**: necessarily  
  
1495 And with his stremes dryeth in the greves  
 **stremes**: rays greves: groves  
  
1526 That was so ny to herknen al his sawe,  
 **sawe**: speech  
  
1544 Woltow werreyen Thebes the citee?  
 **werreyen**: wage war on  
  
1559 Allas, thou felle Mars! Allas, Juno!  
 **felle**: fierce  
  
1592 But out of prison am astert by grace,  
 **astert**: escaped  
  
1650 But streight, withouten word or rehersyng,  
 **rehersyng**: conversation  
  
1688 And to the grove that stood ful faste by,  
 **ful faste by**: very close by  
  
1699 That foughten breme as it were bores two.  
 **breme**: fiercely  
  
1729 Thus hath he japed thee ful many a yer,  
 **japed**: tricked  
  
1746 It nedeth noght to pyne yow with the corde.  
 **pyne**: torture   
  
1762 And though he first for ire quook and sterte,  
 **quook**: shook **sterte**: trembled  
  
1789 For he kan maken, at his owene gyse,  
 **at his owene gyse**: after his own fashion  
  
1813 I woot it by myself ful yore agon,  
 **yore agon**: long ago  
  
1822 That nevere mo ye shal my contree dere,  
 **dere**: harm  
  
1843 As hym is shape, and herkneth in what wyse;  
 **wyse**: manner  
  
1863 And God so wisly on my soule rewe  
 **so wisly**: surely, certainly **rewe**: have mercy  
  
1872 Who kouthe telle, or who kouthe it endite,  
 **endite**: describe in writing

Score 4 points for each correct answer; if you made an 80 or more go on to Part III. If you scored 76 or less, go back and again read carefully through this part (lines I.1355-1880) of the Knight's Tale, paying close attention to meaning and availing yourself of the page glosses, the explanatory notes, and the glossary.