#  Glosses for quiz #2 of the Prioress's Tale (Lines VII.565-691) 

 



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

572 I seye that in a wardrobe they hym threwe  
 **wardrobe**: privy  
  
579 O martir, sowded to virginitee,  
 **sowded**: firmly united  
  
580 Now maystow syngen, folwynge evere in oon  
 **evere in oon**: always, continually  
  
583 In Pathmos wroot, which seith that they that goon  
 **wroot**: wrote  
  
600 She frayneth and she preyeth pitously  
 **frayneth**: asks  
  
602 To telle hire if hir child wente oght forby.  
 **oght**: at all  
  
611 Ther he with throte ykorven lay upright,  
 **ykorven**: cut through  
  
618 And herieth Crist that is of hevene kyng,  
 **herieth**: praises  
  
620 And after that the Jewes leet he bynde.  
 **leet he bynde**: he had bound  
  
626 Unnethe myghte the peple that was theere  
 **Unnethe**: hardly  
  
628 With torment and with shameful deeth echon,  
 **torment**: torture **echon**: each one   
  
629 This provost dooth thise Jewes for to sterve  
 **sterve**: die  
  
631 He nolde no swich cursednesse observe.  
 **observe**: respect, observe (a practice)  
  
636 Biforn the chief auter, whil the masse laste;  
 **auter**: altar  
  
640 Yet spak this child, whan spreynd was hooly water,  
 **spreynd**: sprinkled  
  
645 And seyde, "O deere child, I halse thee,  
 **halse**: beseech  
  
648 Sith that thy throte is kut to my semynge?"  
 **to my semynge**: as it seems to me  
  
650 Seyde this child, "and as by wey of kynde  
 **by wey of kynde**: in the natural course of things  
  
658 And whan that I my lyf sholde forlete,  
 **forlete**: lose  
  
675 And gruf he fil al plat upon the grounde,  
 **gruf**: face down **plat**: flat

**As in the previous quiz, give yourself a grade (4 points for each correct answer): If you get a score of 80 or better, you are doing well. If you got 75 or less, you should go back over this part of the Prioress's Tale, paying close attention to meaning and availing yourself of the page glosses, the explanatory notes, and the glossary.**