#  Glosses for quiz #4 of the Knight's Tale (Lines I.2483-3108) 

 



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

 2518 Somme with the balled, somme with the thikke herd;

 **balled**: bald **thikke herd** : thickly haired   
  
2527 Honured, were into the paleys fet.  
 **fet**: fetched, brought  
  
2540 Of mortal bataille now in this emprise.  
 **emprise**: undertaking  
  
2593 So evene were they chosen, for to gesse.  
 **evene**: equally **for to gesse**: as an estimate  
  
2609 The helmes they tohewen and toshrede;  
 **tohewen and toshrede**: hew to pieces and cut into shreds  
  
2642 Unyolden, and ydrawen to the stake.  
 **Unyolden**: without having surrendered  
  
2676 This fierse Arcite hath of his helm ydon,  
 **of his helm ydon**: taken off his hehnet  
  
2683 And was al his chiere, as in his herte.  
 **chiere**: source of pleasure  
  
2692 As blak he lay as any cole or crowe,  
 **cole**: coal  
  
2718 Unto the straunge lordes, as was right.  
 **straunge**: foreign  
  
2725 O persone allone, withouten mo,  
 **mo**: others  
  
2732 To stynten alle rancour and envye,  
 **envye**: ill-will  
  
2745 The clothered blood, for any lechecraft,  
 **clothered**: clotted  
  
2752 The pipes of his longes gonne to swelle,  
 **longes**: lungs  
  
2760 Fare wel phisik! Go ber the man to chirche!  
 **phisik**: medicine  
  
2786 And Juppiter so wys my soule gye,  
 **gye**: guide  
  
2862 His compleynte, and for love his hoote fires,  
 **compleynte**: lament  
  
2883 With flotery berd and ruggy, asshy heeres,  
 **flotery**: waving **ruggy**: rough  
  
2902 Thurghout the citee by the maister strete,  
 **maister strete**: main street  
  
2918 Of stree first ther was leyd ful many a lode.  
 **stree**: straw **lode**: load  
  
2927 In which they woneden in reste and pees,  
 **woneden**: dwelt  
  
2960 The wake-pleyes; ne kepe I nat to seye  
 **wake-pleyes**: funeral games  
  
2979 He cam at his comandement in hye.  
 **in hye**: in haste  
  
3010 Descendynge so til it be corrumpable.  
 **corrumpable**: corruptible  
  
3016 This maystow understonde and seen at ye.  
 **at ye**: plainly  
  
3102 Lyvynge in blisse, in richesse, and in heele,  
 **heele**: health, well-being

Score 4 points for each correct answer; if you made an 80, congratulations!

If you scored 76 or less, go back and again read carefully through this part ( lines I.2483-3108) of the Knight's Tale, paying close attention to meaning.