#  Glosses for Quiz on the Manciple's Prologue and Tale (Lines IX.1-362) 

 



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

17 Hastow had fleen al nyght, or artow dronke?  
 **fleen**: fleas  
  
18 Or hastow with som quene al nyght yswonke,  
 **quene**: trollop, whore  
  
46 And with this speche the Cook wax wrooth and wraw,  
 **wraw**: angry  
  
55 So unweeldy was this sory palled goost.  
 **unweeldy**: feeble **palled**: grown pale  
  
81 That that I spak, I seyde it in my bourde.  
 **bourde**: jest  
  
91 To the Manciple he took the gourde agayn;  
 **took ... agayn**: gave back  
  
145 For hym were looth byjaped for to be,  
 **byjaped**: tricked  
  
161 As to destreyne a thyng which that nature  
 **destreyne**: restrain  
  
166 Of alle deyntees that thou kanst bithynke,  
 **bithynke**: imagine  
  
183 A she-wolf hath also a vileyns kynde.  
 **vileyns**: chulish, evil  
  
197 Deceyved was, for al his jolitee.  
 **jolitee**: attractiveness  
  
205 Hir lemman? Certes, this is a knavyssh speche!  
 **knavyssh**: churlish  
  
211 I am a boystous man, right thus seye I:  
 **boystous**: plain  
  
215 And a povre wenche, oother than this --  
 **wenche**: low-class woman  
  
228 By force of meynee for to sleen dounright,  
 **force of meynee**: power of his retinue, size of his army  
  
239 Anon they wroghten al hire lust volage.  
 **volage**: flighty, foolish  
  
252 For al thy waityng, blered is thyn ye  
 **blered is thyn ye**: you have been tricked, deluded  
  
258 By sadde tokenes and by wordes bolde,  
 **sadde tokenes**: strong confirmatory details, proofs  
  
262 This Phebus gan aweyward for to wryen,  
 **wryen**: turn, go  
  
278 O rakel hand, to doon so foule amys!  
 **rakel**: rash, hasty  
  
281 O wantrust, ful of fals suspecion,  
 **wantrust**: distrust  
  
298 Thus shal men on a traytour been awreke;  
 **awreke**: avenged  
  
305 And made hym blak, and refte hym al his song,  
 **refte**: took away  
  
327 But for litel speche avysely  
 **avysely**: discreetly  
  
343 A jangler is to God abhomynable.  
 **jangler**: chatterer

Score 4 points for each correct answer; if you made an 80 or more, congratulations. If you scored 76 or less, go back and again read carefully through of The Manciple's Prologue and Tale (IX.1-362), paying close attention to meaning and availing yourself of the page glosses, the explanatory notes, and the glossary.