#  Test your reading of the Prioress's Tale (Lines 565-690) 

 



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**Write down a modern English translation for each of the bold-faced words and phrases below:**

572 I seye that in a **wardrobe** they hym threwe  
  
579 O martir, **sowded** to virginitee,  
  
580 Now maystow syngen, folwynge **evere in oon**  
  
583 In Pathmos **wroot**, which seith that they that goon  
  
600 She **frayneth** and she preyeth pitously  
  
602 To telle hire if hir child wente **oght** forby.  
  
611 Ther he with throte **ykorven** lay upright,  
  
618 And **herieth** Crist that is of hevene kyng,  
  
620 And after that the Jewes **leet he bynde**.  
  
626 **Unnethe** myghte the peple that was theere  
  
628 With **torment** and with shameful deeth **echon**,  
  
629 This provost dooth thise Jewes for to **sterve**  
  
631 He nolde no swich cursednesse **observe**.  
  
636 Biforn the chief **auter**, whil the masse laste;  
  
640 Yet spak this child, whan **spreynd** was hooly water,  
  
644 This yonge child to **conjure** he bigan,  
  
645 And seyde, "O deere child, I **halse** thee,  
  
648 Sith that thy throte is kut **to my semynge?**"  
  
650 Seyde this child, "and as **by wey of kynde**  
  
658 And whan that I my lyf sholde **forlete**,  
  
675 And **gruf** he fil al **plat** upon the grounde,

**Compare your translation with the page** [**glosses**](/glosses-quiz-2-prioresss-tale-lines-vii565-691) **for these lines.**