Prof. Fakhar Alam

Dept. of English

Govt. College Civil Lines Multan

Prof. Fakhar Alam

Dept. of English

Govt. College Civil Lines Multan

Prof. Fakhar Alam

Dept. of English

Govt. College Civil Lines Multan

Prof. Fakhar Alam

Dept. of English

Govt. College Civil Lines Multan

Paper 1 Poetry

Test your reading of the General Prologue

(Lines 270-444)

Translate each of the bold-faced words in the following lines into clear Modern English (it is best to write out your translation):

271 In mottelee, and hye on horse he sat;

275 Sownynge alwey th' encrees of his wynnyng.

281 So estatly was he of his governaunce

286 That unto logyk hadde longe ygo.

292 Ne was so worldly for to have office.

301 And bisily gan for the soules preye

306 And short and quyk and ful of hy sentence;

314 Justice he was ful often in assise,

319 Al was fee symple to hym in effect;

327 And every statut koude he pleyn by rote.

332 Whit was his berd as is the dayesye;

338 Was verray felicitee parfit.

345 It snewed in his hous of mete and drynke;

351 Wo was his cook but if his sauce were

359 A shirreve hadde he been, and a contour.

364 Of a solempne and a greet fraternitee.

370 To sitten in a yeldehalle on a deys.

376 It is ful fair to been ycleped "madame,"

387 For blankmanger, that made he with the beste.

389 For aught I woot, he was of Dertemouthe.

392 A daggere hangynge on a laas hadde he

399 If that he faught and hadde the hyer hond,

409 And every cryke in Britaigne and in Spayne.

417 Wel koude he fortunen the ascendent

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Prof. Fakhar Alam

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Paper 1 Poetry

Test your reading of the General Prologue

(Lines 270-444)

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