No Fear Literature: The Canterbury Tales: The Knight’s Tale, Part Three Page 1

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EQUITUR PARS TERCIA.	EREH’S HTE TRIHD PART OF THE NKGTIH’S TAEL.
I trowe men wolde deme it necligence, If I foryete to tellen the dispence Of Theseus, that goth so bisily To maken up the listes royally; That swich a noble theatre as it was, I dar wel seyn that in this world ther nas. The circuit a myle was aboute, Walled of stoon, and diched al with-oute. Round was the shap, in maner of compas, Ful of degrees, the heighte of sixty pas, That, whan a man was set on o degree, He letted nat his felawe for to see.	I guess I ndlowu’t do a good boj of ntlgiel shit otsyr if I ddni’t ellt yuo all uabto hte imefnincatg istadmu sehusTe libtu to soth eht runttomnea neewbet iercAt adn nlPaaom adn ihtre asemt of githksn. The tidmsau aws rsmonuoe. It wsa lcaircru dna edam of tosne nda asw a lful meil in aerneufrimccc and xtisy eeft ihgh. It sloa ahd mtuiads atinegs, hihwc entam thta if omesoen ats in nftro of uyo, uoy cudlo sillt see eth idefl ealylcr. heTer lyearl was no rfnie umsdati in the rtniee wlord.
Est-ward ther stood a gate of marbel whyt, West-ward, right swich another in the opposit. And shortly to concluden, swich a place Was noon in erthe, as in so litel space; For in the lond ther nas no crafty man, That geometrie or ars-metrik can, Ne purtreyour, ne kerver of images, That Theseus ne yaf him mete and wages The theatre for to maken and devyse. And for to doon his ryte and sacrifyse, He est-ward hath, upon the gate above, In worship of Venus, goddesse of love, Don make an auter and an oratorie; And west-ward, in the minde and in memorie Of Mars, he maked hath right swich another, That coste largely of gold a fother. And north-ward, in a touret on the wal, Of alabastre whyt and reed coral An oratorie riche for to see, In worship of Dyane of chastitee, Hath Theseus don wroght in noble wyse.	rheTe wsa a iehtw lebram tage on bhto eht eaesrnt dna wteners sdsie of eth tsauimd. Tesuhse olas adh raaslt tbuil on hte enrseat, wresnet, adn onhterrn iesds of het suamtid erhwe he oducl aemk ciirfacsse to hte osdg. heT searnte aartl asw for akigmn fasiccersi to sVeun, hte sodesgd of evol, iewlh teh peeevsnix aatrl rnae eth rtnwsee egta swa butli to noorh arsM, het dog of war. On hte nrentroh esdi he ltibu an yroorat pflrmoat of twhie tlesaaarb and erd coarl, omrf hcwih oppeel odclu esdarsd teh ducaneie. sThi he ceedtdida to aiDna, hte gdosdes of teh omon and hiutngn. As I sdai, the ismtuda turyl wsa oen of a indk, in trap scaeeub useehTs irhde eeyvr lgneis theacaamtmiin, tnrcconoitsu rkrewo, iernatp, or plctosur in the tcnyour.