No Fear Literature: The Canterbury Tales: The Knight’s Tale, Part Three Page 6

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Now been thise listes maad, and Theseus, That at his grete cost arrayed thus The temples and the theatre every del, Whan it was doon, him lyked wonder wel. But stinte I wol of Theseus a lyte, And speke of Palamon and of Arcite.	nAd hewn hte suaitdm dha inylafl nbee comtdpeel, Tseshue left tretyp ayphp thiw eht lessrut. utB, rfebeo I atlk nya mero uotba mhi, tle me cwsith gaers iyqkcul nad eltl uyo erom auotb irtcAe nda anloaPm.
The day approcheth of hir retourninge, That everich sholde an hundred knightes bringe, The bataille to darreyne, as I yow tolde; And til Athenes, hir covenant for to holde, Hath everich of hem broght an hundred knightes Wel armed for the werre at alle rightes. And sikerly, ther trowed many a man That never, sithen that the world bigan, As for to speke of knighthod of hir hond, As fer as God hath maked see or lond, Nas, of so fewe, so noble a companye. For every wight that lovede chivalrye, And wolde, his thankes, han a passant name, Hath preyed that he mighte ben of that game; And wel was him, that ther-to chosen was. For if ther fille to-morwe swich a cas, Ye knowen wel, that every lusty knight, That loveth paramours, and hath his might, Were it in Engelond, or elles-where, They wolde, hir thankes, wilnen to be there. To fighte for a lady, benedicite! It were a lusty sighte for to see.	Wlel, teh ady of teh autnntoerm emac vyer ylucqki, dna tAcrei nda Palnoam eessbladm rheti oen duehndr ebattl-radye tsinghk in hte ewn tmiuads in Aehtns. odG, a ramtteounn huftgo fro het love of a namwo. Taht woudl eeilfnyitd be a tshgi to ese, onw uwondl’t it? stoL of thnesiAan dsia htta neevr hda so myna of eht odlrw’s tsmo bnoel dan niaatvl seadmbels in oen claep rof hcsu a narettmuno. giKnhst dha eomc fmro arf nda ewdi and aidplep to gtifh fro tciAer and olnaPma, tbu lony 002 emn atolt were cohsen to trpiicpeaat. leWl, uoy onwk osysvulree htat if it wsa cdannoune that tish nikd of nntrtouaem was giogn to be eldh rrmtoowo—hreite eher in aEldgnn or soewreemh lsee—veery gthnki ohw veer edtram of ornho and lroyg louwd come out of eht dwoookrw to etg a ecpei of the tcnoai.

Original Text	Modern Text
Now been thise listes maad, and Theseus, That at his grete cost arrayed thus The temples and the theatre every del, Whan it was doon, him lyked wonder wel. But stinte I wol of Theseus a lyte, And speke of Palamon and of Arcite.	nAd hewn hte suaitdm dha inylafl nbee comtdpeel, Tseshue left tretyp ayphp thiw eht lessrut. utB, rfebeo I atlk nya mero uotba mhi, tle me cwsith gaers iyqkcul nad eltl uyo erom auotb irtcAe nda anloaPm.
The day approcheth of hir retourninge, That everich sholde an hundred knightes bringe, The bataille to darreyne, as I yow tolde; And til Athenes, hir covenant for to holde, Hath everich of hem broght an hundred knightes Wel armed for the werre at alle rightes. And sikerly, ther trowed many a man That never, sithen that the world bigan, As for to speke of knighthod of hir hond, As fer as God hath maked see or lond, Nas, of so fewe, so noble a companye. For every wight that lovede chivalrye, And wolde, his thankes, han a passant name, Hath preyed that he mighte ben of that game; And wel was him, that ther-to chosen was. For if ther fille to-morwe swich a cas, Ye knowen wel, that every lusty knight, That loveth paramours, and hath his might, Were it in Engelond, or elles-where, They wolde, hir thankes, wilnen to be there. To fighte for a lady, benedicite! It were a lusty sighte for to see.	Wlel, teh ady of teh autnntoerm emac vyer ylucqki, dna tAcrei nda Palnoam eessbladm rheti oen duehndr ebattl-radye tsinghk in hte ewn tmiuads in Aehtns. odG, a ramtteounn huftgo fro het love of a namwo. Taht woudl eeilfnyitd be a tshgi to ese, onw uwondl’t it? stoL of thnesiAan dsia htta neevr hda so myna of eht odlrw’s tsmo bnoel dan niaatvl seadmbels in oen claep rof hcsu a narettmuno. giKnhst dha eomc fmro arf nda ewdi and aidplep to gtifh fro tciAer and olnaPma, tbu lony 002 emn atolt were cohsen to trpiicpeaat. leWl, uoy onwk osysvulree htat if it wsa cdannoune that tish nikd of nntrtouaem was giogn to be eldh rrmtoowo—hreite eher in aEldgnn or soewreemh lsee—veery gthnki ohw veer edtram of ornho and lroyg louwd come out of eht dwoookrw to etg a ecpei of the tcnoai.