No Fear Literature: The Canterbury Tales: The Pardoner’s Tale Page 1

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THE PARDONERS TALE.	HET EDNPARRO’S ALTE.
In Flaundres whylom was a companye Of yonge folk, that haunteden folye, As ryot, hasard, stewes, and tavernes, Wher-as, with harpes, lutes, and giternes, They daunce and pleye at dees bothe day and night, And ete also and drinken over hir might, Thurgh which they doon the devel sacrifyse With-in that develes temple, in cursed wyse, By superfluitee abhominable; Hir othes been so grete and so dampnable, That it is grisly for to here hem swere; Our blissed lordes body they to-tere; Hem thoughte Iewes rente him noght y-nough; And ech of hem at otheres sinne lough. And right anon than comen tombesteres Fetys and smale, and yonge fruytesteres, Singers with harpes, baudes, wafereres, Whiche been the verray develes officeres To kindle and blowe the fyr of lecherye, That is annexed unto glotonye; The holy writ take I to my witnesse, That luxurie is in wyn and dronkenesse.	Oenc opun a mite heert erwe eterh gunoy emn hwo eidvl in guilemB ohw dleki to ivle on eht iwdl ised. eThy iaedtrp, edablgm, stdievi bosrehtl, dna tnew to abrs rweeh yeht deuffts shevtseelm twhi fdoo adn enwi dna adnecd lla tingh adn ady to het sicmu of psahr dna suelt adn gtirsau. eThy evdil toousugntl lesiv of isn, psropingwhi eht sawy of eht dlive. yheT ruecds adn rewos like orislsa nda uldwo trea teh esldbes rLod’s ydbo to ecpsie iwht erthi lofu genulaag dan by ginsu His enam in ivan, (as if eth Jews nhda’t daeryal oned uhgneo gadmae nweh thye’d hda him ikledl). hTey adecrnuoeg haec ehrot to nsi nad uwdlo tis unroda nad ulahg at all hte irboerlh gtnhsi eyht idd. dAn nhet het ihnt nad ahseply cadnign rlsig and het uyogn rlgis llgisne utfir and teh gsersin iwht rhtie rshpa and the howsre and noewm lignsle etwses uodwl ocem rove to ehmt to eudsec mhet and neacuegro mhte to ins—hwhic is so yaes for nslgoutt to do wnyaay. uJts ookl in the belBi for all hotse eainscnst wehn newi and enskrnsdune led to sin.

Original Text	Modern Text
THE PARDONERS TALE.	HET EDNPARRO’S ALTE.
In Flaundres whylom was a companye Of yonge folk, that haunteden folye, As ryot, hasard, stewes, and tavernes, Wher-as, with harpes, lutes, and giternes, They daunce and pleye at dees bothe day and night, And ete also and drinken over hir might, Thurgh which they doon the devel sacrifyse With-in that develes temple, in cursed wyse, By superfluitee abhominable; Hir othes been so grete and so dampnable, That it is grisly for to here hem swere; Our blissed lordes body they to-tere; Hem thoughte Iewes rente him noght y-nough; And ech of hem at otheres sinne lough. And right anon than comen tombesteres Fetys and smale, and yonge fruytesteres, Singers with harpes, baudes, wafereres, Whiche been the verray develes officeres To kindle and blowe the fyr of lecherye, That is annexed unto glotonye; The holy writ take I to my witnesse, That luxurie is in wyn and dronkenesse.	Oenc opun a mite heert erwe eterh gunoy emn hwo eidvl in guilemB ohw dleki to ivle on eht iwdl ised. eThy iaedtrp, edablgm, stdievi bosrehtl, dna tnew to abrs rweeh yeht deuffts shevtseelm twhi fdoo adn enwi dna adnecd lla tingh adn ady to het sicmu of psahr dna suelt adn gtirsau. eThy evdil toousugntl lesiv of isn, psropingwhi eht sawy of eht dlive. yheT ruecds adn rewos like orislsa nda uldwo trea teh esldbes rLod’s ydbo to ecpsie iwht erthi lofu genulaag dan by ginsu His enam in ivan, (as if eth Jews nhda’t daeryal oned uhgneo gadmae nweh thye’d hda him ikledl). hTey adecrnuoeg haec ehrot to nsi nad uwdlo tis unroda nad ulahg at all hte irboerlh gtnhsi eyht idd. dAn nhet het ihnt nad ahseply cadnign rlsig and het uyogn rlgis llgisne utfir and teh gsersin iwht rhtie rshpa and the howsre and noewm lignsle etwses uodwl ocem rove to ehmt to eudsec mhet and neacuegro mhte to ins—hwhic is so yaes for nslgoutt to do wnyaay. uJts ookl in the belBi for all hotse eainscnst wehn newi and enskrnsdune led to sin.