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7.4 The Tale of Melibee. Short Summary: Melibeus' enemies break into his house, beat his wife Prudence and wound his daughter Sophie with five mortal wounds. He is enraged. His wife counsels him to be patient in suffering. She advises him to call his council.
" The Tale of Melibee " (also called " The Tale of Melibeus ") is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. [1] This is the second tale in the collection told by Chaucer himself. After being interrupted by the host Harry Bailly, Chaucer launches into one of the longest and some would say most boring of all the tales.
Heere bigynneth Chaucers Tale of Melibee. 967 A yong man called Melibeus, myghty and riche, bigat upon his wyf, that called was Prudence, A young man called Melibeus, mighty and rich, begot upon his wife, who was called Prudence, 967A a doghter which that called was Sophie. a daughter who was called Sophie.
When Melibee and his wife are away, three burglars break into their home and grievously injure their daughter, Sophia. Melibee decides to avenge himself, but his wife, Dame Prudence, talks him into getting advice and then convinces him that, of all the advice he has gotten, her own advice is the best. The three burglars are found and brought ...
The Canterbury Tales Summary and Analysis of Chaucer's Tale of Melibee. The Tale of Melibee. There was once a young man named Melibee, mighty and rich, who had with his wife Prudence, a daughter called Sophie. One day he took a walk into the fields, leaving his wife and daughter inside his house, with the doors shut fast.
To consult the original, see the interlinear translation Or consult the text directly in The Riverside Chaucer or The Canterbury Tales Complete. A young man called Melibeus, mighty and rich, begot upon his wife, who was called Prudence, a daughter who was called Sophie.
The Tale of Melibeus, one of the 24 stories in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Reproved by the host of the inn for his tedious narrative of “The Tale of Sir Thopas,” Chaucer in his own persona offers this prose allegory, a close translation of a French adaptation of a 13th-century Italian.
