Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Books and Reading
Chaucer, House of Fame 652-660:
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For when thy labour doon al ys,Chaucer, Legend of Good Women, Prologue 29-34:
And hast ymad alle thy rekenynges,
Instede of reste and newe thynges,
Thou goost hom to thy hous anoon 655
And, also dombe as any stoon,
Thou sittest at another book,
Tyl fully daswed is thy look,
And lyvest thus as an heremyte,
Although thyn abstynence ys lyte. 660
655 anoon = at once
656 also = as
658 daswed = dazed
660 lyte = little
And as for me, though that I konne but lyte,
On bokes for to rede I me delyte, 30
And to hem yive I feyth and ful credence,
And in myn herte have hem in reverence
So hertely, that ther is game noon
That from my bokes maketh me to goon.
29 konne = know, lyte = little
31 yive = give
33 game = diversion
