Reading Notes: Canterbury Tales, Part B

For this section, I chose the beginning of The Priest who Learned to be a Philosopher, found in The Chaucer Story Book by Eva March Tappan.

The story begins with a priest who had no church, but instead would spend his time in singing masses for the dead. He stayed with a dame and was so helpful that she bought his food and clothes for him. Because of this, he always had a decent amount of money.

One day, a man asked him for a loan for three days. The man thanked him and brought the priest his money back in a timely manner.

The man then wanted to be generous back to the priest since he was generous to him. He said he would teach the priest how he works in philosophy. He begins to show the priest how he will turn quicksilver into malleable pure silver, and demands everyone else be sent away so as to not learn the secrets.

(Illustration of the Canterbury Tales Pilgrims)

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