He is still a experienced sailor and was even captain of his own ship called the Maudelayne. The Shipman's Tale tells the story of the wife of a merchant, who spends ravenous amounts of money on socializing and parties.
The shipman tells of a handsome monk who is good friends with a merchant. One day, the monk comes to town and decides to stay with the merchant. That day the monk, merchant, and the merchant's wife have a fun together, drinking and eating.
After a while the monk goes to the garden where upon the wife of the merchant comes to the monk. She tells him how her husband gives her no pleasure and how about she's in debt. The monk agrees to help the wife and steals a hundred franks from the merchant unbeknownst to the wife. The wife for her part, sleeps with the monk and they have a fun night. The next day the monk leaves and upon the merchant's return, tells how he gave money to the wife.
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He's the quintessential bad boy — an unsavory type who heeds no law or conscience. The merchant invites Sir John to his home for a few days. During this visit, the monk encounters the merchant's wife in the garden. Noticing her pallor, he questions her. She agrees to tell him her problems of marital neglect if both swear themselves to total secrecy; then she tells him her story and pleads with him to loan her one hundred francs to buy clothes that her frugal husband denies her.
Sir John agrees to bring the money when the merchant leaves for Bruges. Then he draws the wife to him, kisses her madly, and confesses his desire for her. After dinner that night, the monk draws the merchant aside and asks him for a loan of one hundred francs to purchase cattle. The merchant gladly gives Sir John the money. The next day, the merchant leaves for Bruges. Soon after, the monk arrives at the merchant's home, and in, exchange for the money, the wife agrees to spend the night in bed with the monk.
Sometime later, the merchant stops by the monk's abbey to pay a social call. Thus the stage is set for Chaucer, who is the Narrator of this poem. Twenty-nine travelers meet at the Tabard Inn in London before undertaking a journey to the Shrine of St. Thomas Becket in Canterbury. The group is assembling as Chaucer arrives and, as he observes the group and interacts with some of them, he decides that he will join their party.
From his vantage point as. Fate vs. Fortuna, knowledge vs.
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