• "The Monk's Tale" is one of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The Monk's tale to the other pilgrims is a collection of 17 short stories, exempla, on the theme of tragedy.
  • 2>. But let us pass away from this mattere. My lord the Monk," quoth he, "be merry of cheer, For ye shall tell a tale truely. Lo, Rochester stands here faste by.
  • "The Monk's Tale" (Middle English: "The Monkes Tale") forms part of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It is made up of seventeen short biographies in verse.
  • Although the Host demands a merry tale from the Monk, the Monk instead gives a series of cameo tragedies, all of which deal with the role of fortune in a man's life.
  • My lord the Monk,” quoth he, “be merry of cheer, For ye shall tell a talë truëlý. Lo, Rochester stands here fastë by.
  • The Monk's Tale. I will bewail, in manner of tragedy, The harm of them that stood in high degree, And felle so, that there was no remedy To bring them out of their...
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  • The Canterbury Tales (The Monk’s Tale) Lyrics. I will bewail, in manner of tragedy, The harm of them that stood in high degree, And felle so...
  • 2> But let us pass away from this mattere. My lord the Monk,” quoth he, “be merry of cheer, For ye shall tell a tale truely. Lo, Rochester stands here faste by.