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[rymenhild]

Readers alle, I beg of ye that ye reden nat simplyche Chauceres blog, but eek the comments thereto. Where else canst one finde conversacioun of such geekery as this?

"Pacient Griselde" writes, Ich am but a povre scoler of English, a yonge clerke, and thou been myn maist leevere auctor. Wol thou with mich slepen?

Nostre Geoffrey turns her down gently, thus: Such an swete proposicoun thou makest, but ich am a marryede man with childer, and thou art a yonge mayde, oon the faireste vnder sonne.

Cecilia Chaumpaigne (see 1380 on this timeline for more information) takes issue with Geoffrey's coy denials: Certes, Geffrey, I holde thyn wordes to Pacient Griselde ryght false and twa-faced when Ich consydre all that hath passyd entre vous y moi. Pleyeth not the dumb stoon, Geffrey. Thou knowest the thynge of which Y speke.

Geoffrey: Myne mainpernours haven advised me nat to make mencioun of anye of the detailles of the cas yn a public forum.

Where can I get an "ICH BELEEVE CECILIA" pin? Somehow, I don't see Chaucer putting one on his Zazzle store.

Comments

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

I've just laughed so much at the comments that I'm feeling rather weak :-) The leading lights of 14th century poetry and politics seem to be getting onto ye internettes in force these days!

Maybe Gower's blog will soon feature pro-Cecilia merchandise?

I love Geoffrey's view of Gower's blog: tho this maye be the onli worke of thyne ever to be only ONE PAYGE! Euerythynge else of thyne maketh the booke of deutoronomie seme an haiku.

Hee!

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

He's right, too. That interminable Confessio Amantis...!

[(Anonymous)]

Come to thynken of yt, a t-shirte wolde be a goode waye to apologise to Mistresse Cecilia. Alto myne mainpernours haven advisede me nat to talke overmuch concernynge the case. Let me juste saye, ther are MANY, MANY menynges for that worde yn my tyme.

Le Vostre

GC

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Ich must nedes sayen, Ich thynke it nat bettre for thee to kidnappe povre Cecilye than for thee to lye with her.

[muchabstracted.livejournal.com]

This reminds me. I have to make you green with jealousy.

When I'm at my parents' house over the Passover weekend, I am going to see Canterbury Tales Part I as performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Kennedy Center. *thumbs nose in an insufferably smug and dignified manner*

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Do you thumb your nose at me?

[muchabstracted.livejournal.com]

Most assuredly, I do thumb my nose at you. Sir.

[batyatoon]

... oh dear god.

This may be one of the very, very few things in the world that can make me just stare in dropjawed wonder and clutch my hair and wail "I'M NOT GEEKY ENOUGH!!"

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

We all have our different specialties in geekery, that's all!

[batyatoon]

Oh, I know, but still.