Reading Diary A - Canterbury Tales

For this reading diary, I am reading the Canterbury Tales.

The Unknown Bride - A knight was challenged to find what it is that women want the most.  King Midas' wife could not keep his secret under wraps and went to tell the marsh.  The knight was there and the Queen promised to help him if he did something for her in return.

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The Unknown Bride (cont.) -  The knight came back the court and told the Queen that women wished to rule their husbands.  The woman who had helped him said that he request to him was that she become his wife.  The knight refused but he still had to marry her all the same.  And because the knight committed himself to her, she turned into a beautiful young woman.

The Story of the Summoner -  A summoner went out to get some money.  He met a stranger who promised to help him.  The two men were talking about how to best keep their money.

The Story of the Summoner (cont.) -  The two men passed a cart where a man was yelling at two horses.  One of the men said that they could take it based on what the man said, but then the man changed how he spoke so they could not.  The men then tried to trick an old woman to have her give them money.  They got the money but then the stranger took the summoner back with him to hell.

The Promise of Dorigen - A knight named Arviragus was trying his best to win the love of a noble lady.  The noble lady then came to love him.  The knight had to leave after a year for business and the lady was very sad.  While the lady was with her friends one day, a young lad fell in love with her.  He then one day proclaimed his devotion to her.

The Promise of Dorigen (cont.) -Dorigan said the Arviragus was her only love.  The young lad wished that he might win Dorigen over.  But then Arviragus returned home.  The lad's brother was sad because he knew the pain he was in.  But then he remembered a magic book.  Aurelius and his brother then set off to find the book.  The brothers then found the magician who had the book.

The Promise of Dorigen (cont. again) - The brothers explained why they were there.  The magician said he could do it for a thousand pounds.  The magician performed the spell and Aurelius went straight to Dorigen.  Aurelius told her that since all of the rocks were gone, she now had to come to him and leave her husband.  While this made Dorigen very sad, she agreed.

The Promise of Dorigen (end) - Aurelius saw that Dorigen had come and that Arviragus would rather have her keep her word than stay with him, he told her to go back to her faithful husband.  He went to go pay the magician.  When he explained the story to the magician, then the magician released him from his debt.

The Revelers - There was a group of men who partied all the time, day and night.  One day they were in a tavern in the morning, and they heard the story about how one of their companions died last night.  The men then decide to confront this thief named Death and kill him.  They started walking up the road when they ran into an old man.

The Revelers (cont.) - One of the young men asked him why he was so old and the old man replied that he could not find someone to give him their youth and to take his age.  They then talked about Death and the old man told them where to go.  They went along the path and found a pile of gold.  The men decided it was best if they brought the gold back at night to prevent any suspicion.

The Revelers (end) -They drew lots and one of the men went back to town.  The other two decided that they would have more money if they split it up between the two of them.  So they plotted to kill the third member.  The third man planned to poison the other two men.  Both plans went as planned and soon all three met death.