<Dd> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Original Text </Td> <Td> Modern Translation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This frere bosteth that he knoweth helle, </Td> <Td> This friar boasts that he knows hell, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> And God it woot, that it is litel wonder; </Td> <Td> And God knows that it is little wonder; </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Freres and feendes been but lyte asonder . </Td> <Td> Friars and fiends are seldom far apart . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> For, pardee, ye han ofte tyme herd telle </Td> <Td> For, by God, you have ofttimes heard tell </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> How that a frere ravyshed was to helle </Td> <Td> How a friar was taken to hell </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> In spirit ones by a visioun; </Td> <Td> In spirit, once by a vision; </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> And as an angel ladde hym up and doun, </Td> <Td> And as an angel led him up and down, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> To shewen hym the peynes that the were, </Td> <Td> To show him the pains that were there, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> In al the place saugh he nat a frere; </Td> <Td> In all the place he saw not a friar; </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Of oother folk he saugh ynowe in wo . </Td> <Td> Of other folk he saw enough in woe . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Unto this angel spak the frere tho: </Td> <Td> Unto this angel spoke the friar thus: </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Now, sire, quod he, han freres swich a grace </Td> <Td> "Now sir", said he, "Have friars such a grace </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> That noon of hem shal come to this place? </Td> <Td> That none of them come to this place?" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Yis, quod this aungel, many a millioun! </Td> <Td> "Yes", said the angel, "many a million!" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> And unto sathanas he ladde hym doun . </Td> <Td> And unto Satan the angel led him down . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td>--And now hath sathanas,--seith he,--a tayl </Td> <Td> "And now Satan has", he said, "a tail, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Brodder than of a carryk is the sayl . </Td> <Td> Broader than a galleon's sail . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hold up thy tayl, thou sathanas!--quod he; </Td> <Td> Hold up your tail, Satan!" said he . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td>--shewe forth thyn ers, and lat the frere se </Td> <Td> "Show forth your arse, and let the friar see </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Where is the nest of freres in this place!--</Td> <Td> Where the nest of friars is in this place!" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> And er that half a furlong wey of space, </Td> <Td> And before half a furlong of space, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Right so as bees out swarmen from an hyve, </Td> <Td> Just as bees swarm out from a hive, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Out of the develes ers ther gonne dryve </Td> <Td> Out of the devil's arse there were driven </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Twenty thousand freres on a route, </Td> <Td> Twenty thousand friars on a rout, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> And thurghout helle swarmed al aboute, </Td> <Td> And throughout hell swarmed all about, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> And comen agayn as faste as they may gon, </Td> <Td> And came again as fast as they could go, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> And in his ers they crepten everychon . </Td> <Td> And every one crept into his arse . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> He clapte his tayl agayn and lay ful stille . </Td> <Td> He shut his tail again and lay very still . </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Dd> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Original Text </Td> <Td> Modern Translation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This frere bosteth that he knoweth helle, </Td> <Td> This friar boasts that he knows hell, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> And God it woot, that it is litel wonder; </Td> <Td> And God knows that it is little wonder; </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Freres and feendes been but lyte asonder . </Td> <Td> Friars and fiends are seldom far apart . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> For, pardee, ye han ofte tyme herd telle </Td> <Td> For, by God, you have ofttimes heard tell </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> How that a frere ravyshed was to helle </Td> <Td> How a friar was taken to hell </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> In spirit ones by a visioun; </Td> <Td> In spirit, once by a vision; </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> And as an angel ladde hym up and doun, </Td> <Td> And as an angel led him up and down, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> To shewen hym the peynes that the were, </Td> <Td> To show him the pains that were there, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> In al the place saugh he nat a frere; </Td> <Td> In all the place he saw not a friar; </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Of oother folk he saugh ynowe in wo . </Td> <Td> Of other folk he saw enough in woe . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Unto this angel spak the frere tho: </Td> <Td> Unto this angel spoke the friar thus: </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Now, sire, quod he, han freres swich a grace </Td> <Td> "Now sir", said he, "Have friars such a grace </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> That noon of hem shal come to this place? </Td> <Td> That none of them come to this place?" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Yis, quod this aungel, many a millioun! </Td> <Td> "Yes", said the angel, "many a million!" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> And unto sathanas he ladde hym doun . </Td> <Td> And unto Satan the angel led him down . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td>--And now hath sathanas,--seith he,--a tayl </Td> <Td> "And now Satan has", he said, "a tail, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Brodder than of a carryk is the sayl . </Td> <Td> Broader than a galleon's sail . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hold up thy tayl, thou sathanas!--quod he; </Td> <Td> Hold up your tail, Satan!" said he . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td>--shewe forth thyn ers, and lat the frere se </Td> <Td> "Show forth your arse, and let the friar see </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Where is the nest of freres in this place!--</Td> <Td> Where the nest of friars is in this place!" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> And er that half a furlong wey of space, </Td> <Td> And before half a furlong of space, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Right so as bees out swarmen from an hyve, </Td> <Td> Just as bees swarm out from a hive, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Out of the develes ers ther gonne dryve </Td> <Td> Out of the devil's arse there were driven </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Twenty thousand freres on a route, </Td> <Td> Twenty thousand friars on a rout, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> And thurghout helle swarmed al aboute, </Td> <Td> And throughout hell swarmed all about, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> And comen agayn as faste as they may gon, </Td> <Td> And came again as fast as they could go, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> And in his ers they crepten everychon . </Td> <Td> And every one crept into his arse . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> He clapte his tayl agayn and lay ful stille . </Td> <Td> He shut his tail again and lay very still . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Original Text </Td> <Td> Modern Translation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This frere bosteth that he knoweth helle, </Td> <Td> This friar boasts that he knows hell, </Td> </Tr>

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