From Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales", The Clerk's Tale, lines 897-917

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From The Canterbury Tales:
The Clerk's Tale
lines 897-917: Griselda returns to her father's house

	The folk hir folwe, wepynge in hir weye,
	And Fortune ay they cursen, as they goon;
	But she fro wepyng kepte hir eyen dreye,
900	Ne in this tyme word ne spak she noon.
	Hir fader, that this tidynge herde anoon,
	Curseth the day and tyme that nature
	Shoop hym to been a lyves creature.

	The folk they followed, weeping and with cries,
	And Fortune did they curse as they passed on;
	But she with weeping did not wet her eyes,
900	And all this while of words she said not one.
	Her father, who had heard this news anon,
	Cursed then the day and hour when from the earth,
	A living creature, nature gave him birth.

For out of doute this olde povre man

905 Was evere in suspect of hir mariage,

For evere he demed, sith that it bigan,

That whan the lord fulfild hadde his corage,

Hym wolde thynke it were a disparage

To his estaat, so lowe for talighte,

910 And voyden hir as soone as ever he myghte.

For, beyond any doubt, this poor old man

905 Had always feared the marquis soon would tire,

And doubted since the marriage first began,

If when the lord had satisfied desire,

He would not think a wife of station higher,

For one of his degree, had been more right,

910 And send her thence as soon as ever he might.

Agayns his doghter hastily goth he,

For he by noyse of folk knew hir comynge,

And with hir olde coote, as it myghte be,

He covered hir, ful sorwefully wepynge,

915 But on hir body myghte he it nat brynge.

For rude was the clooth, and moore of age

By dayes fele than at hir mariage.

To meet his daughter hastily went he,

For he, by noise of folk, knew her coming;

And with her old coat, such as it might be,

He covered her, full sorrowfully weeping;

915 But the coat over her he could not bring,

For poor the cloth, and many days had passed

Since on her marriage day she wore it last.

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Griselda endures her fate and nothing distorts her mind and integrity