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From Geoffrey Chaucer's
The Canterbury Tales:
The Parson's Prologue and Tale
(About)
Middle-english hypertext
- Lns 1-74: The Parson's Prologue
- §§ 01-15: The Parson's Tale, First Part
- §§ 16-23: The Parson's Tale, Second Part, Beginning
- §§ 24-31: The Parson's Tale, Second Part, Pride
- §§ 32-33: The Parson's Tale, Second Part, Envy
- §§ 34-59: The Parson's Tale, Second Part, Wrath
- §§ 60-68: The Parson's Tale, Second Part, Sloth
- §§ 69-75: The Parson's Tale, Second Part, Avarice
- §§ 76-79: The Parson's Tale, Second Part, Gluttony
- §§ 80-90: The Parson's Tale, Second Part, Lust
- §§ 91-98: The Parson's Tale, Second Part, Conclusion
- §§ 99-111: The Parson's Tale, Third Part
Modern and middle english side by side
The Parson's Prologue
The Parson's Tale
First Part (§§ 01-15)
Second Part (§§ 16-98), Seven Deadly Sins
- 16-17: About confession, the second part of penitence
- 18-18: Original sin (Adam and Eve)
- 19-20: About concupiscence
- 21-23: Two kinds of sin: venial and deadly
Pride
- 24-27: About two kinds of Pride
- 28-28: About superfluity of clothing
- 29-30: Where Pride does come from
- 31-31: The remedy against the sin of Pride
Envy
- 32-32: About Envy
- 33-33: The remedy against the sin of Envy
Anger (Wrath)
- 34-37: About Anger (Wrath)
- 38-38: The offspring of Anger
- 39-41: About swearing
- 42-44: About lying, flattering and cursing
- 45-54: About chiding, reproach, scorning, wicked counsel, menace, etc. and mockery
- 55-59: The remedy against the sin of Anger
Sloth (Laziness)
- 60-66: About Sloth (laziness)
- 67-68: The remedy against the sin of Sloth
Avarice
- 69-72: About Avarice and Greed
- 73-73: About abuse of lordship, theft, fraud, lies, gambling, false witness, false oath, etc.
- 74-75: The Relief against the sin of Avarice
Gluttony
- 76-77: About Gluttony
- 78-79: The remedy against the sin of Gluttony
Lust (Lechery)
- 80-81: About Lust
- 82-82: The ways of the devil to tempt a person to lust
- 83-83: The remedy against the sin of Lust: chastity and continence
- 84-86: About marriage and how a woman should be subject to her husband
- 87-90: About clean widows, virgins and other ways to chastity
- 91-93: The conclusion to confession
- 94-98: The conditions to come to a true and sincere confession
Third Part (§§ 99-111)