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"A Frere ther was, a wantowne and a merye,
A lymytour, a ful solempne man.
In alle the ordres foure is noon that kan
So muchel of daliaunce and fair langage.
He hadde maad ful many a mariage
Of yonge wommen at his owene cost.
Unto his ordre he was a noble post." (208-214)
The Friar's Tale recounts the story of a dishonest summoner who inadvertently befriends the Devil and makes a bargain with him, damning his own soul to hell in the process.
A lymytour, a ful solempne man.
In alle the ordres foure is noon that kan
So muchel of daliaunce and fair langage.
He hadde maad ful many a mariage
Of yonge wommen at his owene cost.
Unto his ordre he was a noble post." (208-214)
The Friar's Tale recounts the story of a dishonest summoner who inadvertently befriends the Devil and makes a bargain with him, damning his own soul to hell in the process.
Bibliography
Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Riverside Chaucer . Ed. Larry D. Benson. 3rd ed. Boston: Houghton, 1987.
Anne Anderson (1874 - 1930)
Mrs. H. R. Haweis (1848 - 1898)
Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922 - November 2, 1975)
John Saunders (1811 - 1895)
Hugh Thomson (1860 - 1920)
Anne Anderson (1874 - 1930)
![The Prioress has a simple, innocent smile](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/136%20-%20The%20Prioress%20had%20a%20simple%2C%20innocent%20smile.jpg?itok=cLpkBCzX)
![The Monk and the Friar](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/108%20-%20The%20Monk%20and%20the%20Friar.jpg?itok=TeBCToFB)
![The Frere](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/Frere.jpg?itok=3LJTM8b4)
![The Archdeacon](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/Archdeacon-Friars_Tale.jpg?itok=8-cOvqjG)
![The Yeoman (The Devil)](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/Yeoman%2C%20Devil%20Friars%20Tale.jpg?itok=fUvngCqX)
![The Widow](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/Widow%20Friars%20Tale.jpg?itok=dvVRO4By)
![The Yeoman (The Devil) and The Summoner](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/Yeoman%2C%20Devil%2C%20Summoner%20Friars%20Tale.jpg?itok=ViI3f3l1)
![His tipet was ay farsed...](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/10.jpg?itok=2p6K-VE5)
Mrs. H. R. Haweis (1848 - 1898)
![The Friar](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/25Friar.jpg?itok=0eUhRtRF)
![The Friar](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/213.jpg?itok=GtDbA79y)
Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922 - November 2, 1975)
![The Archdeacon](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/Archdeacon-Friars_Tale.jpg?itok=8-cOvqjG)
![The Yeoman (The Devil)](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/Yeoman%2C%20Devil%20Friars%20Tale.jpg?itok=fUvngCqX)
![The Widow](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/Widow%20Friars%20Tale.jpg?itok=dvVRO4By)
![The Yeoman (The Devil) and The Summoner](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/Yeoman%2C%20Devil%2C%20Summoner%20Friars%20Tale.jpg?itok=ViI3f3l1)
!['Alas!' she wailed, 'I have done no evil'](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/112%20prout.jpg?itok=cJWdHZBf)
John Saunders (1811 - 1895)
![The Friar's Tale](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/162_2.jpg?itok=VhUaTGZv)
![The Friar's Tale (2)](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/165.jpg?itok=GwQGV6dS)
![The Friar's Tale (3)](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/173.jpg?itok=l7Q99-HJ)
![The Summoner Making his Unjust Demands](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/68.jpg?itok=h2pl15ef)
Hugh Thomson (1860 - 1920)
![Hubert the Friar](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/161.jpg?itok=gwZ5Sk0K)
![The carter patted and encouraged his horses.](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/169%20-%20The%20carter%20patted%20and%20encouraged%20his%20horses.jpg?itok=coZLRgnP)