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Sir Thopas
Chaunticleer the cock, the widow’s prized possession, is the lord of the barnyard: he has seven hen wives, and his plumage is described as though it were made of jewels. Although Chaunticleer is a rooster, he is well-educated and makes lots of literary allusions, even if he doesn’t know what all of them mean.
Chaunticleer Quotes in The Canterbury Tales
The The Canterbury Tales quotes below are all either spoken by Chaunticleer or refer to Chaunticleer. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
The Nun’s Priest’s Tale
Quotes
For al so siker as in principio
Mulier est hominis confusio,––
Madame, the sentence of this Latyn is,
“Womman is mannes joye and al his blis.”
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Chaunticleer Quotes in The Canterbury Tales
The The Canterbury Tales quotes below are all either spoken by Chaunticleer or refer to Chaunticleer. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
The Nun’s Priest’s Tale
Quotes
For al so siker as in principio
Mulier est hominis confusio,––
Madame, the sentence of this Latyn is,
“Womman is mannes joye and al his blis.”
