Read the excerpt from the General Prolgue to The Canterbury Tales. She sang the divine service prettily, And through the nose, becomingly intoned Which is the correct translation of the excerpt into Middle English?
Answer
A
Ful wel she song the service divyne, Entuned in hir nose ful semely;
B
And Frensh she spak ful faire and fetisly, After the scole of Stratford atte Bowe,
C
She leet no morsel from hir lippes falle, Ne wette hir fingres in hir sauce depe.
D
For Frensh of Paris was to hir unknowe. At mete wel y-taught was she with-alle;
Explanation
The excerpt says that she sang the divine service prettily and intoned it through her nose in a becoming way. Choice A matches those details: “the service divyne” means the divine service, and “Entuned in hir nose ful semely” means intoned through her nose becomingly. The other choices describe her French speech or her table manners.
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