![]() ![]() ![]() He explains that his story is about a carpenter and his wife, and how a clerk "hath set the wrightes cappe" (that is, fooled the carpenter). The Miller claims that his tale is "noble", but reminds the other pilgrims that he is quite drunk and cannot be held accountable for what he says. The Host tries to persuade the Miller to let some "bettre" man tell the next tale, but acquiesces when the Miller threatens to leave the company. Before the Monk can respond, however, the drunken Miller insists on going next. ![]() In the Miller's Prologue, the pilgrims have just heard and enjoyed " The Knight's Tale", a classical story of courtly love, and the Host asks the Monk to "quite" with a tale of his own. The general prologue to The Canterbury Tales describes the Miller, Robin, as a stout and evil churl fond of wrestling. The Miller's Prologue is the first "quite" that occurs in the tales. " The Miller's Tale" ( Middle English: The Milleres Tale) is the second of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1380s–1390s), told by the drunken miller Robin to " quite" (a Middle English term meaning requite or pay back, in both good and negative ways) " The Knight's Tale". Illustration of Robin the Miller, from The Miller's Tale, playing a bagpipe ![]()
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