Chaucer - but not as we know it, Jim. Bit of fun. Hope you like?

Question

Yt yor harte out Geoffrey Chaucer

Yn Sturbrige towyn was a yonge ladye

Compeeled to ryte bye hir companye.

She coud not pass the challynge by

And, lo, to hir computer she did flye.

And right anon, with verray hayst

Bethoght of tayles she coud relayte

Praps of dronkenesse and vice

Yn tavernes and yn stewes alike

Reveelen the shaym of lecherye

And acts of wonton glotonye.

With men so dronke they be blynden

Leaven thir sensys far behynden

And prone to cursed confusioun

Enow to send them to dampnacioun.

With wyn-sotted waferers and baudes

Bluded from hastyley-draun sords.

Thus letten Saton and his develes yn

To leyd them to debauchyre and to syn.

Answering Pat's challenge

Answer 1

ill just have ten more pints and i will come back

Answer 2

This is incredible!  I can scarcely understand this, although I probably could understand Chaucer when I was in university. You have missed your calling.  Where have you been all these years? (I believe I asked you the same question the first time I read one of your poems).

EDIT: I had to read it aloud three times before I understood it. Like a song, it was made to be heard aloud.

Answer 3

Wow...how do you do that?  I could hear the old accent as I read the poem.  You have such a talent for writing in dialects.  Excellent work...I really enjoyed reading this.

Answer 4

It took me a line or two or three to get into the swing of things.  And then, I had fun, indeed!

Answer 5

The sad thing is that I could actually understand what you were saying! Et tu Granny?  Chaucer is chuckling.

Answer 6

How come Granny makes everything better?

Answer 7

Aye, Lass...ah note the cooking sherry is doon a drop or two.

Answer 8

bravo!  well done...

Ye can put your sord away anon ther be no dragns here but trolls there be  many .

verily I say !

middlin Engerlish is it?  Gawds, I can't even play authentically!

Did you ever notice that Chaucer never spelled the same word the same way twice?. Which is why spell check was introduced. I like it Chaucer's way... no dictionaries, no rules. Let the reader figure it out.