This story ends with the reader being reminded of the similar story of Hugh of Lincoln. Near the end of this story, a provost rounds up the guilty parties and has them drawn by wild horses and hanged, stating that "evil shall have that evil will deserve." The narrator of this story weeps at the sight of mice caught in a trap, wears a brooch with th
This story ends with the reader being reminded of the similar story of Hugh of Lincoln. Near the end of this story, a provost rounds up the guilty parties and has them drawn by wild horses and hanged, stating that "evil shall have that evil will deserve." The narrator of this story weeps at the sight of mice caught in a trap, wears a brooch with the motto "Amor vincit omnes," and is named Eglantine. The antagonists of this story are inspired by Satan to attack a character for singing Alma redemptoris twice a day. However, that character continues singing even after his death thanks to a grain placed on his tongue by the Virgin Mary. For 10 points, name this story about the murder of a young boy by a bunch of Jews, which is recited by a prim nun in The Canterbury Tales.
This story ends with the reader being reminded of the similar story of Hugh of Lincoln.
"The Prioress' Tale"