Near the beginning of this work, the protagonist reads the story of a queen who prayed to Juno and had it revealed to her that her husband had drowned at sea in a great storm. In addition to reading the story of Alcyone and Ceyx, the protagonist views a royal hunt led by Emperor Octavian and is led astray deep into the forest in pursuit of a young hound. Another character in this work laments losing a game of chess to Fortune, which he explains more clearly with his cry "Now that I know my lady bright / Whom I have loved with all my might / Is far from me, and dead and
Near the beginning of this work, the protagonist reads the story of a queen who prayed to Juno and had it revealed to her that her husband had drowned at sea in a great storm. In addition to reading the story of Alcyone and Ceyx, the protagonist views a royal hunt led by Emperor Octavian and is led astray deep into the forest in pursuit of a young hound. Another character in this work laments losing a game of chess to Fortune, which he explains more clearly with his cry "Now that I know my lady bright / Whom I have loved with all my might / Is far from me, and dead and gone". That knight in black is met by the protagonist in a dream. Written in memory of Blanche, the wife of John of Gaunt, FTP, name this long poem by Geoffrey Chaucer.
Near the beginning of this work, the protagonist reads the story of a queen who prayed to Juno and had it revealed to her that her husband had drowned at sea in a great storm.
The {Book of the Duchess}