This work concludes with an exhortation to read the "wise and honourable" Solomon and repeats Seneca's advice to examine David's Psalms.
This work concludes with an exhortation to read the "wise and honourable" Solomon and repeats Seneca's advice to examine David's Psalms. At one point, the narrator concludes that there is no difference between an "outlawed man or errant thief," before concluding that since he is not a man of texts, he should continue with his story. The prologue to this work references a little town named Bob-up-and-down and features the narrator being warned not to openly chide another character for drunkenness. During the climax to this work, the protagonist breaks his harp, lute, arrows, and bow before angrily calling another character a "false thief" and unleashing a curse that turns this character black. Concluding with a moral that says "guard well your tongue, and think upon the crow," for 10 points, identify this story of Phoebus, who kills his unfaithful wife after receiving information from his white crow, one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales narrated by a shrewd purchasing agent.
This work concludes with an exhortation to read the "wise and honourable" Solomon and repeats Seneca's advice to examine David's Psalms.
{Manciple's Tale} [accept anything that {indicates} the {manciple} is {narrating}; prompt on {Canterbury Tales}]