THE MONK’S TALE

Name: Canterbury Tales: The Monk’s Tale - The Monk’s Tale
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

De Casibus Virorum Illustrium

I will bewail in manner of tragedy

The ills of those that stood in high degree

And fell so far there was no remedy

To bring them out of their adversity;

For certain ’tis, when Fortune wills to flee,

There may no man the course of her withhold;

Let no man trust in blind prosperity;

Be warned by these examples true and old.

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Chicago: Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Monk’s Tale," Canterbury Tales: The Monk’s Tale Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=FHTLXHQ3VUDML6V.

MLA: Chaucer, Geoffrey. "The Monk’s Tale." Canterbury Tales: The Monk’s Tale, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=FHTLXHQ3VUDML6V.

Harvard: Chaucer, G, 'The Monk’s Tale' in Canterbury Tales: The Monk’s Tale. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=FHTLXHQ3VUDML6V.