Ballade: een lied waarin een verhaal wordt verteld. De vorm is in de middeleeuwen ontstaan. Er worden gebeurtenissen verteld die zich vaak in een adellijk milieu afspelen.
A lovyere and a lusty bachelor With lokkes crulle, as they were leyd in presse … In hope to stonden in his lady grace Embrouded was he, as it were a meede Al ful of fresshe floures, whyte and reede
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THE SQUIRE
He koude songes make, and wel endite Juste, and eek daunce, and weel purtreye and write So hoote he lovede, that by nyghtertale He slapte namoore than dooth a nyghtyngale
'modern' ridderideaal: hoffelijkheid
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THE MONK
Who rode the country; hunting was his sport … Many a dainty horse he had in stable His bridle, when he rode, a man might hear Jingling in a whistling wind as clear Aye, as loud as does the chapel bell
Niet de 'ideale' monnik
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THE WIFE OF BATH
A worthy woman all her life, what’s more She’d had five husbands, all at the church door … In company she liked to laugh and chat And knew the remedies for love’s mischances An art in which she knew the oldest dances Powervrouw
