Bookreport, The Canterbury Tal

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him sickness as he’s weakened by
love. It is only after he comes up with the plan of returning to Athens under an assumed name that he starts to get better.
Meanwhile, Palamon remains back in captivity, rendered helpless due to his lifelong punishment in prison. He knows that he will never be able to talk to Emily and certainly not marry her because of his plight. All he can do is watch her from a distance and admire her beauty. Arcite believes that this is a better punishment
than his, though, as he says:
“O dere cosin Palamon, quod he,
Thyn is the victorie of this aventure
Ful blisfully in prison maistow dure;
In prison? Certes nay, but in paradys!
Wel hath fortuen y-turned thee the dys,
That hast the sighte of hir, and I th’adsence.
…
But I, that am exyled and bareyne
Of alle grace, and in so greet despeir,
That ther nis erthe, water, fyr, ne eir,
Ne creature, that of hem maked is,
That may me helpe or doon confort in this:
Wel oughte I sterve in wanhope and ...

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