Talk:The Cook's Prologue and Tale

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anyone have any idea how this story relates to the cook

[edit] more faithful translation of Middle English?

"and met up with a friend whose wife was a whore" is fine, but it really misses the force "swivved for her sustenance". Anyone have a more faithful adaptation of the Middle English. --Saforrest 07:08, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Commet

• Years ago I read in a translation of "The Cook's Tale" a commet that implies that the Cook is so drunk that his heavy breathing is a indication of pneumonia; likewise this line of reasoning implies-although not stated-that the eqaully drunken Miller is also a canidate for this fatal disease. Likewise there is s possible indication that the red faced Summoner could also prehaps be fatelly ill-if a red face is an indication of extreme drunkeness?