Jyl of Breyntfords Testament


Lu par Grant Hurlock

(3.5 stars; 1 reviews)

Introduction - This is a collection of ten comic pieces from the 16th century and earlier, as compiled and edited by Frederick Furnivall for private circulation in 1871. (Introduction by Grant Hurlock) (1 hr 15 min)

Chapitres

0 - Forewords 9:21 Lu par Grant Hurlock
1 - Jyl of Breyntfords Testament 20:35 Lu par Grant Hurlock
2 - The Wyll of the Devyll, and last Testament 21:01 Lu par Grant Hurlock
3 - A Talk of Ten Wives on their Husbands' Ware 5:39 Lu par Grant Hurlock
4 - A Balade or two by CHAUCER 6:09 Lu par Grant Hurlock
5 - Devotissima Suffragia pro Mulieribus impregnandis 2:17 Lu par Grant Hurlock
6 - Proverbe 1:34 Lu par Grant Hurlock
7 - Doctrina et Consilium Galienis 1:37 Lu par Grant Hurlock
8 - The Meaning of Marriage (a Scotch story) 3:39 Lu par Grant Hurlock
9 - Ane prettie Jeist of ane Eremeit in Italye 3:31 Lu par Grant Hurlock

Critiques

(Very) bawdy and satirical bits and pieces


(3.5 stars)

This collection is ideal for language historians with dirty minds. English had (apparently) evolved from the baffling Middle English (Chaucer) when these were written, but not close enough to modern English for me to understand much of what's said. Kudos to the reader for slogging through it. Still, you will understand enough to blush (if you still can). These are not subtle works of art, they are essentially dirty jokes.