Jyl of Breyntfords Testament


Leído por 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)

Capítulos

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

Reseñas

(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.