17.8.07

A Chaucerian Blessing


Bless this house
Chaucerian Blessing

Blesse this house from every wikkede wight,
Fro nyghtes mare werye the with Pater-noster;
Wher wonestow now, seynte Petres soster?”


(The Mylleres Tale by Chaucer , also Chaucer's The Miller's Tale, annotated version)