Jyl of Breyntfords Testament


Gelesen von 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)

Kapitel

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

Bewertungen

(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.