Pygmies means a member of certain peoples of very short stature in equatorial Africa and parts of Southeast Asia

My reflection: This was by far (I think) the longest reading from all of the other stories. Much easier to understand than the other stories, I was just confused with some of the words that were made up? Jonathan Swift has a lot of creativity. I would have never though of doing a business in a ship. A lot goes on after the shipwreck. He is kept for amusement and then sold to the queen.

Merit means the quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward.

How do you pronounce this word?

I've never heard of this saying before. What does this mean?

Is there an actual meaning to the word glumgluffs? Is it made a up word?

packthread means thick thread for sewing or tying up packages.

really good imagery.. but what does this mean exactly?

Does this have an actual meaning or is it a made up word? I tried looking it up and it said that the author made it up and also used Hebrew words?

his success depended of Mr. Bates?

wait did he get money for marrying Mrs. Burton?

Okay, so while doing the writing project 3, I read that Roger Ascham attended college at the age of fourteen as well, but didn't quite understand if it was a true possible thing. So I guess it was possible back then.

Sounds similar to me. I am the third of five daughters.

Is this like the preface of each chapter?

my reflection: Very easy story to understand. A lot of racism and slavery involved. One of the really good quotes that stood out to me was the one that said "it is not titles that make men brave or good" and I think this really fit with the story.

hopes that this writing is enough to explain how great of a person he is.

does he mean that the "new accident" is the baby that they are expecting?

This sounds really creepy. Forcing each other to love one another?

does this mean dishonest people?

his word of life? Like he promises to keep his word forever.

While choosing a new leader, he tells them to look for different qualities in people. not just titles of people.

describing his physical characteristics. good imagery description I think.

doesn't care about his race because he is so handsome/ good looking.

feigned means simulated or pretended; insincere in other words, a fake, made up hero?

Is it saying like other stories are lies ? or that she does not like how other stories begin?

a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause

A very catchy phrase. Really grabs the reader's attention.

This is a really weird and interesting sentence. What does it mean?

Sounds mad and upset at the same time.

means to feel contempt or a deep repugnance for.

Such great imagery! i can really picture this in my head. a dark room with that pretty table in the back and only the candle giving light. is this what everyone else imagined?

Disdain means the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect; contempt.

The poem follows a rhyme scheme

She feels alone with nobody to talk to.

blest means archaic or literary term for blessed.

woe means great sorrow or distress.

Because she was beautiful, she deserves everything ? is that what it means?

My reflection; I do think some of the wording was confusing. I could guess the words out because they are written very similar and if you google them it shows a different word. I like how it brought a lot of Bible recognition. I also liked how it supported women but also didn't make them seem like a Godly figure, because there is only one God. I like this story way better than the previous evil one.

Means to give or grant (something) to (someone) in a gracious or condescending manner.

the woman is very important to him.

It means bad words right? or to talk badly about someone?

"Who runs the world? Girls do!" Men forget that girls are the reason life starts?

Different way of spelling have.

What does this mean?

Is this power? I feel like most of these words are written backwards.

Heauy is heavy? A heavy burden light?

Britain's queen? So this story is about Queen Elizabeth?

My reflection: I see a pattern in these sonnets. It's a bunch of small sonnets telling a bigger story. Am I correct? falling in love, dying, giving birth, etc. I enjoyed several of these sonnets, especially because they were short and easy to understand.

An object surviving from an earlier time.

prisoners being executed?

an overwhelming feeling of the great happiness or joyful excitement.

Sublunary means belonging to this world as contrasted with a better or more spiritual one.

This reminds me of the saying " there's plenty of fish in the sea".

Is this a break up that made him upset?

Is this like part two of the previous "Song"?

Doesn't have a preference of who he will love. He is not picky.

I looked up what this means and it says that it is used as a title or form of address to members of the clergy. Is this true? It's a little confusing.

It is a archaic term for apprentice.

Chide means to scold or rebuke.

Is it called song because it is supposed to be a song? or has a rhythm like a song?

I am picturing the seven dwarfs here for some reason..

Because the flea sucked his blood first and then hers and so now it is three in one?

I notice the rhythm he used quickly. is it AA BB CC?

My reflection: Is this an actual play? Like where people can go see it? I thought this play was pretty interesting and freaky. I personally don't like anything that has to do with evil and the devil. But totally a different story from the others that we have read.

Are they trying to curse the Pope?

The good angel once again tries to stop Faustus from selling his soul to the devil but the evil angel convinces him to do it. He ends up doing in but then starts to think of God and wanting forgiveness.

This play is freaky. Wagner persuades or tricks the clown into becoming his servant for years and shows him the devils that will take the clown to hell is he doesn't agree with being his servant. Then wants the clown to call him "Master Wagner"

Faustus rejects heaven and God. He accepts hell and the devil.

Sounds like witch craft to me.

Both Scholars are scared/ worried that Faustus has "fallen into that damned art"

Sirrah is "used as a term of address for a man or boy, especially one younger or of lower status than the speaker."

The good angel and evil angel visit Faustus. The good angel wants Faustus to put down the book and open up the bible instead. Whereas the evil angel encourages faustus to continue with the book of magic. Faustus wants to basically take control of everything.

Oh okay! this is a play?!

Is there diseases that no man can cure at the time that death is the only answer?

He is considering doing Law, Medicine, or Physician

Audacious means showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks.

Is this like the introduction? Like telling us who is apart of this story?

Reflection: From what I understood, Faerie Queene represents Queen Elizabeth.This all sounds sort of like mythical stories, especially with the knights. There is so much action, romance and battles. It's like a kids fairy tale story just made a little longer. I believe the author has great imagination and he did an amazing job writing this.

He was betrayed and he didn't think it would happen to him.

Fickle means not constant or loyal in affections.

Wast is the singular word for "be", but I feel like in this case it means past maybe? "his past words" Am I understanding this correctly?

Eftesoones is an "obsolete or archaic way of saying " soon afterward", from Old English eftsona " a second time, repeatedly, soon after, again, or see you soon."

Wait. I am a little confused with this word. It is a third person singular simple present indicative form of bear, but then it also has something to do with the bible?

Same as sovereign?

What does this mean? I can't seem to find its meaning.

The way this story is written is pretty interesting. Now i wonder how or why language gets updated from "historie" to "history"

old fashioned way of writing book?

My reflection: This was a little hard to understand towards the end of the reading, but i loved the beginning when it was talking about how we should teach and learn. I looked this story up on Google and it said that the author was the first tutor of Princess Elizabeth (now Queen) and Queen Mary. This story is "based on his experience as a teacher". Very interesting!

People prefer to read other stuff because it is fun to read rather than to read of the Bible.

Now I am confused. Why are people being judged in such a harsh way?

Amiss means not quite right; inappropriate or out of place. So they judge you by writing of you and how you basically don't fit in?

I support this 100 percent! Do your job where students aren't afraid of asking for help. I am one of those people that is too afraid to ask for help sometimes.

Love this! Actually teach students, don't make them memorize things for a while. It makes the job hard for teachers and students.

Because the student is doing so good and is learning well, the teacher will say nothing but good about the student.

Is this also an old fashioned was of spelling the word "choose"?

It will be easier for them to learn? I'm not so sure what this means?

If you make teaching interesting and fun, then it will be easier for kids to learn and understand things better.

Sounds like it was easy book to read / understand.

Is butchery the same things as butcherly? If so, it means the work of slaughtering animals and preparing them for sale as meat.

My reflection: This was a difficult reading. Sounds like everything was made up? It is was Utopia means? It has a lot of government involved in everything. Was the author really into government,or he only wrote this for fun?

Is this saying how we're supposed to live? like the rules we should live by?

These are some pretty big families.

he isn't doing a good job of being the king?

Piety means the quality of being religious or reverent or a belief or point of view that is accepted with unthinking conventional reverence.

Is this basically saying that the way you are, poor, uneducated, stealing, will be passed down to your kids. The way you are is how others will be as well.?

means quickly; fast.

I don't understand what this means? I tried looking it up but it didn't help.

Loved traveling so much.

What does this mean? Does it mean he can't speak latin?

it's a city in Belgium?

has beautiful, family like friendships.

H.M as in "Henry More"? Is that his last name?

Wait is all of this the prologue?

Sounds like he was (or is?) a good lawyer.

All of the names have me confused now. The one that died is the young son ?

Utopia means an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.

Sounds like he was sent to a fancy and expensive college.

What does this mean? like he was put up for adoption? someone adopted him?

an expression of grief, pity, or concern. I noticed that it says "alas!" a lot. thought it meant "at last".

My reflection: I liked this story. Easier to understand, and it also relates to the previous story. I read this while working on the first writing project. I really liked how all characters correlate with everyman (humanity). I think that it does represent people in some way. Some people forget or don't care about God. I think this is by far my favorite story/poem.

Everyone has five wits, and from my understanding the five wits are the five senses. Does it matter how it is written? Wits five? Five wits? Does it mean the same?

means spare

Death will go to every person and show them their destiny if they keep up with their bad reputations.

God is calling death to be his messenger to everyman.

If God doesn't step in and help, people will keep on sinning therefore they will become "worse than beasts".

Haste means excessive speed or urgency of movement or action; hurry.

Talking about when Jesus died on the cross. He is saying that people don't care about him or what he did to save everyman.

Everyman is known as all of humanity.

People keep sinning. they know of God, but don't call him as their God.

God will call onto everyman, here is what he has to say.

Here is how it started when God sent death to talk to everyman.

My reflection: I must say, this reading was difficult to understand. The narrator (also the main character) falls into a deep and adventurous sleep. From what I understood, he is deciding between the truth and false. There's so many good biblical references said that helped him make his choice. I liked how the author wrote the story starting with the prologue then explaining the dream and then waking up after the dream.

If i am correct, it is saying that if people do bad, still treat them good. Let God take care of them. If so, I like this quote. Whatever your beliefs are, treat people good. God has everything under control.

teach your daughters how people or just men lie?

Heed means to pay attention to; take notice of.

Talking about when Jesus was put up on the cross.

Is it saying how great is the love of Jesus for us?

It sounds like she is praying and asking for forgiveness to God, but how come?

I don't understand why he keeps referencing the bible?

Made wholly or partly of wool.

is this still part of the dream?

So everything that was just described is still part of her dream? I thought it was done after the prologue?

Coifs means a woman's close fitting cap, that is now only worn under a veil by nuns.

Knave means a dishonest or unscrupulous man.

preach

Lechery means excessive or offensive sexual desire; lustfulness.

Requiems means (especially in the Roman Catholic Church) a Mass for the repose of the souls of the dead. What does this exactly mean? Like, they are worshiping the souls of the dead?

Sounds like a small poor old town.

Means amusingly coarse or irreverent talk or behavior.

This means ask.

My reflection: This story is easier to understand. The summoner is just pure evil trying to take advantage of people. I can see him as the devil. The only way to be saved is through Jesus Christ. I noticed that all of the stories talk about God in some way.

Ben'cite means bless you. In what language is this in?

Wrath means extreme anger (chiefly used for humorous or rhetorical (effect)

Impotent means unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless.

They get to decide how they want to be seen when they ride through hell together looking for their prey.

He wants his brother to ride with him through hell as well. He thinks that he will be a good fit for it.

Are they now working together? helping each other out until their last day?

Comrade means a companion who shares one's activities or is a fellow member of an organization; friend.

He is going after people that aren't doing very good things.

Privily means private or a secret.

Sounds like there isn't a lot of good people in this country.

dwelt means to live in or at a specified place.

My reflection; This was an interesting story. I noticed that the author used a lot of alliteration. I think the wife uses so many biblical references because she doesn't want to feel bad about her being with so many guys. I like how it described each husband independently.

She gets to choose how she wants him to be?

Beshrew means to make wicked; deprave.

So the fifth husband was kind yet he would beat her up and leave her bruises

how exactly did he die? she states before, "in his own thick grease I made him fry". she's the reason for his death, but what did she do to him?

Everything is being taken away from her as she starts to age.

I don't understand how the niece is involved?

I don't understand how she is being compared with a cat?

God gave her her body so she will do whatever she wants with it.

He is saying that genitals weren't only made to tell the difference between male and female.

continence means the ability to control movements of the bowels and ladder.

Chaste means abstaining from extramartial or from all sexual intercourse.

Forsooth means indeed (often used ironically or to express surprise or indignation)

I just noticed that there is some alliteration in this! If I am correct, the sentences end with " wives, lives. wit, fit. alive, five".

wit means mental sharpness and inventiveness; keen; intelligence.

Bigamy means the act of going through a marriage ceremony while already married to another person.

She has been married five times already starting from the age of twelve.

My reflection; It was a good story, I just didn't like how the carpenter was being treated. I'm not a big fan of stories that talk about being unfaithful to their spouse, but you can tell that the author has some really good imagination.

She will only kiss him if he leaves her alone after the kiss?

means a lengthy and complicated procedure.

Purvey means to provide or supply food, drink, or other goods as one's business

Espy means catch sight of.

Wits means mental sharpness and inventiveness; keen intelligence

Ail means trouble or afflict (someone) in mind or body

It means of, like, or covered with tar.

It means to charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way.

Nicholas is trying to get with her but she is denying it.

Lecherous. meaning having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire.

He kept her locked up because she is really young and is afraid that she will fall in love with other men.

morally wrong or bad.

Begad is used to express surprise of for emphasis

Cuckold means a man whose wife is sexually unfaithful, often regarded as an object of derision. Basically it means that the wife is cheating but it also says " the man who has no wife". What does it mean then?

Asperse means to attack or criticize the reputation or integrity of.

Sounds like the miller is a heavy drinker.

My reflection: i love that God was brought up in everything especially at the wedding of Palamon and Emily. I personally, religiously speaking, think that a having a relationship with God in your marriage is the best. I do think it's a typical love story where two people fall for the same girl and then we are all so anxiously waiting to see who she ends up with. I think the author did really good with the details.

Avail means to help or benefit.

Joust meaning, (of a medieval knight) engage in a sports contest in which two opponents on horseback fight with lances.

Has a humble prayer, but can't betray the evil she carries in her heart?