The Squire's Tale
The Squire's tale ends two lines into its third section, and
following this abrupt termination is the "wordes of the Frankeleyn to the
Squier." The Franklin praises the young Squire's attempt at a courtly
romance and says that he wishes his own son was more like the Squire. This
is followed by the "wordes of the Hoost to the Frankeleyn." Many critics
believe that the words of the Franklin to the Squire are intended as an
interruption of the tale that threatens to go on far too long. However, I
believe the words of the Franklin to the Squire were not meant to be an
interruption at all. There are four main reasons why I believe the passage
was not meant to be an interruption: one, the Franklin's admiration of
gentillesse would have made him reluctant to interrupt the Squire; two, the
passage ends two lines into the third section when the logical place for an
interruption would be at the end of the second section (Clark, 160-161);
three, the passage is similar to that of the Host to Chaucer after his Tale
of Melibee- which was an end comment, not an interruption ; and four, the
structure and tone of the passage does not seem to be that of an
interruption.
In praising the Squire, the Franklin mentions how he is impressed
with his "gentilly" (674) or "gentillesse" (694). If we are to believe
what the Franklin is saying, that he admires his gentillesse and that he
wishes his son "myghte lerne gentillesse aright" (694), we should also
assume the Franklin would try and also show gentillesse. In fact, from the
General Prologue we know that the Franklin was a member of Parliament and a
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would be a likely possibility that the passage is just one more loose end.
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