Note 9 — Chapter VII · POETIC IN ANCIENT DRAMA AND NARRATIVE
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For instance, Chaucer’s Monk says in his prologue:
Tragedie is to seyn a certeyn storie, As olde bokes maken us memorie, Of him that stood in greet prosperitee And is yfallen out of heigh degree Into miserie, and endeth wretchedly. Canterbury Tales, B. 3163.