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the millers tale 185 and at drawing up a legal document of land - possession, or of relinquishing ownership of a property. he could do twenty different steps and dances, throwing his legs about in the oxford - style dancing faculty of the time; and he could play tunes on a small fiddle, to whose accompaniment he sang in a loud falsetto. and he was good at playing the cithern.¹⁹ there wasnt a beer - house or pub in the whole town, wherever there was a lively barmaid, that he didnt visit with his entertainment. but to tell you the truth he was a bit squeamish about farting, and he was fastidious in the way he spoke. this absolon, who was a cheerful, happy man, went with his thurible on the holy day, plentifully censing with frankincense the wives of the parish. and he threw many a loving look on them, and specially so on our carpenters wife. he got a great kick out of looking at her, so neat and sweet and sexy was she. i dare swear that, had she been a mouse and he a cat, he would have caught her instantly. this parish clerk, this jolly absolon, had such love - longing in his heart that he wouldnt accept the collection - money from any of the wives: he said that, out of a sense of courtesy, he didnt want any of it. when it was night - time, and the moon shone brightly, absolon took his cithern, intending to wake up lovers. and off he went, jolly and amorous, until he came to the carpenters house shortly after cockcrow; and he took his stand by the hinged window in the wall of the carpenters house. he sings in a refined quiet voice, now, dear lady, if you will, i beg you to take pity on me, in excellent harmony with his cithern. our carpenter woke up and heard him singing, ... 19. a stringed instrument resembling a lyre.

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The text is an excerpt from "The Miller's Tale" (part of Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales"), which falls under Literature (a subfield of Arts). It involves literary analysis of characters (Absolon), plot elements, and medieval literary style, focusing on narrative and character depiction typical of literary studies.

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Arts - Literature