The host upholds the knight's complaint and orders the monk to change his story. The prologue links the story with the previous Monk's Tale, a series of short accounts of toppled despots, criminals and fallen heroes, which prompts an interruption from the knight. The narrative of 695-lines includes a prologue and an epilogue. The story of Chanticleer and the Fox became further popularised in Britain through this means.
Composed in the 1390s, it is a beast fable and mock epic based on an incident in the Reynard cycle. " The Nun's Priest's Tale" ( Middle English: The Nonnes Preestes Tale of the Cok and Hen, Chauntecleer and Pertelote ) is one of The Canterbury Tales by the Middle English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Chanticleer and the Fox in a mediaeval manuscript miniature
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