IV. Who said this? Match the quotes with the names.
The story-teller, William of Nassyngton, an anonymous monk, William of Malmsbery.
1) “No Englishman today is an earl or bishop or abbot. The newcomers gnaw at the wealth and guts of England. No there’s any hope of ending the misery”. WOm
2) “William de Waterville has made a good beginning. Christ grant that he may end as well”. An monk
3) “Steadily the French vocabulary was pouring over English”.speaker
4) “Latin can no one speak, I trow William Nassyngton
But those who it from school know.
And some know French, but not Latin
Who’re used to court and dwell threin.
And some know Latin, though just in part
Whose use of French is less than art.
And some can understand English
Who neither Latin know, nor French,
But unlettered or learned, old or young
All understand the English tongue”.
V. Match the dates with the events.
| 1)1077 | The construction of the White Tower |
| 2)1154 | The last record in the Peterborough Chronicle |
| 3)1387 | Chaucer began writing “The Canterbury Tales” |
| 4)1348 | The Black Death came to England |
| 5)1476-1478 | William Caxton printed “The Canterbury Tales” for the first time |
| 6)1399 | Richard II is deposed by Henry, duke of Lancaster |
| 7)1362 | English is acknowledged as a language of official business and politics |
| 8)1325 | William of Nassyngton’s poetical “lament” about languages |
| 9)1170 | Thomas Becket is murdered by two knights of the king |
VI. How do you understand the following phrase? Express your attitude to it.
“The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world”.
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