An ermine is expensive white fur that comes from small animals called stoats. So the lining of this, this cloak, iser, it's lined with this smooth, short fur and faced with an all white ermine. Yet the sort of thing that's a members of the royal family would have worn it for traditional purposes. You see a picture of king henry the eighth wearing an ermine cloak. And then we'e got a picture of prince charles himself in an ermine coat. That's a cloak, folks.
Luke reads verses from a modernised version of this medieval poem, considered one of the masterpieces of Middle English literature.
Listen to hear the rhyme and rhythm of the poetry, the descriptive vocabulary and details of the story, with vocabulary explanations and comments from Luke.
This is part 2 of a double episode about this story. Video version available with on-screen text.
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